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
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 TRAINING AT MPE, TEACHER TRAINING WITH ACTION METHODS, SOCIODRAMA IN HIGHER EDUCATION, IN THEATER AND CHURCH PROJECT
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 26th of June, Wednesday 20:00-21:30
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
EMPOWERING TEACHERS:
INTEGRATING SOCIODRAMA AND THEATER IN PEDAGOGY
PRESENTERS: ÁGNES BLASKÓ – MÓNI DURST – KRISZTINA GALGÓCZI – ANDREA KOCSI
INTEGRATING SOCIODRAMA AND THEATER IN PEDAGOGY
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 27th of June, Thursday 14:00-16:30
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Sociodrama and youth – raising the next generation: sociodrama of children and young people, and the professionals and institutions working with them
TYPE: Workshop
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NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS:
TAGS: Sociodrama and Youth, June27 Afternoon
ABSTRACT:
When we launched our training program in the fall of 2022, the shadow of the status law loomed over teachers’ heads (a law recently introduced in Hungary that further restricted the mobility and personal rights of teachers) and some were even involved in protests or seeking alternative employment. School faculties were fragmented, and students were learning from home. In the midst of these uncertain times, we were unsure if there was a demand for yet another training program, but we sensed a need for support. Therefore, we organized workshops, and to our surprise, the available slots were filled within days.
Our 60-hour accredited teacher training program, held under such circumstances, had two main objectives. Firstly, to introduce teachers to the concept and approach of sociodrama, enabling them to bring this perspective into their schools. Secondly, to provide educators with straightforward action-method techniques that they can apply in their daily work when addressing disengaged and seemingly powerless adolescents or when attempting to make the often traditional lessons relevant to contemporary youth.
What made this training unique was our collaboration with the Radnóti Theater in Budapest, which provided an opportunity to bridge the gap between the artistic experience and students, who are mostly trained on fast-paced digital cultural products.
In our workshop, we demonstrate how to engage and motivate high school students through sociodrama. The workshop uses a scene from a play as a starting point, illustrating how sociodramatic exercises can be integrated to address questions and issues that resonate with students.
Participation in the workshop provides ideas on how to:
-make students more active in the classroom.
-educate students in critical thinking.
-increase their empathy.
-boost their self-confidence.
-awaken students’ creativity.
-process issues that affect them through a theater performance.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
All four of us were members of the PERFORMERS international sociodrama methodology project (2016-2021). We served as authors and editors for the books that emerged from it. We developed the pilot model for sociodrama training in Hungary and conducted one of the pilot trainings. In addition, we work with sociodrama in various fields, including schools, universities, healthcare, theater, and social services.
SOCIAL ASPECTS OF HOME BIRTH
PRESENTERS: PÉTER GIRGÁS – ANDREA KOCSI
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, Friday 10:00-12:30
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Sociodrama and social healing – recovery from collective crises and collective trauma
TYPE: Workshop
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NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 20
TAGS: Social Healing, June28 Morning
ABSTRACT:
Giving birth and being born is a universal experience for all of us. This topic continues to gather significant interest, spark debates, and evoke strong emotions. However, even if the experience seems unique, it is also deeply rooted in the social context, belief systems, and world views that define our society.
Some people believe that the sanctity of childbirth can only take place in an intimate environment of peace and quiet, and this is backed up by anthropological and medical research which highlights the lower risk of home births. However, women who choose to give birth at home often face anger, attacks, and stigmatization from the majority of society and institutional authorities.What are the social factors that lead a significant number of women to choose hospitals as their place of birth, despite reports of difficult experiences? Many women face humiliating, impersonal, and authoritarian treatment within the healthcare system, with a certain percentage experiencing trauma.
The aim of our workshop is to explore and raise awareness of the driving forces behind the above choices through sociodramatic exploration. We would like for our participants to be able to stand up for themselves or ask for help in vulnerable situations.
ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:
Andrea Kocsi, psychodrama leader with children and adults, sociodrama trainer, monodrama councellor.
Péter Girgás clinical psychologist, psychodrama assistant, sociodrama assistant.
