Haruv Institute - Annual Report 2017

About the Haruv Institute

ANNUAL REPORT 2017

Study and Training Programs

Conferences and Study Days

Projects

The Haruv Children's Campus

International Research and Activities

Haruv – USA

Haruv in Communications and the Social Media

Appendix: A Survey of the Past Decade

Editors: Nofar Mazursky, Paula David, Yaffa Tsionit Translation: Ziona Sasson Proofreading: Dana Mamari Graphic design: Eli Deitch Studio Print: Maor Wallach Haruv Institute, The Hebrew University, Mount Scopus, Jerusalem 9765418 Tel: 972 - 77- 5150300 Website: https://www.haruv.org.il/eng/

May 2018

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Prof. Asher Ben-Arieh, Executive Director, Haruv Institute

We are happy to present you with our annual report of the Haruv Institute’s activities for the year 2017.

The Haruv Institute is the leading body in Israel, and among the leading institutes in the world, for training in the field of maltreated children. The aim of the Institute is to train professionals, professional aides, investigators, parents and children, while addressing every aspect of the prevention, detection, treatment and rehabilitation of maltreated children – alongside the renewal and development of cutting-edge professional knowledge and its dissemination in Israel and throughout the world. Over 7,000 professionals actively took part in the annual and periodic programs run by the Haruv Institute in 2017 in Israel and abroad: events, seminars, conferences and workshops – in one-day or two-day training programs and in study programs that ran for longer periods. Tens of thousands of people were exposed to the content presented in these venues, transmitted by trained personnel, via written information disseminated by the institute at conventions and training sessions, or through the media, internet and social media. The year of 2017 was a special year for us. On January 9 th , 2017 we opened the Haruv Children's Campus (see the special chapter), which constitutes a major resource for our activities, and presents the Institute with new challenges in developing unique models for work with children-at-risk and imparting this knowledge to all professionals. This report reviews our activities, which we hope you will find interesting. You will find information on the wide spectrum of activities that the Haruv Institute has initiated, developed, conducted and shared. Next to each activity appears its estimated budget.

We will be pleased to receive your feedback and ideas, which could help improve and promote our activities, for the benefit and welfare of children-at-risk.

Sincerely,

Prof. Asher Ben-Arieh Executive Director, Haruv Institute

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

About the Haruv Institute Our budget Study and Training Programs ׀ Welfare and multi-disciplinary fields ׀ Health care professions ׀ Education ׀ Legislative and judicial fields Conferences and Study Days Projects The Haruv Children's Campus International Research and Activities Haruv – USA Haruv in Communications and the Social Media Appendix: A Survey of the Past Decade

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ABOUT THE HARUV INSTITUTE

The Haruv Institute, established by the Schusterman Foundation - Israel, is the leading body in Israel for training and research in the field of maltreated children. The goal of the Institute is to train professionals, professional aides, investigators, parents and children, addressing every aspect of the detection, treatment and rehabilitation of maltreated children, and the prevention of this phenomenon. The uniqueness of the Institute lies in its multi-disciplinary and comprehensive activities, which help promote this goal from every aspect – the medical, legal, psychological, educational and social. The Institute works towards coalescing a professional and public congregation, characterized by a broad general education and suitable skills and training, to advance the well-being and welfare of maltreated children. Towards that goal, it works to improve the tools at its disposal through the following means: · Renewing and compiling cutting-edge professional knowledge disseminating it in Israel and throughout the world. Developing innovative study programs implemented to train field workers coming from a variety of professions. · Conducting study programs and courses, both short and long-term, for different target groups. The programs are all customized to the specific needs of each group. · Organizing conventions, study days and seminars with the participation of prominent experts from Israel and abroad. These events are held throughout Israel, for various target groups, with emphasis placed on the peripheral communities, to help expand their knowledge and acquired information. · Producing and disseminating information and professional publications on the abuse and neglect of children – publishing data sheets, pamphlets and articles that review and gather relevant topical information; conceptualizing and documenting clinical field research; translating up-to-date information into Hebrew. The Institute publishes the magazine Nekudat Mifgash (Meeting Point), which gathers the latest information from both the academia and the field, making it accessible to professionals. It aims to create a common language and increase the collaboration and coordination between all relevant professional bodies. In addition, the Institute has an active Facebook page, targeting professionals, to update their awareness of professional information and the Institute’s activities in the field of maltreated children. Additionally, the Institute’s website offers a database that includes data files, lectures on video and information for parents and professionals about the various forms of maltreatment. · Training young researchers – the Institute has a scholarship program for post-doctoral studies abroad. The program’s graduates join the Haruv staff, become faculty members at universities and colleges and expand the circle of researchers in Israel in the field of child abuse and neglect. Additionally, the Institute hosts workshops for Ph.D. students from all over the world and helps conduct international university courses for students of advanced studies. · Exchanging professional knowledge between Israel and other countries, and developing its leading international role by expanding its activities and presence and disseminating up-to-date innovative information in the field. This includes the activities of a branch of the Haruv Institute in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA, and exchanging delegations of academicians and policy-makers from different countries.

