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APA International Learning Partner Program to Bangladesh

Women on a boat in Dhaka

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In February 2018, APA hosted a trip to Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh to attend the Asian Regional Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Conferenceopens in new window (ARCBT) and meet with psychology leaders in university and community settings. APA members also spent time in a Rohingya refugee camp, trauma centers for women and children, and a school for children with special needs.

Contact Tierney Collins for any questions about the ILPP program.

Thanks to our status as APA delegates, we were welcomed into public and private agencies, given detailed orientations, and guided on tours through facilities and a refugee camp that would have been closed to us had we visited Bangladesh independently.
— Lori Kiyama, PhD, APA member

Bangladesh February 2018

APA delegation with founders of the ARC Mental Health Clinic in Dhaka. Photo by Raphael Gunner, PhD

ARC Staff with APA

APA delegation with founders of the ARC Mental Health Clinic in Dhaka.
Photo by Raphael Gunner, PsyD

Rohingya Refugees attending a meeting at a One-stop Crisis Cell. Photo by Raphael Gunner, PhD

Rohingya refugees

Rohingya refugees attending a meeting at a One-stop Crisis Cell.
Photo by Raphael Gunner, PsyD

Sign for the Regional Trauma Counseling Center in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp. Photo by Raphael Gunner, PhD

Regional Trauma Counseling Center

Sign for the Regional Trauma Counseling Center in the Kutupalong Refugee Camp.
Photo by Raphael Gunner, PsyD

Rohingya Refugee temporary dwellings in Kutupalong Refugee Camp. Photo by Raphael Gunner, PhD

Rohingya refugee dwellings

Rohingya refugee temporary dwellings in Kutupalong Refugee Camp.
Photo by Raphael Gunner, PsyD

APA delegation arrives at Cox’s Bazaar hosted by psychologists in the Bangladesh Ministry of Women and Children. Photo by Raphael Gunner, PhD

Cox’s Bazar

APA delegation arrives at Cox’s Bazar hosted by psychologists in the Bangladesh Ministry of Women and Children.
Photo by Raphael Gunner, PsyD

Mother and Children in Rickshaw, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Photo by Raphael Gunner, PhD

Mother and children in rickshaw

Mother and children in Rickshaw, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh.
Photo by Raphael Gunner, PsyD

APA Members with Bangladeshi psychologists and mental health workers in Kutupalong refugee camp. Photo by Raphael Gunner, PhD

Kutupalong refugee camp

APA Members with Bangladeshi psychologists and mental health workers in Kutupalong refugee camp.
Photo by Raphael Gunner, PsyD

Sign outside a One-stop Crisis Cell (OCC) where psychologists provide mental health care to refugees. Photo by Raphael Gunner, PhD

One-stop Crisis Cell (OCC)

Sign outside a One-stop Crisis Cell (OCC) where psychologists provide mental health care to refugees.
Photo by Raphael Gunner, PsyD

Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh

Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh

A welcome by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies near Kutupalong Refugee Camp.
Photo credit: Raphael Gunner, PsyD

Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh

Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh

A visit to the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief.
Photo credit: Raphael Gunner, PsyD

Bangladesh Market

Bangladesh Market

APA travelers and Bangladeshi psychologists in a local market.
Photo credit: Raphael Gunner, PsyD

Date created: 2018

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