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WORKSHOP ON PSYCHO-SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR DISASTER SURVIVORS

All chair persons, resource persons and registered participants (except 1, can not attend because of salary payment issue) attended the workshop. Their gracious presences make our workshop success. Our research fellows and project assistants and scientists take part as rapporteurs and vote of thanks (Final schedule: http://www.isical.ac.in/ws/disaster.html"). This helps them to learn how to organize the workshop. When they will be in the different organizations, they can organize different training programs and workshops for the growth of the organization. During welcome address as convener, I have pointed out that this workshop will explore four things: (a)disaster perspectives ;(b)Psycho-social crisis patterns;(c)Psycho-social support strategies; (d)Assessment of trauma and psycho-social support evaluation; Disaster perspectives : Though my intention was to limit within the boundary of natural disaster, during the discussion and giving examples, it expands to man-made disa