Trinity College Dublin & Boston College RPCA Symposium on Forced Migration: Bridging the Humanitarian, Peacebuilding, and Development Nexus: Building Systems for Mental Health & Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) for Populations Affected by War, Forced Displacement, and Resettlement through an Implementation Science Lens
The Boston College School of Social Work’s Research Program on Children & Adversity (RPCA) and Trinity College Centre for Forced Migration Studies partnered to host an interactive symposium focused on the role of implementation science in bridging the humanitarian, peacebuilding, and development nexus in regions affected by conflict and violence. The two-day in-person event featured two keynote speakers and four interactive panels that allowed for dialogue and discussion between sessions with audience members, panelists, and facilitators. The symposium created important dialogues to contribute to higher quality and more sustainable MHPSS and social services in conflict-affected settings to commit to the goal of building back better for individuals affected by war, forced displacement, and conflict.
May 7-8 2024
Boston College and Trinity College Symposium on Forced Migration
Annual Refugee Mental Health Stakeholder Event 2024: Integrating and Uplifting Individuals and Communities with Lived Experience into Refugee/Immigrant Mental Health Service Innovation and Delivery.
Each year, BC SSW RPCA Co-Hosts an event with Boston Children's Hospital Trauma and Community Resilience Center at Boston Children's Hospital focused on refugee mental health. This meeting is made possible by grant funding from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN; www.nctsn.org).
April 2024
UConn InCHIP Lecture: "The Mental Health of Children Affected by Armed Conflict: A Call to Action"
In Recognition of World Mental Health Day, Dr. Theresa Betancourt presented at UConn InCHIP Lecture on the,
"The Mental Health of Children Affected by Armed Conflict: A Call to Action."
October 2023
Annual Refugee Mental Health Stakeholder Workshop 2023: "Revitalizing Systems of Care: Promoting Refugee Children's Mental Health and Belonging."
Each year, BC SSW RPCA Co-Hosts an event with Boston Children's Hospital Trauma and Community Resilience Center at Boston Children's Hospital focused on refugee mental health. This meeting is made possible by grant funding from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN; www.nctsn.org).
This event is split by the Community and Providers Panel and the Policy and Systems Panel with panelists from all over the US.
April 2023
Keynote Presentation at Trinity College, Dublin: Family-based mental health promotion in refugee children: The promise of community-based participatory intervention, development and evaluation
To celebrate the launch of the Centre for Forced Migration Studies at Trinity College Dublin, Dr. Theresa Betancourt joins colleauges in Dublin, Ireland to speak about her work with refugee communities in the United States.
September 2022
Photo L-R: Dr. Tala Al-Rousan (UCSD), Dr. Emma Stokes (Trinity College), Dr. Theresa Betancourt, Dr. Ganzamungu Zihindula (Africa Health Research Insititute), Dean Cheryl Anderson (UCSD), Dr. Rachel Hoare (Trinity College).
Theresa's presentation (starts at 2:28:37) Trinity College, Dublin
Family Strengthening Intervention
for Early Childhood Development
Sugira Muryango: "Families Strengthening Intervention for Early Childhood Development: Alternative Delivery System of Poverty Reduction Strategies" in Rwanda—a project by the Research Program For Children and Adversity at the Boston College School of Social Work led by Salem Professor in Global Practice Theresa Betancourt.
Oct 2019
Refugee News: CNN Newsroom on the Ukraine Crisis
In the recent news of the ongoing Ukraine crisis, Boston College Salem Professor in Global Practice, Theresa Betancourt, speaks with Anna Cabrera on the impact of war on children, youth, and families and what interventions are needed in times of crisis.
April 2022
Sierra Leone War-Affected Youth Study
In a 15-year study of war-affected youth, Boston College researchers, led by School of Social Work Salem Professor in Global Practice Theresa Betancourt, find that families and communities are central to recovery for Sierra Leone's former child soldiers. The study is the first to follow child soldiers into adulthood.
June 2019
Theresa Betancourt Joins Larry King on PoliticKING
As ISIS systematically recruits younger soldiers into its ranks, can the international community effectively halt terrorists from radicalizing children into jihadis? Harvard's Theresa Betancourt joins Larry to discuss the hellish lives of child soldiers.
Sept 2015
Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA) Seminar Series: GRIT Available on YouTube
The Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA) focuses on observational research to understand trajectories of risk and resilience in children facing multiple forms of adversity while also using these research outcomes to develop and test evidence-based interventions to promote child health, development and family functioning.
The RPCA Seminar Series, Grants and Sponsored Research Initative, is a bimonthly research group/webinar with aims to i) Increase the regional knowledge base and capacity for implementation research ii) build a stronger mutual learning network and iii) provide training opportunities for partners tied to training grant objectives for trainees to receive formal training on data and implementation science.