Title page

Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgments

List of Participants

Contents

Introduction I. The Essential Elements in Dealing with Trauma in Children and Adolescents in the Context of Conflict and Terrorist Incident

Introduction II. Working in the Context of the New Security Environment and Threats to National and International Stability

Part I

1. Specific Causes of Trauma in Children and Adolescents as Victims, Witnesses and Perpetrators of the Violence of Conflict and Terrorism, and Activities Proved to Prevent, Reduce or Remedy the Consequences to the Individual and to Society as a Whole

1. Education Under Continuous Violent Conflict

2. Brutalisation of Young Conscripts in the Russian Federation and the Long-Term Effects

3. Terrorism in Algeria - The Impact on Children and Adolescents

4. Terrorist Violence: Attack on Community Attachments

5. Group Therapy with Traumatized Children in the Chechen Refugees Camps

6. Traumatic Stress Among Child War Victims and Problems of Rehabilitation in Georgia

7. Child Soldiers - Recruitment, Demobilization, Rehabilitation, Reintegration

8. Negative Effects of the NATO Bombing on the Mental Health of Children in Serbia

9. Mechanisms of Generating Suicide Terrorism: Trauma and Bereavement as Psychological Vulnerabilities in Human Security - The Chechen Case

2. A Comparative Study of Different Developmentally Grounded and Culturally Sensitive Mental Health Approaches Towards the Treatment of Trauma in Children and Adolescents

Round Table

3. Collaboration Between Mental Health Professionals and Non-Professionals

Introduction

I. The Role of Non-Mental-Health Professionals - The Professional Viewpoint

The Effects of Exposure to Violence on Children of Different Ages: Prevention and Intervention - Effective Collaboration with Police and Court

The Role of Authoritative Parenting in Building Resilience

II. The Role of Non-Mental-Health Professionals - The Non-Mental-Health Professional Viewpoint

1. Causes and Effects of Delinquent Behaviour and Social Exclusion

2. Dignity and Respect for Oneself and Others: A Practical Initiative with Adolescents

3. Communication in the Family-A Means to Reduce Anti-Social Behaviour and Violence in the Community

4. Israel: Mechanisms to Help Youth Cope with the Current Situation and the Fear of Violence and Terror

5. Working with Youth as Partners to Reduce the Effects of Trauma: Models from Belarus, Russia and the USA

Part II. Identifying Scientifically-Grounded Specific Strategies to Deal with the Responses to Trauma Shown by 12-15 Year Old Serbian Children and the Training Required by Members of the Community, Working Alongside Mental-Health Professionals, to Implement Effective Measures to Ensure Well-Being and Well-Balanced Social Attitudesȶ
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1. Establishing the Context - The Impact of Post-Conflict Trauma on the Well-Being of Young People and the Future Development and Security of Fragile Societies: Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia

2. Case Study: Specific Elements of the Post-Conflict Trauma of Serbian 12-15-Year-Old Children and Adolescents

3. Discussion

4. Effective Strategies Already in Place in Serbia

1. Psychosocial Programs for Teachers - A School-Based Model of Child Mental Health Protection

2. Using Educational Institutions in Serbia for the Post-Conflict Recovery of Children

5. "Serbia Maybe Could Forgive if NATO Apologised!" - NATO Response

6. Identifying the Obstacles and Local Resources for Implementation and the Training Required by Non-Professionals Working Alongside Mental Health Professionals to Implement Effective Measures to Ensure the Well-Being and Well-Balanced Social Attitudes of Young People in Serbiao Ensure Well-Being and Well-Balanced Social Attitudesȶ
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7. Consensus Serbian Strategy. Action Plan Agreed by All Participants

Part III. Recognising Developmental Considerations and Cultural Sensitivities, First Steps in Developing a Strategy to be Applied Internationally for Preventing, Mitigating and Remedying Trauma in Children: Lessons Learned from the Development of the Strategy for Serbian Children - Relevance, Limitations and OpportunitiesAttitudesȶ
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Unanimous Recommendations

Author Index