106 Protecting a survivor when she reports what happened to her ( continued )
TO THE TRAINER
PART II : THE TRAINING
ROLE PLAY EXERCISE
Aim . To practise how to accompany a survivor who decides to tell her story .
Role Play 6 . How to support a survivor when she tells her story .
This exercise teaches the participants how to speak to a survivor who decides to report what happened to her . It also teaches the helper how to include the human rights-based approach . They practise how to deal with a survivor ’ s trauma story in a careful and respectful way , give her control over her story , and avoid waking her trauma .
KEY POINT
The story shows that
• Retelling her story may cause a survivor to have trauma symptoms , such as nightmares .
TEACHING INSTRUCTION .
On bad dreams , see Section 1 of Part III , pages 125-126 on intrusion and bad dreams .