Trinity College Dublin & 涩里番下载 RPCA Symposium on Forced Migration:听Bridging the Humanitarian, Peacebuilding, and Development Nexus: Building Systems for Mental Health & Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for Populations Affected by War, Forced Displacement, and Resettlement through an Implementation Science Lens
The 涩里番下载 School of Social Work鈥檚 Research Program on Children & Adversity (RPCA) and Trinity College Centre for Forced Migration Studies partnered to host an interactive symposium focused on the role of implementation science in bridging the humanitarian, peacebuilding, and development nexus in regions affected by conflict and violence.听The two-day in-person event featured two keynote speakers and four interactive panels that allowed for dialogue and discussion between sessions with audience members, panelists, and facilitators. The symposium created important dialogues to contribute to higher quality and more sustainable MHPSS and social services in conflict-affected settings to commit to the goal of building back better for individuals affected by war, forced displacement, and conflict.
May 7-8 2024
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Annual Refugee Mental Health Stakeholder Event 2024:听Integrating and Uplifting Individuals and Communities with Lived Experience into Refugee/Immigrant Mental Health Service Innovation and Delivery.
Each year, 涩里番下载 SSW RPCA Co-Hosts an event with听Boston Children's Hospital听Trauma and Community Resilience Center at Boston Children's Hospital focused on refugee mental health.听This meeting is made possible by grant funding from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN;听www.nctsn.org).听
April 2024
UConn InCHIP Lecture: "The Mental Health of Children Affected by Armed Conflict: A Call to Action"
In Recognition of World Mental Health Day, Dr. Theresa Betancourt presented at UConn InCHIP Lecture on the,
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October 2023
Annual Refugee Mental Health Stakeholder Workshop 2023: "Revitalizing Systems of Care: Promoting Refugee Children's Mental Health and Belonging."听
Each year, 涩里番下载 SSW RPCA Co-Hosts an event with听听Trauma and Community Resilience Center at Boston Children's Hospital focused on refugee mental health.听This meeting is made possible by grant funding from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN;听).听
This event is split by the Community and Providers Panel and the Policy and Systems Panel with panelists from all over the US.听
April 2023
Keynote Presentation at Trinity College, Dublin: Family-based mental health promotion in refugee children: The promise of community-based participatory intervention, development and evaluation
To celebrate the launch of the听Centre for Forced Migration Studies at听, Dr. Theresa Betancourt joins colleauges in Dublin, Ireland to speak about her work with refugee communities in the United States.听
September 2022
Photo L-R: Dr. Tala Al-Rousan (UCSD), Dr. Emma Stokes (Trinity College), Dr. Theresa Betancourt, Dr.听Ganzamungu Zihindula (Africa Health Research Insititute), Dean Cheryl Anderson (UCSD), Dr. Rachel Hoare (Trinity College).
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Theresa's presentation (starts at 2:28:37) Trinity College, Dublin
Family Strengthening Intervention
for Early Childhood Development
Sugira Muryango: "Families Strengthening Intervention for Early Childhood Development: Alternative Delivery System of Poverty Reduction Strategies" in Rwanda鈥攁 project by the Research Program For Children and Adversity at the 涩里番下载 School of Social Work led by Salem Professor in Global Practice Theresa Betancourt.
Oct 2019
Refugee News: CNN Newsroom on the Ukraine Crisis
In the recent news of the ongoing Ukraine crisis, 涩里番下载 Salem Professor in Global Practice, Theresa Betancourt, speaks with Anna Cabrera on the impact of war on children, youth, and families and what interventions are needed in times of crisis.听
April 2022
Sierra Leone War-Affected Youth Study
In a 15-year study of war-affected youth, 涩里番下载 researchers, led by School of Social Work Salem Professor in Global Practice Theresa Betancourt, find that families and communities are central to recovery for Sierra Leone's former child soldiers. The study is the first to follow child soldiers into adulthood.
June 2019
Theresa Betancourt Joins Larry King on PoliticKING
As ISIS systematically recruits younger soldiers into its ranks, can the international community effectively halt terrorists from radicalizing children into jihadis? Harvard's Theresa Betancourt joins Larry to discuss the hellish lives of child soldiers.
Sept 2015
