Coordinator: Irina Ioana Calota
Age group: 8 – 12+
The aim:
To provide a safe and supportive social environment for pre-teens. A space where they have the opportunity to develop a positive self-image; to get in touch with their resources and vulnerabilities; to explore healthy relationships with themselves, others and the world.
Objectives:
- personal development - self-awareness, relationship, creativity
- social-emotional development - social skills, emotional language, regulation and appropriate expression of strong emotions
Irina Ioana Calota
Personal development workshop for pre-teens
Benefits:
- asserting oneself in a healthy and socially appropriate manner
- practising communication and relationship skills with co-elderly people
- stimulating creativity and flexibility
- building a balanced value system
- exploring new dimensions, new roles and more appropriate ways of responding
- expression of thoughts and ideas in Romanian, which strengthens cultural and national identity
- strengthening the sense of belonging to the ethnic group
- discovering new skills
Working methods:
The working methods used are expressive-creative, in accordance with the coordinator's training in Play Therapy and Drama Therapy:
- Communication and self-expression games
- Improvisation, role-play, movement and voice games
- Projective activities: drawing / collage / modelling / painting / stories
- Psychological games and activities for self-knowledge and interknowledge
- Discussing topical issues
Guiding themes:
- Who I am
- Resources and values
- Who are among the others
- Creativity
- Overcoming obstacles
- Emotions and their regulation
- Exploring the senses
- Relaxation techniques
- Cooperation and negotiation
- How do I set healthy boundaries?
- I'm Assertive
- Relationship with parents
- My place in the world
- Traditions and customs
This workshop will be divided into 3-4 thematic series, with the possibility of registering only for certain series.
Details on each theme are given below:
- Theme 1: How to have CONFIDENCE & COURAGE - 4 meetings (January 13, 20, and February 3, 10)
- Theme 2: How to be with MY EMOTIONS & EXPRESS HEALTH - 4 meetings (March 2, 9, 16, 23)
- Theme 3: HOW TO COMMUNICATE ASSERTIVELY & COOPERATE - 3 meetings (6, 13, 20 April)
- Theme 4: How to be CREATIVE & FLEXIBLE - 4 meetings (18, 25 May, and 1, 8 June).
