Evening programs on June 26th

A NEW TRAINING WAS BORN!
SOCIODRAMA TRAINING AT MPE, TEACHER TRAINING WITH ACTION METHODS, SOCIODRAMA IN HIGHER EDUCATION, IN THEATER AND CHURCH PROJECT

PRESENTERS: ÁGNES BLASKÓ  – MÓNI DURST – KRISZTINA GALGÓCZI – GYULA GODA – ANDREA KOCSI   

Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 26th of June, Wednesday  20:30-22:00
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Sociodrama and the development of creative collectives – local and transnational sociodramatic communities and networks
TYPE: Workshop
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NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 50
TAGS: Creative Collectives, June26 Evening
ABSTRACT:

In Hungary, the first sociodrama training came into existence in 2022 in two parallel groups. The training aimed to integrate the sociodrama experience already present at MPE and the knowledge derived from the Performers international project.
Along with this, the sociodrama scene in Hungary has become more vibrant: the first generation of trainers and assistants began working with the method in various institutions, communities, formal and informal settings.

Our main areas:

  • We launched a sociodrama training in Budapest.
  • We created an accredited teacher training program in collaboration with Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Radnóti Theater.
  • In higher education, we have been regularly holding courses with sociodrama for changing the mindset of future intellectuals for over 8 years. Additionally, we introduced sociodrama as a research method in legal education and in a doctoral school at the Faculty of Social Sciences at ELTE University.
  • In collaboration with Lutheran church groups, we initiated the processing of topics such as LGBTQ identity and belonging to religious communities, as well as verbal abuse within the church community through sociodrama.
  • We created participatory theater performances with various civil groups addressing public issues.

During the workshops, we focus on specific areas according to the participants’ needs – in dramatic form. We welcome all new cultural perspectives and look forward to enriching debates!

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:

Andrea Kocsi, psychodrama leader, child psychodrama assistnent, sociodrama trainer, monodrama councellor

Ágnes Blaskó, psychodrama leader, sociodrama trainer, and reseracher

Krisztina Galgóczi, psychodrama leader, sociodrama trainer, transgenerational therapist

Móni Durst, psychodrama leader, sociodrama trainer, theater education specialist

Gyula Goda, psychodrama and sociodrama trainer, supervisor, psychologist

KALEIDOSCOPE. THE MULTIPLIED IMPACTS OF THE FIRST HUNGARIAN SOCIODRAMA TRAINING GROUPS

PRESENTERS: EDIT BALLA – GÁBOR CSUVIK – DELIA CRISTINA ROSCA – ÉVA LŐRINCZ – FELICIA MENYHÁRT – ZSÓFIA TARDOS
THE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST TWO TRAINING GROUPS OF SOCIODRAMA IN HUNGARY

Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 26th of June, Wednesday  20:30-22:00
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Sociodrama and different social groups – the strenghts of communities
TYPE: Presentation + Workshop
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NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS:
TAGS: Different Social Groups, June26 Evening
ABSTRACT:

After years of dedicated work in the PERFORMERS group a small determined group of individuals launched the first educational programme in the field of sociodrama in Budapest. These individuals are our trainers, and we are their first trainees, having earned the title of “Assistant Sociodrama Group Leader” in Hungary

Thanks to our training and the guidance of our trainers, we have been able to establish numerous new groups, applying the sociodrama method in various aspects of our original professions. We have experimented with the method and endeavored to address the traumas and wounds within our society.

We would like to present the multiple areas where we facilitated group work, and offer to our audience to select the topics that interest them the most. We will then zoom in and delve deeper into these areas through sociodramatic enactment.

We firmly believe that sharing our work can serve as a source of inspiration not only for those who work with sociodrama but also for those who teach and train in this methodology.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:

The members of the first two training groups of sociodrama in Hungary.

INTRODUCING THE SCOPE WORKING GROUP

PRESENTERS: MEMBERS OF THE SCOPE WORKING GROUP:
ZOLTÁN BOGSCHÜTZ – KATALIN HEGYES – ANDREA KOCSI – ZSUZSANNA LAKATOS – FELÍCIA MENYHÁRT – EMŐKE TAKÁCS – JUDIT TÓTH-DÉNES

Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 26th of June, Wednesday 20:30-22:00
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Sociodrama and Youth – raising the next generation: sociodrama of children and young people, and the professionals and institutions working with them
TYPE: Presentation + Workshop
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NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 50
TAGS: Sociodrama and Youth, June26 Evening
ABSTRACT:

The SCOPE Working Group emerged from the PERFORMERS international sociodrama project.

Since 2021, the working group has been collaborating with institutions focusing on youth, utilizing sociodrama and child sociodrama methods.
We work with schools, children care homes, correctional facilities, family shelters, and educational support centers. Our aim is to support these institutions towards more democratic operation, ensuring safety for both the professionals and the children they serve, while cultivating a nurturing, supportive environment. To accomplish this, we work with groups of children considering the institutional settings in which they reside, and seeking partnerships with facility administrators, leaders, and professionals.

Our presentation provides a concise overview of our journey thus far, highlighting the challenges encountered, the solutions devised, and the outcomes attained.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:

Zoltán Bogschütz is a social worker, social politician and social manager. He has gained experience in various fields, especially in alternative sanctions and child protection.
Zoltán has more than two decades of training experience in national and international projects, which he is constantly expanding with coaching and facilitation techniques, while also adding psychodrama and sociodrama elements.
His participation in the SCOPE Working Group inspires him to create new viewpoints and values in institutional drama situations.

Katalin Hegyes is a trainer, communication expert, bibliodrama assistant and psychodrama leader, working with sociodrama in social institutions and mainly in schools.
She attaches particular importance to building small communities, fostering acceptance of differences and freedom from prejudice.
She is interested in using sociodrama to raise environmental awareness and strengthen local initiatives, too.

Andrea Kocsi is a children’s psychodramatist, psychodrama leader for adults, monodrama counsellor, sociodrama trainer.
She is a teacher and educational expert.
As one of the four founders of the SCOPE Working Group, her main interest is establishing drama in educational institutions, helping both students and teachers.

Felícia Menyhárt has been a member of the SCOPE Working Group for over a year. She specializes in utilizing institutional drama within social institutions and schools to foster improvement and collaboration in communities.
With a background in social policy and economics, she is a qualified teacher and trainer. Apart from her expertise in institutional drama, Felícia also contributes to community development through the application of playback theatre techniques.
She holds certifications as a psychodrama leader, sociodrama assistant, focus trainer, and is a candidate for mental health practitioner. She is a firm believer in the effectiveness of democratically functioning, self-renewing small communities, and her experience is that SCOPE’s methodology contributes positively to this vision.

Zsuzsanna Lakatos is a social pedagogue, biology teacher, drawing examination consultant and special education assistant.
She has many years of experience in the field of child protection, and is currently in charge of the professional coordination of a Refugee Accommodation to which underprivileged Transcarpathian Roma families have applied for asylum.
She has been using for three years the toolbox of sociodrama and children’s drama in child protection institutions as well as in refugee shelters.

Emőke Takács is an adult and child psychodramatist, coach, social worker, migration and intercultural expert.
She works as a Project Coordinator at the Jesuit Refugee Service Budapest, Hungary.
She is also a member of the SCOPE Working Group.

Judit Tóth-Dénes has been a member of the SCOPE Working Group for 2,5 years, she works with institutional drama in schools and social institutions (family foster care homes, youth detention centers) to improve communities.
Judit studied sociology and journalism.
She is an art therapist, psychodrama assistant and coach.
She believes that the SCOPE’s methodology affects the whole institute that they work with