The "BASIC Ph" Model of Coping and Resiliency

Prof. Mooli Lahad, PhD, is a senior medical and education psychologist, professor of psychology, and director of the MA studies in Dramatherapy at Tel Hai College, Israel. He is also the founder and president of the Community Stress Prevention Center (CSPC). Prof. Lahad is one of the world's leading experts on community and public behavior, and coping with disasters. He has served as a consultant to the Israeli National Security Council and the Ministries of Education, Welfare, Homefront, Defense and Health. Following the 9/11 World Trade Center attack he trained community workers, first responders, mental health staff and medical care teams in New York and New Jersey. He served for many years as a consultant to UNICEF and is a former member of the NATO committee on psychosocial preparedness to disasters. He developed the “BASIC Ph” integrative model of resiliency. Dr. Miri Shacham, PhD, is a senior educational counselor, lecturer and researcher of psychology and education at Ort Braude College, Israel. She is also a psychotrauma researcher at CSPC. Dr. Shacham served for many years as a trainer and consultant to school managers in the Ministry of Education advising on preparedness and coping with terror and war situations. She also developed school programs enhancing teacher and pupil coping resources for trauma after the Second Lebanon War. Dr. Ofra Ayalon, PhD, is a psychologist and family therapist and an expert on working with trauma. She is a renowned author and trainer throughout the world in the field of trauma and coping with crisis and disasters. She retired from Haifa University after 35 years of teaching and research and she is currently the director of the Nord COPE Center in Tivon, Israel. Her career as a trainer and consultant has spanned many organizations, such as UNICEF in Former Yugoslavia, Finland's Red Cross, Center for Crisis Management and Education in the UK among others.

Introduction: The Integrative Model of Resiliency. Mooli Lahad, Tel Hai College, and Dmitry Leykin, Tel Hai College. 1. Measuring "BASIC Ph". Dmitry Leykin. 2. Six Parts Story Revisited. Mooli Lahad. 3. CARING: Children at Risk Intervention Groups "BASIC Ph" Guide for Coping and Healing. Ofra Ayalon, Nord COPE Center. 4. From "BASIC Ph" to Trauma and PTSD. Moshe Farchi, Tel Hai College. 5. The Application of the "BASIC Ph" Model in Family Therapy. Shulamit Niv, CSPC 6. Parenthood in Six Channels. Mooli Lahad and Nira Kaplansky, Waterbirds International. 7. The Contribution of Lahad's "BASIC Ph" Model and Landy's Role Method Model to Strategies of Coping with Stress among First Year Nursing Students. Naomi Hadary, Safed Academic College. 8. How Jewish and Arab Parents Perceived their Children's Resiliency During the Second Lebanon War. Miri Shacham, Ort Braude College, Mooli Lahad and Yehuda Shacham, ESPCT. 9. From Trama to Resilience: Combining Two Body-Oriented Psychotherapeutic Approaches. Judith Spanglet, Ben Gurion University and "Connections and Links-From Trauma to Resilience," Meirav Tal-Margalit, "Connections and Links-From Trauma to Resilience," and Miri Shacham. 10. Coping Modes of Zefat Residents During the Second Lebanon War. Lev Yossi, and Eshet Yovav, both at Bar-Ilan University 11. "Helping the Helpers" Cross-Cultural Program using the "BASIC Ph" Model. Yehuda Shacham. 12. Skradin Children: Longitudinal Study of Post Traumatic Reactions. Gina Lugovic, University of Zagreb. 13. School Project in Montenegro: During and after the Yugoslav War. Stress and Trauma among Adolescent Schoolchildren - A Model of Preventive Psychological Work in Accordance with the BASIC Ph Approach. Ljiljana Krkeljic, Podgorica, and Nevenka Pavlicic, KCCG Hospital, Podgorica. 14. Implementing the "BASIC Ph" Model in Post-Katrina Mississippi Gulf Coast. Ruvie Rogel, Wright State University and CSPC. 15. The "BASIC Ph" Model: An Approach for Building Business Resilience for Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. Dorit Elmaliach, CSPC. Epilogue: Or a Short Ride into the Future. Mooli Lahad, Miri Shacham and Ofra Ayalon. List of Contributors. Index.