It is commonly acknowledged that children who undergo violence are at increased risk for psychosocial and mental health problems. Furthermore, we know that most of the political violence takes place in low-income countries where resources for care are extremely limited. How then to develop support systems that bridge treatment gaps?

This web-based resource package is an attempt to provide a care delivery framework to set up and provide community-based psychosocial care in such settings. It contains information that describes the rationale, content and step-by-step implementation of the separate components of a comprehensive psychosocial care package (such as a Classroom Based Intervention, Counselling, Clinical Supervision, Screening and Psycho-education). It includes theoretical backgrounds, specifically developed clinical and screening tools and outcomes of research conducted on these different modules of the care package.

The resources are the result of a multi-year project that aimed to develop a comprehensive psychosocial care approach for children in areas affected by armed violence in Burundi, Indonesia, Sudan, Sri Lanka and Nepal, funded by PLAN Netherlands and developed and implemented by Healthnet TPO.

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We are aware that these resources are not a final product, rather the package should expand with new modules, research and tools. We invite users to be an active member to this process by uploading potentially relevant documents in the provided sections "add modules" and "add tools".