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· A constant search for new initiatives and joint collaboration on new projects in the field of abuse and neglect, assembling resources and knowledge. This includes the operation of the Haruv Children's Campus in collaboration with thirteen agencies and organizations; the “Mehalev” project for preventing child abuse, in collaboration with the Myers-JDC- Brookdale Institute and the Child Welfare Bureau; the Strong Communities project for the prevention of abuse and neglect, and more. The Haruv Institute employs workers and research assistants from different professions related to each field of activity. The Institute’s work is accompanied by a public board of directors, whose members are prominent figures in the related professional fields. The Board helps the Institute formulate its professional policies and work strategies and in positioning it as a leading institute of training, teaching and research in the field.

Further information is available at the institute’s internet site: https://www.haruv.org.il/eng/ and on Facebook: /https://www.facebook.com/haruvinstitute

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OUR BUDGET

The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Foundation is the founder of the Haruv Institute and is its major contributor. The past few years have witnessed a clear and steady growth in the activities of the Haruv Institute, naturally leading to an increase in its budget.

1.5 1.5

2011

2 1.8

2012

2.5

2013

2

2.9

2014

2.25

3

2015

2.25

3.1

2016

2.55

3.6

2017

2.8

Annual budget in millions of dollars Schusterman Foundation’s support in millions of dollars

*The chart does not include the activities of the Haruv Institute – U.S.A.

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STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS I WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS

STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS

SEMINARS FOR STUDENTS OF SOCIAL WORK

Goal: To expose students nearing completion of their studies in social work to the world of content of maltreated children, as well as providing communication skills with children who experienced traumatic events. Activities include lecture, a workshop on how to talk with children about difficult events, and participation in simulations with professional actors – presenting common situations in the social worker’s encounters with families-at-risk. Target Population: Students of Social Work.

Number of Sessions: 4 one-day sessions

Participants: 350

Location: The Center of Medical Simulation (MSR)

Budget : NIS 95,000

Participants’ Feedback:

I gained further knowledge regarding children-at-risk, and children who were/are victims of abuse, support frameworks and how such frameworks operate. Additionally, the simulations were very interesting, placing emphasis on the family network. The third simulation for me lacked a reference to the mother herself and her situation, not just focusing on the children. I learned a lot about not hiding things from children, also about my role as a social-worker, and especially about being honest and stating the purpose of the meeting. It was superb.

Courtesy of Msr. The presenters are actors.

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6th CPP Course Goal: To train caregivers working with pre-school children and their parents, via a state-of- the-art therapy model to be implemented in different therapeutic networks. Target Population: Social-workers, psychologists, art therapists. Number of Sessions: 9 seminar days, held every six months; 32 training sessions held every two weeks. Budget : NIS 152,000 STUDY PROGRAMS BASED ON CHILD-PARENT PSYCHOTHERAPY (CPP) STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS Participants: 24 Location: Leonardo City Tower Hotel, Ramat-Gan. The training sessions are held at various venues in Jerusalem, Modi’in and Tel Aviv.

6th ־ CPP Course

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STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS

Reinforcement Training with Alicia Lieberman for CPP Graduates Goal: This is part of the annual reinforcement program for graduates of the CPP programs. Target Population: 1 st day: graduates of all CPP courses. 2 nd day: teachers and staff of CPP.

Number of Sessions: 2

Participants: 65

Location: The Haruv Institute

Budget: NIS 54,000

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STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS Participants: 80

EVENTS IN MEMORY OF PROF. PATRICIA VAN HORN

Public Lecture in Memory of Prof. Patricia Van Horn Goal: To pay homage to her memory and her activism for pre-school aged children who experienced trauma, and mark her contribution to the professionals working with this population in Israel. Target Population: Open to the general public.

Number of Sessions: 1

Location: The Senate Hall, Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Budget : NIS 30,000

Workshop in Memory of Prof. Patricia Van Horn Goal: To pay homage to her activism for pre-school aged children who experienced trauma, and mark her contribution to the professionals working with this population in Israel . Target Population: Professionals in the field.

