In FY24, IRC’s Center for Adjustment Resilience and Recovery (CARRE) launched a pilot initiative, PC-CARE, adapting the University of California, Davis (UC-Davis) evidence-based program for families with children between the ages of one and ten who have experienced forced displacement. The program aims to enhance caregiver understanding of child development, the effects of stress and trauma, and the importance of maintaining a positive child-parent relationship.
The pilot involved two facilitators from two organizations, implementing four or six sessions with a total of thirty caregivers and children from Afghan and Ukrainian communities. The results showed significant improvements in caregiver and child relationships and 100% of caregivers reported that PC-CARE fit with their religious and/or cultural values. You can read the executive summary of the adapted pilot below, and visit the PC-CARE Learning Center linked below.
