[psych-hr] IPEDEHP: its materials and training methodology

Dear members of the IPPN human rights and psychology discussion group,

Several of you, in commenting on the IPEDEHP case study, have indicated an 
interest in learning more about exactly what IPEDEHP does and in accessing 
some of their materials.  As I indicate in the case study, one of the 
wonderful things about IPEDEHP is their openness to sharing everything with 
everyone with the understanding that people will adapt the materials to their 
contexts

The purpose of this e-mail, for those interested, is to give you information 
on where you can go to learn more.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON IPEDEHP AND ITS METHODOLOGY

-- For those who want a better sense of IPEDEHP (it's origins and evolution 
to date, the specifics of its philosophy and methodology and how it has 
arrived at both, how it is seen in the human rights community inside and 
outside of Peru) I recommend that you access the full report and read Chapter 
V.

--  Chapter VI of the full report attempts to give the reader a sense of
what the three day training course and follow-up are like, from the 
perspective of someone who attended the course as a participant (me).  I 
include in that chapter: agendas for the three day course and a follow-up 
session, examples of a game and a dynamic, more detail on the materials.

The full report (in English and Spanish) is available on the web at: 
http://www.human-rights.net/IPEDEHP/study_english, or 
http://www.human-rights.net/IPEDEHP/study_spanish.

You can also access the report through the new PsychHr web site:
http://www.hrea.org/lists/psych-hr/

If you want a hard copy of either the English or Spanish report, please let 
me know and I will be happy to send it to you (although I might ask that you 
cover the mailing expenses).

Of course, if you REALLY want to get a sense of how it  works, there is no 
substitute to going to Peru and participating in the training program, as I 
did.  And, I'm sure Rosa Maria Mujica and her colleagues would be delighted 
to have you come (assuming, of course, that you are fluent in Spanish and 
make arrangements well in advance). For more information on up coming 
courses, plus anything else please contact Rosa Maria at: 
ipedhp@amauta.rcp.net.pe or RMujica@telematic.edu.pe.

ON HOW TO ACCESS IPEDEHP'S MATERIALS

Regarding the materials, I have prepared (in English and Spanish) a listing 
of all of the materials used with the community leaders plus some used with 
teachers that I share with people when they express an 
interest.  If any of you want that list (in either English or Spanish) please 
let me know and I will send it to you in a separate e-mail. 

The materials, by the way, are in Spanish.  However, the Human Rights Center 
at the University of Minessotta is in the process of translating the 
materials for the community leaders course into English and, over the next 
couple of months, they will start appearing in English on the web (the 
Spanish ones will also be up on the web but not for a couple of months).

A COUPLE OF COMMENTS

Which leads me to a quick set of observations/comments that might be of 
interest to those of you who have reviewed the study.

I have given at least two dozen briefings on the study to date to a wide 
variety of audiences ranging from the human rights/human rights education 
community in the U.S., to an NGO that focuses on women's empowerment, to 
several universities, other NGOs, and donors (USAID, World Bank).  I have a 
planned presentation at the UNDP the day before the discussion hour at the 
APA convention in August. I have also just mailed various combinations of 
the summary, full report, and a video on the program (which I did not 
prepare) to over 1,300 individuals and organizations worldwide.

The reaction has uniformly been very positive.  

--  The human rights education community in the U.S. (which is not nearly as 
advanced as the communities in Peru, Chile, Argentina, South Africa, and 
elsewhere) is so enthusiastic that (as you can see above) they are 
translating the materials into English for use in the U.S.  (in fact, they 
have already started using some of them in their training).  

--  An Argentine/Israeli who is very active in the human rights movement in 
Israel told me he was planning to translate them into Arabic to share with 
some 20+ human rights education NGOs in the Middle East.  

Key themes that comes up over and over again when people see the IPEDEHP 
methodology and materials are:

--  The sophisticated conceptual base which has been translated into a set of 
practical, easy to use/apply materials.

--  Superb packaging (very attractive, again very easy to use).

--  The importance of establishing, and working through, trust networks.

Several of you have made the same observations.

I hope this information is useful.  If you want me to e-mail you either the 
listing of IPEDEHP materials that are available or the full report (in 
English or Spanish) please let me know. Also let me know if you would like a 
hard copy of the full report and I will be happy to send it to you.

Warm regards,

Marcy Bernbaum