Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions (‎EASE)‎: training manual for a group psychological intervention for young adolescents affected by distress

Overview

Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions (EASE) is an evidence-based group psychological intervention to help 10–15-year-olds affected by internalizing problems (e.g. stress and symptoms of anxiety, depression) in communities exposed to adversity. Published by the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), EASE aims to support adolescents and their caregivers with skills to reduce distress. The EASE training manual accompanies the EASE intervention manual and is designed to be used to train EASE helpers (those who deliver the EASE intervention to adolescents and caregivers) and EASE trainers/supervisors (those who will go on to train/supervise future EASE helpers). The training program consists of 10 days (or equivalent to 80 hours). There is an additional day (or equivalent to 8 hours) for those who will be trained as EASE supervisors. Part A covers essential information to prepare for the training, including an overview of training and supervision requirements. Part B includes all the content needed to deliver the full training. The EASE intervention manual and supplementary files can be found at: https://covid.comesa.int/publications/i/item/9789240082755

For enquiries about EASE, please contact: EASEtraining@who.int.