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Disaster & Crisis Intervention /
Intervención en casos de desastre y crisis

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GFSC DISASTER INTERVENTION MANUALS / MANUALES DE INTERVENCIÓN EN CASOS DE DESASTRE

ENGLISH

For Adults:
A LIGHT IN THIS DARK VALLEY*
A Manual for Disaster and Trauma Victims
Gilbert Brenson Lazán

(PDF-requires Acrobat Reader)

For Children
...AND NOW WHAT?
*
A Helping Hand for Children
Who Have Suffered a Loss

Gilbert Brenson Lazán and
Mercedes Sarmiento Díaz

(PDF-requires Acrobat Reader)

For those who work with people
after Crisis/Disaster

FACILITATING PSYCHOSOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION*
Manual for Disaster Intervention
Gilbert Brenson Lazán y Mercedes Sarmiento Díaz

(PDF-requires Acrobat Reader)

 

Working with Groups After A Crisis
Sharing, Processing, Learning

Suggestions for working with
people under stress

(PDF-requires Acrobat Reader)

 

Bad Things Happen to Good People
Explanation of the painful but normal, necessary feelings and emotions that are part of every crisis and loss
Gilbert Brenson Lazan

(PDF-requires Acrobat Reader)
print copy

 

Vicarious Trauma:
Bearing the Pain of Others in a Disaster

How to recognize and help people affected by vicarious trauma
Gilbert Brenson Lazan

Bearing the Pain of Others:
How to Help the Helpers

Practical suggestions for recognizing and taking care of yourself and others in helping roles
Gilbert Brenson Lazan

 

ESPAÑOL

LUZ EN EL VALLE OSCURO
Manual para de Sobrevivencia
Emocional

Gilbert Brenson Lazán

(PDF-requires Acrobat Reader)

 

Y AHORA...¿CÓMO HAGO?
Manual para Niños y Niñas Valientes
Gilbert Brenson Lazán y
Mercedes Sarmiento Díaz

(PDF- requiere Lector Acrobat)




RECUPERACIÓN PSICOSOCIAL

Guía para Facilitadores de Apoyo
Gilbert Brenson Lazán y Mercedes Sarmiento Díaz

(PDF- requiere Lector Acrobat)

 

 

Utilización de los manuales GFSC
Sugerencias para trabajar con
las personas con estrés

(PDF- requiere Lector Acrobat)

 

CUANDO A LAS PERSONAS BUENAS
LES PASAN COSAS MALAS

Explicación de las sensaciones dolorosas, pero necesarias normal, y las emociones que son parte de todas las crisis y la pérdida.
Gilbert Brenson Lazan

(PDF- requiere Lector Acrobat)
copia para imprimir

CHINESE


Traditional


Traditional


Simplified Chinese


Traditional



Simplified Chinese
(3 manuals combined)


Using the GFSC Manuals - Chinese

 

*available in Portuguese and Swedish upon request.

ENGLISH

Debriefing After Trauma
Jo Nelson, Canadian Institute of Cultural Affairs
[French]

TRANSCULTURAL CRITICAL INCIDENT DEBRIEFING
Gilbert Brenson-Lazan

STRATEGIC QUESTIONING: Opening a Path to the Future
Gilbert Brenson-Lazan

HELPING COLLEAGUES DEAL WITH GRIEF
Gregorio Billikopf Encina

HELPING OTHERS RESOLVE CONFLICTS:
Empowering Stakeholders

ETHICS, DEVELOPMENT AND DISASTER
by Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate

Podcast: When to Get Involved
For podcasts and discussions about the aftermath of the bush fires in Victoria, Australia, click here. Then look for
Download and Listen to
Podcast
with Gil Brenson Lazan, Viv McWaters, Geoff Brown

Discussing history and role of facilitators in helping people and communties rebound after crises. How to involve survivors in working through the grieving process and bringing individuals together to build community resilience and self-reliance as they plan their own future...

ONLINE KATRINA RESOURCES
Wiki-Blog Information Center

HURRICANE KATRINA: 21 Things You Can Do When
You`re Living Through a Traumatic Experience

Children are Silent Sufferers of PTSD
Fran Simon, Tulane University Magazine, News

Helping Children After A Disaster: A Guide for Parents, Guardians and other Caregivers
Mental Health Association in Texas

Tips for Talking to Children After a Disaster: A Guide for Parents and Teachers
National Mental Health Information Center

How Do You Feel?
Mental Health Association in Texas

Disasters - Personal Accounts

A Katrina Weekend
Michael Kane

Dilemmas of Race and Class in Post-Katrina New Orleans
Michael Kane

From the Ashes
Scott Gassman

Love, and Death In the Ruins
Gregory Henderson, MD, PhD

Mourning Becomes Katrina
Michael Kane

Why Are They Making New Orleans a Ghost Town?
Bill Quigley

 

Tsunami, Dec. 2004

MENTAL HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF THE TSUNAMI

IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE TSUNAMI:
Addressing Emergent Psychological Needs

Additional Materials, Organizations

Mental Health Association in Texas
http://mhatexas.org/PublicationLibrary.htm

Parenting Information.org
A project of the Mental Health Association in Texas


Thanks to Bego Rodas-Meeker & Larry Meeker
for Christian Faith-based Disaster & Crisis Intervention Manuals for Spiritual and Psycho-social Reconstruction:
REACHING HIGHER GROUND :
A Spiritual Recovery Guide for Adults

