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Summarising the toolbox
SAID ALOUD
Summarising the toolbox
Aim. To review the different tools that are available for training and when working directly with survivors.
Trainer. We will now summarise the tools we have mentioned, both those that you can use directly with survivors, and those you may find useful as a helper. You will recall from sections 2, 3 and 4 of Part I, and from pages 30-31 in Part II that we suggested human rights can produce a useful framework. Here we consider some other specific tools.
PART II: THE TRAINING
Tools for helping survivors
• The helpers’ qualifications:
•“ I see you”.
•“ Your reactions are natural”.
•“ You are a survivor”.
• BASIC-Ph.
• Safe place exercises.
• Grounding exercises.
• Relaxation exercises.
• Energising exercises.
• Exercises that connect with the senses.
Tools for Trainers
• Role play exercises.
• Group discussions.
• Plenary discussions.
• Examples for trainers to practice.
• The Butterfly Woman story( or other ways to convey acute and long term reactions to traumatic events).
• How the brain works when in danger.
• Familiarity with triggers.
• The‘ window of tolerance’.
• Human rights-based approach.
• Grounding exercises that connect to the past and future:
• Present moment.
•‘ Squeeze-Hug’.
• Weight of the body.
• Straightening the back.
• The‘ window of tolerance’.
• Psycho-educational approaches.
• The Butterfly Woman metaphor and other metaphors.
• Human rights-based approach.