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TISS-Diploma in Psychosocial Care and Support in Disaster Management 2008-09
Posted Date: 20 Mar 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: General
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Posted By: Jose Mathew Member Level: Platinum
Rating:  Points: 8
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DIPLOMA IN PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE AND SUPPORT IN DISASTER MANAGEMENT
RATIONALE
Disasters are out-of-the-ordinary experiences, causing distress and emotional reactions in almost all
affected, including the disaster workers. The emergency response priorities in a disaster situation
are the provision of basic life support needs, ensuring the security of disaster survivors, and the
provision of psychological and social support. These services would ensure normalising routines
and helping survivors resume activities of daily living as quickly as possible so that it hastens
rehabilitation and enhances coping with the distress that result from the disaster.
Psychosocial care for disaster survivors and disaster workers, though very crucial, has received
recognition only in recent years. As a result, post disaster responses in psychosocial care have been
sporadic. These initiatives have provided both immediate and long term psychosocial support and
have also been designed keeping in mind regional diversities and needs.
To respond to this growing understanding of psychosocial care and support in disaster management,
this programme seeks to prepare a team of professionals who are equipped to respond to psychosocial
care and support needs at the micro and macro levels, as well as supervise, train and develop human
capacity in disaster management.
Above all there is a need for developing interventions/services that are culture specific, acceptable,
and effective in the Indian context. The diploma programme has been conceived especially for
professionals working in people-centered professions or those with first degrees in the helping
professions and now desirous of concentrating on psychosocial care in disaster management.
SCOPE
The combination of theory courses, skill workshops / development of monograph and the internship
experience would prepare the students to acquire a holistic understanding of the basic concepts in
disasters and an in depth theoretical understanding of the various dimensions of psychosocial care
and support in disaster management. It will also help to develop skills of working with various
groups affected by disasters
It is envisaged that students of this course might make choices that include working with national
and international NGOs, becoming independent practitioners, opting for more specialised professional
courses or research-oriented education programmes. This course not only responds to the existing
human resource needs in the area of disaster mental health but also aspires to mould professionals
who can contribute to resource and capacity building in the field of psychosocial care and support
in disasters.
CREDIT HOURS
The total credit hours for the diploma programme is 38, divided between the first and second semesters
of the programme, as detailed below. However, the semester-wise distribution of total credit hours
may change depending upon the semester class time tables
Details First Semester Second Semester Total Credits
Courses 10 Credits 12 Credits 22 Credits
Internship 6 Credits 6 Credits 12 Credits
Skill Workshops or Monograph 4 Credits 4 Credits
Total Credits 38 Credits
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For more details, visit http://www.tiss.edu/
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