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Aim:The Humanitarian Assistance Programmes UK & Ireland (HAP) work in partnership with mental health professionals in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH), the country affected by war 1992-1995, providing knowledge and expertise in the treatment of trauma, and specifically in the use of EMDR (eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing). In this way we aim to build a body of qualified and experienced professionals who can establish and sustain their own EMDR training and professional associations in BH.Method:Authors described educational process considering the history of idea and its realization through training levels and process of supervision which was provided from the Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) of UK &Ireland with non profit, humanitarian approach in sharing skills of EMDR to mental health therapists in BH.Results:The trainers from HAP UK & Ireland completed two EMDR trainings in Tuzla than in Sarajevo for 50 recruited trainees from different BH health institutions from different cities and entities in BH. To be accredited EMDR therapists all trainees are obliged to practice EMDR therapy with clients under the supervision process of HAP UK&Ireland supervisors. Supervision is organized via Skype Internet technology. Up today three trainees completed their supervision successfly and became European Accredited EMDR Psychoitherapists.Conclusion:Two training of Bosnia-Herzegovina mental health workers to effectively use EMDR with enthusiastic help of EMDR trainers from HAP UK&Ireland resulted with foundation of Bosnia-Herzegovina EMDR Association. The next training is organized in Sarajevo again in 2013-2014 and it will increase psychotherapy capacities in postwar BH.

Book Reviewsthe abilities of his students to make good choices, he could respect the abilities of parents to do the same, rather than limit their choices with negatively tinged hyperbole about psychotropic medication. The bias against medication is so profound, that the author describes an incident in which a student had been rushed to the emergency room the previous night with an asthma attack, and the teacher talked the parent out of having the staff administer the child's inhaler, proposing instead a psychological explanation for the asthma attack.The school also seems to let its belief in minimal structure go too far. One of the students was allowed to spend a great deal of time in the classroom of much younger children, because that is where he felt comfortable. He was found picking up a younger child by the neck and choking him. After this incident was discussed, he was still allowed to spend time in the younger children's classroom, and another similar incident happened. Sometimes, trusting a child's natural learning process puts other children in danger, and the school's responsibility is not just to the student who has to explore and make mistakes, but also to the student who is vulnerable and needs protection.