STAR Resources
Our biggest resource is our trainings. See the schedule for upcoming training.
Printable STAR Models
- The Snail Model: Breaking the Cycles of Violence (pdf)
- Rompiendo Ciclos de Violencia Español (jpg)
- Briser les cycles de la violence Accroître la résilience (pdf)
- ﻛﺴﺮ دواﺋﺮ اﻟﻌﻨﻒ . ﺑﻨﺎء اﻟﻘﺪرة ﻋﻠﻰ اﻟﺼﻤﻮد (png)
- Quebrando os Ciclos da Violência Construindo Resiliência
- The Cycles of Violence (pdf)
- Ciclos de Violencia Español (jpg)
- Les cycles de la violence (pdf)
- دواﺋر اﻟﻌﻧف (png)
- Ciclos da Violencia (pdf)
STAR Handouts
- Trauma-sensitive development & aid article (pdf)
- Trauma Do’s and Dont’s (pdf)
- What Trauma Does to the Brain and Body (pdf)
- Common Responses to Stress and Trauma (pdf)
- Des réponses communes aux hauts niveaux de stress et / ou traumatisme (pdf)
- What You Can Do to Take Care of Yourself (pdf)
- Ce que vous pouvez faire pour prendre soin de vous même (pdf)
- What does it mean to be trauma informed and resilience oriented? (pdf)
STAR COVID-19 Resources
At this time, STAR has developed a few visuals and short videos with past STAR participants to acknowledge diverse responses to trauma and strategies for building resilience. We are also working to create online modules to make STAR training accessible in new ways.
Resources about Gender-based Violence and Trauma
- STAR for Sexual Harms
- Women in Peacebuilding: Resource and Training Manual
- Excerpts from Family STAR (Contact star@emu.edu to purchase the entire Family STAR)
Resources about Historical Harms and Trauma
Articles about STAR
- Dickey, Angela K. "Long Past Time to Talk about Trauma- Raising Awareness and Resilience"
- Schick, Katie. "Acting out and working through: trauma (and insecurity)" in Review of International Studies, Vol 37, No 24 (October 2011). Pages 1837-1855. (Available through JSTOR)
- Mansfield, Kathryn. "Strategies for Trauma Awareness and Resilience programme: experiential education towards resilience and trauma informed people and practice"
STAR Books
- The Little Book of Trauma Healing by Carolyn Yoder – An overview of invidual and collective trauma, common responses to trauma, and how to break the cycles of unhealed, unaddressed trauma. For everyone who works with trauma, whether the everyday variety, or with those affected by terrorism, tsunamis, current conflicts or historical wounds.
- STAR the Unfolding Story – a free e-book about the first ten years of STAR’s journey.
- STAR on Peacebuilder Online – Blog posts and articles related to the STAR program
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Become a STAR Practitioner (currently not available)
Admission Criteria
- Completion of Level I and II trainings
Application Requirements
- Contact our office to notify us that you wish to become a STAR Practitioner and submit payment of fees
- Agree and sign the Memo of Understanding (MOU) we provide to you
Equips participants to:
- Provide presentations and workshops of up to two days based on the STAR content
Support and benefits from STAR/EMU include:
- A research-supported curriculum developed over a 12 year period
- Provided with a set of 20-25 PowerPoint Slides, including Village STAR and the 3-Part Snail Model
- Access to the Learning Community, a Moodle web forum that provides notification of STAR content updates and new materials, STAR E-zines for your mailing list, discussion board, and the STARpostcard
Fee for Practitioner Status:
- $249 initial fee (Includes processing and the support and benefits listed above)
Please submit any questions to star@emu.edu
