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Special Training for Staff engaged in Shelter for Victims of Domestic Violence

The training for staff engaged in psychosocial work with children accommodated in the Shelter for victims of domestic violence were conducted by the Susret team through 8 workshops organized on: April 16, 20, 30; May 07, 14, 21, 28, and June 01, 2007.

The following topics were included in the training and presented through lectures, presentations, demonstrations and interactive learning:

  • Characteristics of trauma

  • Psychological development of children

  • Impact of trauma on child’s development/ psychosocial difficulties and symptoms as consequences of domestic violence

  • Effect of mechanisms of violence on the relationship between mother and the child/position of the child in domestic violence

  • Characteristics of helping/therapeutic relationships

  • Impact of feelings of helpers on therapeutic interventions

  • Methodology of conducting workshops with children

  • Role play techniques

  • Art therapy techniques

  • Techniques of guided fantasies

  • Prevention of professional stress and burn out

All workshops were covered by printed materials distributed to participants.

The evaluation of the participants

Participants of the training evaluated the training as a whole as well as each topic of the training by filling the evaluation questionnaire. The questionnaire also offered participants the possibility of qualitative evaluation of the training.

The overall training was evaluated through marks 1-5 (5 for excellent)

The participants evaluated the overall quality of the training with the average mark 4.5

The participants also evaluated the work of trainers by giving marks 1 -5, (5 for excellent)

The participant evaluated the overall quality of the trainers’ work with the highest mark 5

 

The participants evaluated each of the topics of the training by answering the questions on applicability of each topic in the following table:

 

TOPIC

Fully applicable

Moderately applicable

Not applicable

1

Characteristics of trauma

100%

 

 

2

Psychological development of children and impact of trauma on child’s development

25%

75%

 

3

Effect of mechanisms of violence on the relationship between mother and the child

25%

75%

 

4

Characteristics of helping/therapeutic relationships / feelings of helpers

50%

50%

 

5

Methodology of workshops

100%

 

 

6

Role play (psychodrama) techniques

100%

 

 

7

Art therapy techniques

100%

 

 

8

Techniques of guided fantasies

100%

 

 

9

Prevention of professional stress and burn out

75%

25%

 

The results of evaluation of each topic shows that not even one topic have been evaluated as not applicable by participants. Further it is visible that topics that are more of practical kind were evaluated by 100% of participants as fully applicable while the topics that were more theoretical were in fewer percentage of participants evaluated as “fully applicable”. We understand this fact as a result of great need of participants for practical techniques and tools that could be immediately implemented in their work with children in shelter.

REPORT by SUSRET’s TEAM