Printer FriendlyPeople world-wide struggle with normal life transitions and the traumas of illness, divorce, unemployment, accidents and death. Today we are increasingly threatened with job loss, violent crimes, ethnic and gender conflict, illness (e.g., AIDS), homelessness, disaster, and the hazardous impact of environmental pollution on health, home, and our general well-being. As stress and anxieties increase, suicide and homicide have become leading causes of death in many societies, while millions of women, children, and older adults are abused by partners or caretakers.
The impact of such events takes its toll in economic loss, insecurity, and vulnerability to further risk. Families, communities and human service providers struggle to respond to these stressful developments, while addressing new demands in an era of fiscal constraint and global change.
Here are ways we can work together:
Education
- Consultation
- Workshops
- Trainer-training for health, social service, and grassroots workers, both nationally and internationally
Crisis Intervention
- Suicide and violence prevention
- Care of victim/survivors of violence and abuse
- Programs for perpetrators
International Collaboration
International graduate certificate program: Violence, Crisis, & Gender Studies is a university-based consortium, including computer-assisted instruction, which is an interdisciplinary program piloted in Lisbon, Portugal, and is in the process of linkage with other universities in the United States and South America.
Special Projects
- International Symposium on Crisis, Violence and Suicide
- Certification of crisis workers
- Formation of an international crisis network to provide support, exchange, sponsorship of study groups, development of a newsletter, etc.