Number of Sessions: 1

Participants: about 22

Location: The Haruv Institute

Budget : NIS 5,000

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TRAUMA-INFORMED INTERVENTION PROGRAMS

The Haruv Institute offers trauma-informed intervention training to welfare and mental health organizations treating children and families. The “trauma lens” places emphasis on principles and areas of knowledge such as: · How childhood trauma affects child development · Early childhood attachment and its relation to trauma · The impact of trauma on parenting · Professionals’ coping with children and parents who experienced trauma · Trauma-informed interventions (with a focus on protectiveness, talking directly about trauma, creating a trauma narrative, psycho-educational intervention, etc.) The aim of this training is to encourage professional workers to keep the child’s situation in mind when treating families that have experienced traumatic events, to involve the children in therapeutic interventions and to maintain a focus on the trauma when treating the entire family. Psychotherapy for pre-school aged children and parents, in a state of crisis and trauma In partnership with: The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Organization for Promoting Education (NGO) Goal: Provide the therapeutic staff of the Tel Aviv-Jaffa Organization for Promoting Education (NGO) with working tools at their sessions with families and children who live in an ongoing state of trauma (families-on-the-brink), for evaluation and treatment. After training, the program’s graduates will be skilled in carrying out a dyadic therapeutic discourse when treating families-on-the-brink within the treatment framework in which they work. Target Population: The NGO’s therapeutic staff – social workers, psychologists, therapists.

Number of Sessions: 15

Participants: 30

Location: Jaffa

Budget: NIS 25,000

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STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS Participants: 60

Training Program for Therapists in Emergency Centers – Integrating Principles of Trauma-Informed Intervention in Children with the Work at the Emergency Center In partnership with: Mivtach-Oz and Schusterman; Ahava and Shabtai Levi Goal: To create integration and application of the principles of trauma-informed intervention within the framework of therapeutic work with maltreated children in the emergency centers in Jerusalem and northern Israel; the two Jerusalem emergency centers, and the two from northern Israel joined forces respectively in order to study together. Target Population: Social-workers, psychologists, art therapists and other caregiving professionals.

Number of Sessions: 6

Location: The Haruv Children's Campus

Budget: NIS 26,000

Full-Day Seminar for the staff of the “Ahava” Emergency Center, on Trauma-Informed Treatment Goal: This study day was a continuation of the course on the principles of trauma-informed intervention that had been held with the therapists of the “Ahava” and Shabtai Levi Emergency Centers, with emphasis on instilling the principles of this type of intervention for the entire staff. Target Population: The entire staff of the Ahava emergency center .

Number of Sessions: 1

Participants: 30

Location: The “Ahava” Emergency Center, Kiryat Biyalik

Budget: NIS 3,200

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A Course for Foster Care social workers of Orr-Shalom (NGO) on Trauma-Informed Intervention

Goal: To enrich the professional knowledge and tool-kit in treating children and their biological families and foster care families, via the additional perspective of the “trauma lens”. Target Population: The foster care social workers of Orr-Shalom (NGO).

Number of Sessions: 5

Participants: 55

Location: Central Region

Budget: NIS 32,000

Trauma-Informed Intervention for the After-School Child-Care Facilities of the “Yad Rachel” Organization (NGO) In partnership with: “Yad Rachel” (NGO) Goal: Becoming familiar with the principles of trauma-informed intervention, the impact of trauma and how to cope with its manifestations – in order to help the staff at the after-school child-care facilities in treating children-at-risk. Target Population: All staff members of the “Yad Rachel” after-school child-care facilities, including counselors, National Service volunteers, social workers and coordinators.

Number of Sessions: 4

Participants: 50

Location: Jerusalem

Budget: NIS 5,000

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STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS Participants: 35

Intervention-Based Treatment of Adolescent Boys and Families in Crisis and States of Trauma In partnership with: “Ha’ogen” Youth Village Goal: To enrich the senior staff of the community-based “Ha’ogen” with the “trauma lens”, in the process of treating adolescent boys and their families, and provide the staff with tools to meet with the families and children who experienced traumatic events. Target Population: Social workers, directors and coordinators of the different frameworks of the community-based Ha’ogen.

Number of Sessions: 8

Location: Be’er-Sheva

Budget: NIS 12,000

General Assembly of the Regional School Counselors In partnership with: Educational-Psychological Service (SHEFI), the Ministry of Education Goal: The Haruv Institute holds lectures regarding maltreated children, at conferences for school counselors in various cities and regions, as part of the Ministry of Education’s annual program for school counselors. This year's theme was encouraging students to turn for help. Target Population: School Counselors.

Number of Sessions: Between 1-2 sessions in each region

Participants: About 100 participants in each region

Location: Ramla, Be’er-Sheba and environment, Ashkelon, Petach Tikva

Budget: NIS 8,000

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Study Sessions on Secondary Trauma for Social Workers Goal: To spotlight the ramifications of therapeutic work on the social worker. To bring those working with pain, suffering and hope - as part of their daily work – in touch with the wounded parts within themselves hidden by their own defense mechanisms, as well as with the primary wounds which influence choosing a care-giving profession. These study sessions are also targeted at creating at developing a community of workers with a shared language that will facilitate educational interactions between professionals from different backgrounds, alongside consolidating uniform work and learning processes further on. Target Population: Child protection social workers in the Jerusalem Municipality.

