Seminar-training "Children and War"

Location: Tallinn, Narva mnt 51

Today the countries of the world are facing the savage reality of brutal wars where life is experienced in the midst of missiles, destruction and painful loss. This is what daily life in Ukraine looks like right now. Here in Estonia and in other European countries where Ukrainians have fled from the violence, we feel the need to help children who are experiencing grief because of war.

How do we protect our children, ourselves and others, so that we can emerge resilient, strengthened in spirit, even after traumatic experiences? 

1. Psychological support for the individual in times of grief. Grief occurs when we lose someone or something that is truly precious to us. The pain of that loss affects a person's physical, emotional, mental and spiritual state. Together, we will seek to learn how to cope with this state, how to understand what we are experiencing and how to navigate the journey through grief.
2. Spiritual and psychological support during crisis states. We will learn about the narrative therapeutic project "Upanchik Bear in the New Forest".   The project provides children with a soft toy bear, Upanchik.  It includes a story book that has two purposes: the first is to tell the story of the bear, Upanchik, who experiences situations that are similar to the ones in which many people are living today; the second purpose is to provide tools for the psychologist or social worker who will lead a group or individual sessions.

• Organizational fee for participation in the workshop-training is 0 euros.
• Meals are free of charge for participants.
• Hotel accommodation for participants from other cities is free of charge.
• Everyone who fully completes the course will receive a trainer's certificate, which gives the opportunity to train other specialists in the tools and techniques learned during the seminar-training.