COURSE INFORMATION

Scheduled Dates: 20 – 31 Jan 2025 | 14 – 25 Apr 2025 | 14 – 25 Jul 2025 | 13 – 24 Oct 2025

Duration: 2 Weeks

Customized dates and one-on-one sessions can be organized.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This intensive 2-week training is designed to equip professionals working on World Bank and donor-funded projects with essential skills in trauma counseling and management. Operating in conflict-affected, post-disaster, or high-stress development contexts, these professionals often encounter individuals and communities experiencing acute and chronic psychological trauma. The course blends theoretical knowledge with practical skills to help participants identify, assess, and respond appropriately to trauma-related challenges within their project settings.

Participants will learn to integrate trauma-informed approaches into their daily operations and understand how to support colleagues, beneficiaries, and vulnerable populations while minimizing the risk of secondary trauma and burnout among project staff.

TARGET GROUP

This course is designed for:

~ Project officers and managers of World Bank and donor-funded initiatives

~ Psychosocial support staff

~ Field workers and community development officers

~ Health professionals and counselors involved in project implementation

~ Social workers and humanitarian responders

~ M&E and safeguarding officers

~ NGO and CSO staff working in high-stress or post-crisis environments

~ No prior formal training in psychology is required, but participants should have experience working in development or humanitarian contexts.

COURSE OUTLINE

The following topics will be covered:

~ Introduction to Trauma and Context in Donor-Funded Settings

~ Psychological and Physiological Responses to Trauma

~ Principles of Trauma-Informed Care

~ Introduction to Counseling and Active Listening

~ Psychological First Aid (PFA) and Initial Trauma Response

~ Trauma Interventions and Approaches

~ Working with Special Populations

~ Self-Care and Secondary Trauma Prevention

~ Trauma-Informed Project Design and M&E

~ Practical Application, Review & Action Planning

REGISTRATION

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TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PAYMENT
    Fees Payment - All fees are payable strictly in advance 2 working days before the course starting date.
    Cancellation Fee - Cancellation of any participant 5 working days before the start day of a course will incur a 20% cancellation fee.
    We regret that no cancellations will be accepted within 2 working days of a course, but substitutions may be made.