Number of Sessions: 2

Participants: 50

Location: Jerusalem

Budget: NIS 3,000

Day seminar on secondary trauma for child protection social workers of the Jerusalem municipality

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STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS

Training In Trauma-Informed Interventions In Out-Of-Home Placement Frameworks

Children who come to out-of-home placement frameworks, such as halfway houses and foster care, suffer from traumatic events that occurred in the family, such as suspected violence and abuse, illness, the sudden death of a family member, divorce-related conflicts, rejection, loss or desertion of a significant figure. Many of these children suffered ongoing trauma at home, and removal from the biological family is an additional and harsh trauma. Supervisors and caretakers at foster-care centers and halfway houses for children, need to treat children who experienced traumatic events. Talking about trauma is very challenging, especially with young children. Adults tend to minimize the impact of trauma on young children, claiming that at such a young age, the child does not remember nor understand what he witnessed, or is capable of recovering naturally. The aim of the program is to provide the therapists with tools to treat these children, through a “lens” focused on trauma, which will contribute towards therapeutic intervention and the understanding of this population of children. Topics studied in the program: Trauma; the emotional-social development of children during their first years of life; daily challenges of living in a group; loss of a parent who is still alive; behavioral expressions of children in distress, etc. In 2017, two programs were run for trauma-informed interventions: • Trauma-informed interventions in foster-care family frameworks, in collaboration with Neve WIZO, Herzliya, April – June 2017. • Training program on trauma-informed intervention therapy in foster-care family frameworks, in collaboration with “Shachar – Foster-Care Family Services”, July – December, 2017. Target Population: Therapists and supervisors at foster care services, the staff of the halfway home, the director, social worker, psychologist, educational staff, counselors and house– parents of the foster-care home.

Number of Sessions: 5-8 sessions for each group

Participants: 90

Location: North, Central and Southern regions, and Jerusalem

Budget for the Out-of-Home Frameworks programs: NIS 20,000

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TRAINING THE STAFFS OF THE “A HOME FOR EVERY CHILD” NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ORGANIZATION

Training the Staff of After-School Programs, “A Home for Every Child” (East Jerusalem) Goal: To provide the multi-disciplinary staff of the after-school frameworks with tools to apply The “A Home for Every Child” non-profit organization provides a solution for about 2,000 children per year who must cope with neglect, and emotional and sexual abuse. The organization operates treatment frameworks for children-at-risk, such as emergency centers in Jerusalem and in Be’er Sheva, a transitional home and after-school therapeutic programs, and the Meital Center. Herein lies the importance of collaboration between the Haruv Institute and the “A Home For Every Child” – through the training of its professional staff, the help the organization offers children at risk will develop and improve.

in their work in therapy, working with and guiding children-at-risk. Target Population: The staff of the after-school therapeutic frameworks.

Number of Sessions: 3

Participants: 20

Location: the Haruv Institute

Budget: NIS 1,500

Study Seminar for the Staff of the “A Home for Every Child” After-School Programs

Goal: Familiarity with the principles of trauma therapy, trauma’s impact and how to deal with its manifestations – which will help the after-school frameworks’ staff to treat the children-at-risk. Target Population: Social workers, directors, coordinators and counselors at the after-school programs of “A Home for Every Child” Organization.

Number of Sessions: 2

Participants: 50

Location: Haruv Children's Campus

Budget: NIS 3,000

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STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS Participants: 50

Study Seminar for the Staff of the Be’er Sheva EmergencyCenter on Integrating the Principles of Treating Trauma in Childhood. Goal: All the children and adolescents who arrive at the emergency centers have experienced traumatic events in the family, in addition to the trauma of emergency placement outside their homes. These events impacted on their development and their relationship with their parents. Current studies indicate dramatic repercussions of childhood trauma on the development of

the child’s brain, both physical and mental health, and even life span. Target Population: The Staff of the Be’er Sheva Emergency Center.

Number of Sessions: 6

Location: Be’er-Sheva

Budget: NIS 7,500

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TRAINING FOR SOCIAL WORKERS IN SOCIAL SERVICES DEPARTMENTS

Trauma-based interventions – Hof HaCarmel Regional Council In partnership with: Hof HaCarmel Social Services Department Goal: The aim of the program is to provide the therapists with tools when treating families and children who experienced traumatic events, in order to evaluate and process these events. Special emphasis will be placed on “talking the trauma” with children, their parents and together. Target Population: Family social workers, child protection officers and other social workers from the Social Services Department.

Number of Sessions: 6

Participants: 30

Location: Hof HaCarmel Regional Council

Budget: NIS 25,000

Trauma-based interventions: Ashkelon In partnership with: Social Services Department – Ashkelon

Goal: To provide the therapists with tools when treating families and children who are in a state of trauma or crisis, via observation and use of the “trauma lens”. Special emphasis will be placed on “talking the trauma” with children, their parents and together, especially at the meeting-point of the various committees for treatment planning. Target Population: Family social workers, child protection officers and other social workers.