AND WHAT NOW? 2005 Special Edition:
A Spiritual Recovery Guide for Children


Thanks to Phil Agre, Nancy White:

Some Therapists Caution That Trauma Services Could Backfire (distinguishing between normal and pathological responses to trauma)
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/16/health/16MENT.html

Psychological Response to the Attacks in Boston
http://www.globe.com/dailyglobe2/256/nation/A_widely_shared_
loss_leaves_few_unmarked+.shtml

Disaster Mental Health Guidebook
http://www.wramc.amedd.army.mil/departments/socialwork/
provider/DMHS.htm

Training Manual for Mental Health and Human Service
Workers in Major Disasters
http://www.mentalhealth.org/publications/allpubs/ADM90-538/

Helping Children Cope with Disasters and Trauma (video)
http://www.wmsu.org/programs/jean_baker.htm

Primary Care Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000901/1035.html

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Burden to the Individual
and to Society
http://www.psychiatrist.com/supplenet/v61s05/02index.htm

Advice on Communicating with Children about Disasters
http://www.aap.org/advocacy/releases/disastercomm.htm

Law Enforcement Traumatic Stress
http://www.aaets.org/arts/art87.htm

National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
http://www.ncptsd.org/

The Child Survivor of Traumatic Stress
http://users.umassmed.edu/Kenneth.Fletcher/kidsurv.html

Information on Bereavement
http://www.utulsa.edu/cpsc/bereavement.htm

CBS DISASTER RESOURCE LIBRARY

LIBRARY - AMERICAN ACADEMY OF EXPERTS
IN TRAUMATIC STRESS

LIBRARY - INTERNATIONAL CRITICAL INCIDENT
STRESS FOUNDATION

ESPAÑOL

Reflexionar Despues de Un Trauma
Jo Nelson, Canadian Institute of Cultural Affairs

BIBLIOTECA VIRTUAL EN ESPAÑOL
Un servicio de Amauta International, LLC

COMPENDIO DE GUÍAS BÁSICAS SOBRE EL MANEJO DE TRAUMA EMOCIONAL
Un servicio de Amauta International, LLC

MANUAL PARA FACILITADORES DE RECONSTRUCCIÓN PSICOSOCIAL (Borrador)
Para bajar copia (.zip) directamente a su computador
Red Venezolana de Facilitadores de Intervención en Desastre

DERECHOS DE PERSONAS Y COMUNIDADES AFECTADAS POR DESASTRES
Gustavo Wilches-Chaux

PLAN DE ACCIÓN PSICOSOCIAL DEL ESTADO DE LARA, VENEZUELA  

DESENSIBILIZACIÓN Y REPROCESAMIENTO MEDIANTE MOVIMIENTOS OCULARES: TERAPIA EFECTIVA PARA EL ESTRÉS POSTRAUMÁTICO 
Jhon Jairo Trejos Parra, Aura Victoria Betancur Sánchez y Luz Stella Montoya Alzate

CICLO DE LOS DESASTRES
Comisión Costaricence de Emergencias

VALOR EN TIEMPOS DIFÍCILES: Una Perspectiva Espiritual  
Dr. Felipe Bickel, adaptado por Cristo para Todas las Naciones

ACOMPAÑANDO A SOBREVIVIENTES: Un Curso Teológico  
Drs. Gilbert Brenson Lazán y Brenda Consuelo Ruiz, C.E.P.A.D.

LA CULTURA PREVENTIVA Y EL TRATAMIENTO EMOCIONAL
Gustavo Pineda Chávez, Managua, Nicaragua

COMO CONVERTIR UNA TRAGEDIA EN UNA OPORTUNIDAD:
Diapositivos de un Taller de Recuperación
Cecilia Lopez Dávila y Gilberto Brenson Lazán

DE LA PÉRDIDA HACIA LA RECUPERACIÓN
Irene Pineda Ferman

POR QUÉ A PERSONAS BUENAS LES PASAN LAS COSAS MALAS
Dr. Gilbert Brenson-Lazan

TRAUMA Y DUELO
Esly Regina Carvalho

NICARAGUA: Después del Huracán
Los Monjes y Monjas del Monasterio de la Santa Cruz

DESARROLLO PSICOSOCIAL DE CRISIS Y CAMBIO:
Un Curso en Diapositivas para Facilitadores

María Inés Sarmiento y Gilberto Brenson Lazán

CLAVES PARA TRIUNFADORES: Un Taller en Diapositivos
Cecilia Lopez Dávila y Gilberto Brenson Lazán

DISEÑO Y TÉCNICAS DE UN TALLER DE ELABORACIÓN DEL DUELO
Mercedes Sarmiento Díaz, María Inés Sarmiento y Gilberto Brenson Lazán

COMO AYUDAR A LOS NIÑOS A ENFRENTAR MOMENTOS DIFICILES
Luz María Sequeira

REFLEXIONES SOBRE LA TRAGEDIA DESDE LAS ORGANIZACIONES
Luis Felipe Ulloa

 

Organizaciones

http://www.amamecrisis.com.mx/
Asociación Mexicana para Ayuda Mental en Crisis

Informacionparapadres.org
Un proyecto de Mental Health Association in Texas