Tools for multi-professional teams to create safe spaces in trauma-affected communities

5 Sundays, between 09:30-12:15, on the dates: 02.06.24, 09.06.24, 16.06.24, 30.06.24, 07.07.24

Course description :

The events of October 7 and the "Iron Swords" War created a complex reality of dealing with a unique trauma that included, among other things, the relocation of entire communities from their permanent place of residence to a temporary or alternative place of residence, for an unknown period of time. This situation requires special attention to issues such as community preservation, adaptation at the personal, family and social levels to the new reality, vague loss and mourning, dealing with uncertainty, and more. In addition, consideration must also be given to the host communities and the interrelationships between these two communities.

The course will allow for an in-depth look at these issues while addressing the creation of a safe space as an anchor for working with communities displaced from their homes following the war.

Course objectives:

1. General introduction to the issue of host and forcibly displaced communities

2. Understanding the Israeli national trauma in the context of changing communities

3. Acquiring tools for community work - from forced change to adaptation

Target audience:

Educators, social workers in local authorities, regular visiting officers, community coordinators, representatives of health systems and government services who work systematically with displaced communities following the events of 7/10 and the "Iron Swords" war.

Costs:

The course is free of charge.

About the lecturers:

Galit Itzhaki Dreizin - Jungian psychotherapist, MSW, criminal profiler. Has been working in the field of absences for over a decade both in Israel and in the therapeutic research arena worldwide.

Ran Cohen Aharonov - holds a master's degree in education. Founder and CEO of the organization Early Starters International for promoting international projects in early childhood education and development. Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Ran has established 20 safe spaces for children of refugees from the war, providing emotional and social support to approximately 5,000 children who have experienced trauma. Co-founder of "Yalduta", the organization for early childhood change. Accompanied the Pre-Primary Education Division at the Ministry of Education. Ran also creates and writes for children.