Number of Sessions: 4 for each group (total of 8)

Participants: 50

Location: Ashkelon

Budget: NIS 25,000

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STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS Participants: 27

Advanced Study Program for Social Workers Ness-Ziona – Part II In partnership with: Social Services Department – Ness-Ziona Goal: To provide the therapists with tools when treating families and children who experienced traumatic events, in order to evaluate and process these events. Special emphasis will be placed on “talking the trauma” with children, their parents and together. Target Population: Continuation of the program for social workers from the Social Services Department who completed the first training program in 2015.

Number of Sessions: 9

Location: Ness-Ziona Municipality

Budget: NIS 12,000

Trauma-Based Interventions: Haifa In partnership with: The Municipality of Haifa

Goal: To provide the therapists with tools when treating families and children who experienced traumatic events, in order to evaluate and process these events. Special emphasis will be placed on “talking the trauma” with children, their parents and together. Target Population: Social workers from Parent-Child Centers and the Haifa Welfare Department.

Number of Sessions: 8

Participants: 37

Location: Social Services Department, Kiryat-Chaim

Budget: NIS 17,000

Training Program for Debriefers at MSR, Jerusalem In partnership with: MSR, Jerusalem Goal: To train professionals in the simulation-based training model at the Simulation Center, at the Haruv Children's Campus. Target Population: Professionals in the various services working at the Haruv Children's Campus.

Number of Sessions: 2 full training days

Participants: 12

Location: MSR, Jerusalem

Budget: NIS 24,000

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Training Escorts in the Course for Escorting Crime Victims, the Israel National Council for the Child – MSR Jerusalem In partnership with: the Israel National Council for the Child and MSR, Jerusalem Goal: Training volunteers in the Crime Victims Escorting Project of the Israel National Council for the Child, in dealing with common communication situations encountered in the course of their volunteer work. Target Population: Law students who volunteer in the Crime Victims Escorting Project.

Number of Sessions: 1

Participants: 25

Location: MSR Jerusalem

Budget: NIS 13,000

D.B.T. (Dialiectical Behavioral Therapy) for Therapists at the Neve Micha’el Children’s Village Goal: To provide tools in treating children and adolescents suffering from complex emotional problems resulting from trauma and abuse. Target Population: Therapists from the Emergency Center for Children and Young Girls, the Therapeutic-Advisory Unit, Day Boarding-School, Boarding School, social workers, psychologists, art therapists.

Number of Sessions: 13

Participants: 35

Location: Neve Micha’el, Pardes Hana

Budget: NIS 27,000

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STUDY PROGRAMS FOR THE OTOT ORGANIZATION (NGO)

The OTOT Organization provides out-of-home solutions within the community for youth- at-risk from fringe populations. Via its various hostels it provides treatment, education and rehabilitation to adolescents from a variety of populations, while integrating them into the surrounding community. This is the fifth year that this seminar is taking place, in cooperation with the Haruv Institute. Training coordinators of the OTOT Organization, on the Trauma Lens and its Contribution to a Adolescent Residential Care Goal: The coordinators in the various OTOT frameworks are challenged with complex professional issues, because of their workwith adolescents in a state of severe trauma, following abuse and neglect. Understanding the “trauma lens” – how it affects these adolescents and how to cope with its manifestations – can help treat this population. Target Population: Coordinators of out-of-home placement frameworks of the OTOT Organization.

Number of Sessions: 7

Participants: 18

Location: Haruv Children's Campus

Budget: NIS 20,000

One-Day Seminar for SocialWorkers in theOTOTOrganization’s frameworks Goal: The aim is to train social workers in understanding the “trauma lens” contribution to their work in an adolescent residential setting. Target Population: Social workers.

Number of Sessions: 1

Participants: 15

Location: Haruv Institute

Budget: NIS 1,000

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Training Social Workers of the OTOT Organization, on the Trauma Lens and its Contribution to Adolescent Residential care – Advanced In-Depth Studies Goal: To deepen the learning in all aspects of the contribution of the “Trauma Lens” in the out-of-home placement frameworks. Target Population: Social workers of the OTOT Organization.

Number of Sessions: 3

Participants: 20

Location: Haruv Children's Campus

Budget: NIS 5,000

Training Program for Directors of the OTOT Organization Hostels Goal: Understanding trauma through the trauma lens, how it affects youth and how to cope with its manifestations. This training program also works to help acquire knowledge and tools regarding trauma, which will help those in managerial positions to better direct the frameworks under their management. Target Population: Directors of the OTOT Organization hostels.

