‘The Amal Group – Addressing adversity, stress, trauma and the associated mental health responses of children and young people’ is a webinar is organised by ACAMH’s Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Special Interest Group.
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About the webinar
Amal for Children is an animation series telling a story of hope, resilience, friendship, and community, through the lens of a 9-year-old boy. Saleem arrives in the new town, carrying burdens of the past, after losing his father and experiencing displacement with his mother and two siblings. Each of the 9 animation episodes revolves around a therapeutic theme, suitable for children aged 8-14. The coping skills demonstrated in the series and support material and associated curriculum are designed to empower and equip children by helping them identify, understand, and deal with their symptoms of PTSD, toxic stress, anxiety and depression.
There are several substories intertwined with the main storyline related to mental health and traumatic injury, including bullying, stress, anxiety, child abuse, loss and grief, utilizing the bibliotherapy and KidNET therapeutic modality. KidNET is a Narrative Exposure `Therapy for children, a trauma focused psychotherapy aiming to reconstruct a chronological narrative of the child’s life, focusing on traumatic events whilst integrating positive experiences. Several stories of survival and resilience are told, as part of the psychosocial support Saleem receives. Therapeutic elements include Psychoeducation and normalisation, stress management and coping mechanisms, such as controlled breathing technique, progressive muscle relaxation, thought management and renewal, affect expression and cognitive coping, behavioural management, and creating trauma narrative.
Besides offering help to children in need of psychosocial support, one of the goals of Amal For Children is to generate awareness and empathy within communities and society at large, highlighting the positive role of their support.
The webinar will present a model demonstrating how the ithe Amal for Children episodes can be integrated into the 7 Session transdiagnostic model of Intervention –the Hope for Children and Families Programme. This is A Modular ‘Common Elements’ approach which gathers and integrates the most effective forms of intervention, into a library of interventions. The seminar will be presented by Digitalis and Child and Family Training colleages.