Event MENAT Measurement Library: Building Evidence to Support Children's Learning and Well-Being in Conflict We are pleased to invite you to join us for a webinar on the soon-to-be-launched MENAT Measurement Library hosted by INEE! This webinar, will highlight the first measures available on this ever-growing site. Each of these measures were tested in the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey (MENAT) region, and they are accompanied by technical working papers presenting evidence on their validity and reliability, as well as training materials to facilitate their use.
News Pyschologists build bonds between Turks, Syrians even as refugee sentiment sours A group of clinical psychologists has spent the last two years working in schools with large Syrian student bodies to build bonds between the two communities, train teachers to recognize and help troubled children and treat their psychic wounds.
Resource Social-Emotional Response and Information Scenarios (SERAIS) - Lebanon SERAIS is a scenario-based student assessment tool that assess different social-emotional skills. The tool introduces children to six hypothetical scenarios and prompts them to answer a series of questions aimed to measure hostile attribution bias, emotion orientation, emotion dysregulation, and interpersonal negotiation strategies.
Resource Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS-Sy) - Lebanon The Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS-Sy) is a self-report questionnaire designed to assess the severity of DSM-IV PTSD symptoms in children aged 8-18 years. It was adapted for Syrian children and tested with a Syrian refugee population, aged 8-17 years, living in Lebanon in informal tented settlements.
Resource International Social and Emotional Learning Assessment (ISELA) - Iraq The International Social and Emotional Learning Assessment (ISELA) is a cost-free, feasible, and adaptable tool that helps us understand the development of self-concept, stress management, perseverance, empathy, relationship management, and conflict resolution in children between 6-12 years.
Blog Teacher Stories: Basem - Tripoli, Lebanon This story of Basem, a Syrian refugee teacher in Lebanon, was collected as part of TiCC Roundtable to ensure that the voices and experiences of teachers working in crisis and displacement permeate all aspects of the event.
Event International Conference on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Crisis Situations Worldwide, there is a major shortage of healthcare providers and specialists. Sigrid Kaag, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, wants to change this. She believes that mental health and psychosocial support should be recognised as a basic need. Ms Kaag is organising an international conference on 7 and 8 October 2019 in Amsterdam. This international conference will bring together experts, academics, policymakers, ministers and those with lived experience from all over the world to underline that, after all, psychosocial support is not a luxury, but a necessity.
Blog Measurement Library Launched for Researchers in Middle East and North Africa This blog discusses the challenges researchers face when working with students in crisis and conflict-affected contexts and show how the recently launched MENAT Measurement Library, a joint project by the IRC and NYU Global TIES for Children, supports evidence-based approaches in the field.
Resource Baytna: Early childhood development for refugees in Greece Baytna delivers psychosocial support and early years education to children age 0-6 and their caregivers. The overarching aim is to facilitate a safe environment to support the development of the youngest refugees and strengthen families by helping to build secure, positive relationships.
