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The Emotional Impact of Disaster on Children and Families

8. Suggested Reading

  1. Action for the Rights of Children (ARC) (2009): Foundation module 7, Psychosocial Support, available at: http://goo.gl/OgHpkA
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  18. Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) (2007). IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings, available at: http://goo.gl/vYJtl4
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  28. Save the Children (2013), Psychological First Aid Training Manual for Child Practitioners, available at http://goo.gl/4IbtFS
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