FREE ONLINE EDUCATION IN PROFESSIONAL CARE FOR ORPHANS – IN MANY LANGUAGES AT WWW.FAIRSTART.NET/TRAINING Dear friends I’m a Danish clinical psychologist working with deprived, maltreated and disturbed children in public care. Some years ago I designed a 15 session trianing program for foster family groups and staffs. It was tested in the European Commission project fairstart.net by professionals in Italy, Greece, Turkey, Spain and Romania before the final online design was completed. You can use the “handbook” and the 15 “sessions” for training staffs systematically in care for young children in public care. The program is research based and very down-to-earth with video examples of quality care development and organization of work,translating research into practice. Results are positive, both in professional practice and child development, and it does not require extra manpower or money. It comes in English, German, Spanish, Catalan, Turkish, Romanian, Italian and Greek versions. As a social worker you can take the role of program instructor. The program is spreading rapidly into another 16 languages translated by volunteer professionals around the globe: Chinese, Bahasi, Arab, Russian, Burmese, Polish, Farsi, etc.etc. The new language versions will appear on the homepage 2012-13. For example, the program will be official standard education for the staffs of the 8000 Indonesia orphanages and their staffs, starting from 2012. Using the program only requires an internet access and a projector. I developed the program because I visited many universities, foster family and adoption organizations as well as orphanages around the world and decided to provide free access to professional education and development to the many people who work under difficult conditions. Realizing that the number of World orphans is increasing above the 143.000.000 registered by UN in 2003, I think the program has proved a needed tool for improving child care for children in public custody. For more info, or if you wish to do trainer’s training it may be possible for me to do local training: mail me at [email protected] A lot of research and wonderful contributions from researchers, psychologists, social workers and educators, NGOs has been invested in providing the program globally. A follow-up EU project will spread the program further in Eastern Europe. I hope you will use it and pass on the link to child carers to support professional development and systematic work to improve child care. On behalf of the project group my best wishes for your work Yours sincerely Niels Peter Rygaard child psychologist Denmark
Posted on: Fri, 05 Jul 2013 09:24:08 +0000
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