Number of Sessions: 4

Participants: 18

Location: Haruv Institute

Budget: NIS 5,000

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STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS Participants: 5

Creating Trauma-Informed Hostels: Planning Sessions with the OTOT Organization’s Jerusalem Hostels Goal: The OTOT Organization with the Haruv Institute work jointly to implement elements of trauma therapy into the organization’s Jerusalem hostels. The senior teams chose elements they wished to introduce – such as a system for absorbing different kinds of adolescents, psycho- educational groups, etc. They met every few months to report on progress and discuss various issues that surfaced during the implementation process. Following the three training seminars already held, three Jerusalem hostels have decided to work together to create elements of trauma-informed intervention therapy in their hostels. Every few months a joint brain-storming session is held. Target Population: The senior staff of three Jerusalem hostels of OTOT Organization.

Number of Sessions: 1

Location: Jerusalem

Budget: NIS 2,000

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PROTECTION COMMITTEES

Protection Committees – South Mt. Hebron, Sussiya and Sansana In partnership with: The South Mt. Hevron Social Services Department Goal: To help the communities promote the protection of children in their community from abuse. Target Population: Committee members, elected by their settlements, mostly from professions related to the committee’s mandate (rabbis, social workers, psychologists, lawyers, etc.). Number of Sessions: 2 settlements, 5 meetings per team led by a professional specializing in abuse and community escorting.

Participants: 12 (about 6 in each committee)

Location: The settlements in South Mt.Hevron in which protection committees operate.

Budget: NIS 16,000

Evening Seminar for Committee Members in South Mt. Hevron Goal: To teach all the committees together on topics related to their committees’ work and discuss crucial issues related to their work. Target Population: Members of the Protection Committees.

Number of Sessions: 1

Participants: 28

Location: South Mt. Hevron Regional Council, Meitarim

Budget: NIS 5,000

Protection Committee, Jordan Valley In partnership with: Jordan Valley Regional Council, Maale Ephraim Local Council Goal: To help the community promote the protection of children in their congregation from abuse. Target Population: Members of the Protection Committees of the above councils, and the social workers from these sectors.

Number of Sessions: 5

Participants: 45

Location: Jordan Valley Regional Council

Budget: NIS 32,000

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Protection Committee, Nahal Sorek In partnership with: Nahal Sorek Regional Council

Goal: Providing relevant knowledge, creating work procedures and working on actual cases in the field. Moreover, a one-day seminar was held to strengthen public awareness of the issue of maltreated children. Target Population: Members of the Protection Committees in the settlements in which they volunteers, educators, welfare workers and residents.

Number of Sessions: 5 sessions throughout the year per settlement (a total of 25 sessions) and 1 one-day seminar. Participants: 5 in each committee, a total of 25; the one-day seminar – 350 participants.

Location: Nahal Sorek Regional Council

Budget: NIS 25,000

One-day seminar, Nahal Sorek Protection Committee Members

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Professional Accompaniment of the Tene Omarim Protection Committee Goal: Enlisting the community for protection of its children, and of other members at risk. This program is part of an extensive program in South Mt. Hevron, in which local residents receive training. Target Population: Volunteers.

Number of Sessions: 5

Participants: 8

Location: Tene Omarim Settlement, South Mt. Hevron

Budget: NIS 10,000

One-Day Seminar – Youth Advancement and Welfare Workers, Central Region In partnership with: Youth Advancement, Education Ministry, Central Region, Welfare Ministry, Branch for Sexual Assault Victims, The Association of Rape Crisis Centers. Goal: The one-day seminar was titled “Sexuality, Sexual Assault and What Lies Between Them”, addressing issues relating to sexuality and assault. Target Population: Workers for youth advancement and welfare workers in the central region who treat adolescents.

Number of Sessions: 1

Participants: 130

Location: Petach Tikva

Budget: NIS 5,000

One-Day Seminar for Workers in Gush Etzion Goal: Imparting knowledge on the subject of communal responsibility for community coordinators, detecting youth victims of abuse and developing a dialogue with them - for Youth Advancement workers. Target Population: Community coordinators, youth coordinators, youth advancement workers, Gush Etzion Regional Council. Number of Sessions: 1 (This day is part of an extensive 3-year program on protec– tion in the settlements of the Gush Etzion Regional Council).

Participants: 40

Location: Gush Etzion Community Center

Budget: NIS 10,000

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Evening Seminar for Residents of Gush Etzion Goal: To raise the subject of protection in the settlements. The closing event of the program is described in the above paragraph. Target Population: Protection Committee members and residents of the Gush Etzion settlements.

Number of Sessions: 1

Participants: 150

Location: Gush Etzion Community Center

Budget: NIS 10,000

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PROTECTION CENTERS

Directors of Protection Centers In partnership with: Child & Youth Service, Welfare Ministry

Goal: The group of directors of the protection centers serves as a source of inspiration and learning for colleagues, with a rich variety of experience and multi-cultural backgrounds, an advisory, guidance and support group, and a culture of togetherness and a sense of belonging. Target Population: Protection Center directors.

