Free online course: trauma-informed care for professionals working with children – launches January 2020. 

Core to the CarePath project is our upcoming free online training course on trauma-informed care. The online course is addressed to anyone are interested in deepening their knowledge on trauma-informed practices and interventions for children in care who suffered traumatic events.

Details:

Duration: 8 weeks

Start date: January 8, 2020

Languages: Course material will be available in English, Italian, French, Hungarian and Greek.

Content: Over four modules, learners will be introduced to:

- the science behind supporting and empowering children with traumatic experiences

- the intervention practices and research of of trauma-informed care (TIC),

- the legal framework and principles within which TIC approaches can be applied.

- how to intervene in the case of child abuse or neglect while protecting children’s rights, their resilience and preventing retraumatisation

Piloting for the online course begins in the coming weeks. If you are interested in participating in the pilot, or learning more about the course, please contact Ciaran O’Donnell at Ciaran.odonnell@eurochild.org

Deze online cursus, kosteloos en in eigen tempo te volgen, richt zich op de zorg voor en bescherming van kinderen die zonder volwassenen op de vlucht zijn. De cursus geeft inzicht in de risico’s die deze kinderen lopen en in hun kwetsbaarheid. Je maakt kennis met de recente ontwikkelingen in beleid, praktijk en hulpverlening aan deze kinderen, en hoe hun rechten beschermd kunnen worden. Er is volop gelegenheid ervaringen uit te wisselen met cursisten vanuit de hele wereld. De cursus is beschikbaar in het Arabisch, Engels, Frans en Spaans.

The first International Care Leavers Convention in India is taking place on March 13-14, 2020 with support from and at Amity University, Noida, Delhi NCR, India.

Objective of the Convention:

Bring Care Leavers, from developed and developing worlds, together on a common platform to learn, share and exchange experiences, knowledge and solution on their situation such that it aids one another as well as amplifies their voices and attracts the attention of decision makers to act upon their demands through betterment of the policy and practice related to them.Principles:Based on freedom, voluntarism spirit, free will and respect for dignity of youth. The network is based on the philosophy of “nothing for us without our active engagement” and to be anchored and driven by the Care Leavers themselves, with them being the decision makers in a democratic and transparent manner.

Participants:

around 130 Care Leavers from India as well as other parts of the world, especially Germany, Egypt, Sri  Lanka  and  other  countries,  to  come  together  interfacing  with  different  actors  and  stakeholders.    Total participants to be around 250.

Convention Design:

The conventionwill consist of inaugural sessions, two main plenary sessions and a valedictory session, while the Breakaway Sessions, on both days, will consist of plenary sessions and group discussions on the sub themes of the conference.There will be a core group (group leader, facilitator and moderators) for each parallel workshop and care leavers and subject experts will share their thoughts as a panel after which group interactions and participation of all will be encouraged. Documentary Screening: Select small but thought provoking documentaries of not more than five minutes shall be  solicited  to  document  good  practices  and  experiences  from  the  ground  around  various  themes  of  the conference.