Children and families affected by armed conflicts in Africa
Subtitle: implications and strategies for helping professions in the United States
By: edited by Joanne Corbin
Publisher: National Association of Social Workers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780871014429
Subjects: Children and war; War and families; Services for; Psychological aspects; Psychic trauma in children; War victims; War
Description: "Children and Families Affected by Armed Conflicts in Africa: Implications and Strategies for Helping Professionals in the United States aims to enhance the awareness and knowledge of helping professionals who work with children and families who have experienced armed conflict in Africa. It draws on the experiences of working practitioners with populations affected by armed conflicts, specifically in Uganda and Rwanda. In this book, you will hear from African practitioners discussing the political, economic, cultural, social, and spiritual elements of life that have been affected by war. It is timely, in that an increasing number of people have immigrated from Africa since the early 1900s as a result of the impact of armed conflict on their lives and families. This book is unique in that it connects the issues of children who have been exposed to armed conflicts in several African contexts to the U.S. practice arena, reflecting on the interventions being used in Africa and their applicability in this country. The content is relevant for those agencies and public education systems providing services to immigrant and refugee populations from Africa."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What we know; title: Africans coming to the United States from contexts of armed conflict: relevance for helping professionals / Joanne Corbin --; title: The nature of children's participation in armed conflict / Jo Becker --; title: Experiences of refugee and asylee families affected by extreme violence: a personal narrative / Eugenie Mukeshimana -- -- African experiences and responses; title: Peace building /  Remigio C. Obol --; title: Psychosocial approaches to addressing the needs of children affected by armed conflict in northern Uganda / Stella Ojera --; title: International mental health programs for children and families facing adversity: development of the family strengthening intervention in Rwanda / Theresa S. Betancourt ... [et al.] -- -- Practice implications for social workers; title: Assessment and treatment issues for children affected by armed conflict: effects on children, family, and culture / Joan Granucci Lesser --; title: African approaches to healing children and families affected by armed conflict: implications for western practice / Joanne Corbin --; title: Ecological framework for social work practice with african populations affected by armed conflict / Joanne Corbin.