German specialists will conduct classes and trainings on art therapy and conflictology for those working with victims of militar

24 August 2017, 07:37 | Ukraine 
фото с Odessa Daily

The Association "Europe without Borders", in cooperation with the "Association of Art Therapists of Ukraine" and the St. Paul's Rehabilitation Center, with the support of Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH and on behalf of the German government, is organizing a project "Overcoming Psychotrauma and PTSD Prevention in Children And teenagers for the sake of the future of Ukraine ".

The goal of the project is the implementation in the educational therapeutic practice of the methods of integral-pedagogical therapy with art in order to overcome psychotrauma in children and adolescents who became victims of the war in Ukraine.

These forms of art therapy can be used in large groups, and some of the techniques do not require the use of special knowledge from psychology and psychiatry, which is an advantage for overcoming the consequences of the situation in Ukraine.

From 27 to 31 August in Odessa on the basis of the Yuzhnoukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. Ushinsky will host a training seminar on art therapy and conflictology "Pedagogical and therapeutic work with children and adolescents traumatized by the war" with leading specialists of the partnership stART-international e. (Germany) for 120 volunteers, psychologists and teachers.

The "Europe without Borders" partnership: Europe without borders is a German-Ukrainian-Belarusian partnership that has been organizing educational projects in Belarus and Ukraine for 10 years, as well as charitable assistance to Ukrainian children.

All-Ukrainian Art-Therapeutic Association: The Association is a professional association of art therapists of Ukraine, established in 2003 with the aim of developing and introducing art-therapeutic methods into modern systems of psycho-correctional, educational, psychotherapeutic, psycho-preventive, rehabilitation and other activities.

StART intertational e. : International partnership stART international e. Has a ten-year experience of helping children in conflict zones and natural disasters. The specialists of the association constantly conduct trainings on integral-pedagogical therapy of art in different countries of the world.

GO "Rehabilitation Center of St. Paul": GO is providing charity since 2008. In 2014 the Volunteer Psychological Service was founded, the purpose of which is to provide psychological assistance and support to persons affected by the conflict in Ukraine.

Источник: Odessa Daily