Number of Sessions: 9

Participants: 8

Location: Ramat Gan (Information & Learning Center, Ashalim)

Budget: NIS 30,000

Child Protection Social-Workers Group at Protection Centers In partnership with: Child & Youth Service, Welfare Ministry

Goal: The child protection social workers each work in a separate protection center and must cope with difficult emotional and professional challenges. This group provides a learning and consultation milieu and the creation of a group of colleagues that can discuss professional cases and challenges. Target Population: Child Protection social workers at Protection Centers.

Number of Sessions: 10

Participants: 12

Location: Ramat Gan (Information & Learning Center, Ashalim)

Budget: NIS 28,000

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Protection Centers – Round Tables, 1 and 2 In partnership with: The Ministries of Welfare, Public Security, Health, Justice, Police Goal: The national steering committee of the protection centers consists of representatives of the various government ministries, representatives of partnering NGO’s and of the protection centers. Each protection center formulated procedures fitting their activities. These formulations, now in the process of finalization, will be submitted for discussion during these study seminars and a final procedure will be formulated into a single obligatory document. Target Population: Staff of the protection centers, and the ministries’ national and regional inspectors.

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Number of Sessions: 2

Participants: 200

Location: Ramat Gan

Budget: NIS 60,000

Phototherapy Workshop for Protection Centers’ Staff Goal: The workshop is targeted at professionals and addresses a wide spectrum of topics and challenges encountered by the organization and its professionals, in a creative manner via the camera lens. The program is part of many resources invested in every protection center individually, every year. Target Population: Protection Centers’ staff.

Number of Sessions: 1

Participants: 10 in each Center

Location: Throughout Israel

Budget: NIS 4,500 per program

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STUDY PROGRAMS FOR PROFESSIONALS FROM THE ULTRA-ORTHODOX SECTOR

Psychological-Educational Services, Elad Goal: Training psychologists in treating children victims of sexual abuse. Target Population: Educational psychologists.

Number of Sessions: 19

Participants: 26

Location: Shoham

Budget: NIS 90,000

Training Educational Staff in Talmud Torah centers In partnership with: The Bnei Brak Municipality Goal: Increasing awareness of sexual abuse in ultra-orthodox society and methods of coping within the educational frameworks. Target Population: Educational staffs in the Talmud Torah schools – educators, supervisors, principals.

Number of Sessions: 20

Participants: 80

Location: Bnei Brak, Elad, Beit-Shemesh

Budget: NIS 40,000

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Training Parenting Counselors Goal: Increasing awareness and training on the subject of child abuse: detecting, identifying

and coping within the educational system and the community. Target Population: Parenting counselors, educators and advisors.

Number of Sessions: 12

Location: Y.N.R Center

Budget: NIS 23,000

The lectures fill my soul, satisfy it and make it hunger for more. Thank you for all you’ve invested! It is special that there are so many people who address such important issues and train educators, who can’t imagine what’s going on right under their noses.

Training Ultra-Orthodox Female Therapists, Cohort 6 Goal: Imparting knowledge on treating child victims of sexual abuse. Target Population: Ultra-Orthodox therapists.

Number of Sessions: 20

Participants: 36

Location: Haruv Children's Campus

Budget: NIS 160,000

Enrichment Activities for Female and Male Ultra-Orthodox Graduates of the Training Program on Treatment of Child Sexual Abuse Goal: Advanced training for ultra-Orthodox graduates of Haruv, in order to create a

congregation of therapists that continues to learn and remain updated. Target Population: Male and female graduates of the programs.

Number of Sessions: 2, 3

Participants: 30, 25

Location: Training Center, B’nai Brak

Budget: NIS 25,000

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Training for Rabbis on Child Victims of Abuse and Neglect Goal: Training municipal rabbis to address the issue vis-à-vis the community. Target Population: Municipal rabbis.

Number of Sessions: 4

Participants: 25

Location: The Rabbinate of Jerusalem

Budget: NIS 18,000

Detecting, Identifying and Addressing Sexual Abuse in Educational Frameworks Goal: Providing tools to cope with the phenomenon of sexual abuse in ultra-orthodox institutions. Target Population: Ultra-orthodox male and female counselors (3 programs).

Number of Sessions: 6

Participants: About 20 in each program

Location: Jerusalem, Rehovot and Petach Tikva

Budget: NIS 50,000 for the three programs together

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TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR WORKERS AT TREATMENT CENTERS FOR CHILD VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE

Training Therapists and Care-giving Teams at Treatment Centers for Child Victims of Sexual Abuse In partnership with: The Ministry of Welfare and the NGOs that operate the centers. Goal: Advanced training for the Centers’ professional staff. Target Population: Therapists at the Centers.

Number of Sessions: Throughout the year, each center holds 10-30 training sessions on a variety of topics, in accordance with the needs of the staff at each center.

Participants: 200

Location: Throughout Israel

Budget: NIS 360,000

Training Course for Directors of Treatment Centers for Child Victims of Sexual Abuse In partnership with: The Ministry of Welfare and the NGOs that operate the various centers. Goal: Providing managerial tools for the directors of treatment centers for victims of sexual abuse. Target Population: Directors of the treatment centers.

Number of Sessions: 5

Participants: 13

Location: Tel-Aviv

Budget: NIS 5,000

Training for Directors of Treatment Centers: Treating Children with Inappropriate Sexual Behavior Goal: Discussion of the topic with the centers’ directors. Target Population: Directors of Treatment Centers for Sexually Abused Children.

Number of Sessions: 3

Participants: 13

Location: Haruv Institute

Budget: NIS 3,000

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PROGRAMS FOR MIGRANT UNDOCUMENTED REFUGEES

Trauma-Informed Training for Professional Staff of Mesila In partnership with: Mesila Goal: To impart knowledge on treatment and trauma-based dyadic counseling. Target Population: Social workers and counselors at Mesila.

Number of Sessions: 5 + 7 training

Participants: 25

Location: Mesila, Tel-Aviv

Budget: NIS 35,000

Feedback:

The five sessions for the Mesila staff have ended and we are looking forward with great anticipation to the training sessions starting in September, to be led by Chana Tsur, as well as the course for kindergarten teachers. I wish to thank you, Asher and the entire staff of the Haruv Institute, from the bottom of my heart. This is a marvelous partnership and I hope for more joint partnerships and training programs. It is certainly not to be taken for granted and contributes so much to us all, both professionally and personally. The staff came away deeply moved from every session, with many insights, thoughts about our work processes, excitement and the joy of learning. The needs in working with the community of migrant workers are great, often accompanied by a great sense of helplessness and a lack of solutions. Your teaching staff succeeded in connecting with these challenges and in every session renewed the link between theory and the actual field work. The principles of CPP therapy and the approach to children who experienced trauma and to their parents are very relevant to our work at Mesila and many of our workers are already discussing how to integrate many elements from the course into their daily work and how it has given them a much wider perspective and understanding of the various processes.

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STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS Participants: 20

Training for Kindergarten Teachers: Working with a Population that has Experienced Trauma Goal: Increasing awareness and coping with the issue. Target Population: Kindergarten teachers at the babysitting centers for migrant workers in Tel-Aviv.

Number of Sessions: 5

Location: Mesila, Tel-Aviv

Budget: NIS 5,000

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ADDITIONAL TRAINING AND STUDY SESSIONS ON SEXUAL ABUSE

The DINA Program In partnership with: The Herzog Center

The Beit Midrash, an ancient Jewish institution of study, transforms – via the application of contemporary treatment methods and progressive knowledge – into a complex and in-depth platform for coping with issues of sexual abuse and violence, social and domestic isolation and experiences of victimization and loss of control. The Dina Program, implemented as both a workshop and a Beit Midrash, seeks to integrate both worlds of knowledge, the therapeutic and the Jewish, to address those issues that concern therapists, both in the contextual and emotional aspects, via the study of Jewish tradition and sources. The professional women’s ability to discuss texts from the world of Judaism enriches the discussion, empowers and introduces different directions of discussion and field work. This framework enables a meeting of experienced professional workers who work with abused children via different prisms: women therapists who treat both victims of abuse and the abuser, professionals involved in aspects of social change and directors of emergency frameworks. This variety creates a teaching, enriching and empowering symposium. Goal: Senior, experienced professional women, dealing with issues of sexual abuse.

Number of Sessions: 12

Participants: 15

Location: Assistance Center for Sexually Abused Women, Ra’anana

Budget: NIS 44,000

Feedback:

This combination is fascinating, mind-expanding and thought-provoking. Integrating ancient Jewish sources with treatment methodology creates connections, perceptions of the basic textual sources, a different perspective on the Biblical stories, and in-depth learning of the world of therapy. Each topic is studied through both the Jewish and the professional treatment prism regarding the phenomenon of abuse. The venue of a workshop enabled the group members to express themselves extensively about their professional, personal and emotional opinions.

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STUDY AND TRAINING PROGRAMS ׀ WELFARE AND MULTI-DISCIPLINARY FIELDS Participants: 60

Training the Staff at Beit-HaYeled on Sexual Abuse and Protection In partnership with: Beit-HaYeled Goal: To train the staff of Beit-HaYeled on the subject of sexual abuse and protection. Target Population: The care giving staff, therapeutic staff and National Service volunteers.

Number of Sessions: 3

Location: Beit-HaYeled, Jerusalem

Budget: NIS 5,000

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