FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUL TO THE HOPES FOR THE FUTURE
– WORK WITH FAMILIES OF THE CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR SOCIAL HELPERS

PRESENTER: INNA BRANEVA

Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 28th of June, Friday  14:00-16:30
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Sociodrama and more – Widening the scope of sociodrama: related fields, methodological exploration
TYPE: Workshop
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NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 40
TAGS: Sociodrama and More, June28 Afternoon
ABSTRACT:

In this workshop, the presenter will introduce her experience of working with social and educational centers for disabled children and their families.

Often, the professionals who are working in the social field have their various negative feelings towards the children’s parents: blame, irritation, even a desire to save the children from “negligent parents”. The use of sociodramatic action in the work process (training or supervision) helps professionals to see the situation of the families in a more global, and at the same time – in a more individual plan, to step into the shoes of the parents; and to devise more concrete, creative and humane approaches to support them.

And when we are working with groups of parents – this approach allows them to name and to illustrate their “forgotten” and suppressed feelings. And to re-accept their human nature – suffering, deeply hurting and full of hopes for a decent life.

After this session the participants will be able to identify and understand more deeply the different inner processes in the parents of the children with disabilities; and to apply this understanding in their social and therapeutic approaches and interventions in the work with them.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Psychodrama therapist – 2007; psychodrama trainer and supervisor since 2012;
Co-founder of a D.E.A. Psychodrama Institute – Bulgaria;
Former and supervisor by using psychodrama and sociodrama with professionals (psychologists, social workers, educators, therapists, keepers) in social institutions for children at risk and with disabilities and their families – since 2003;
Former of the professionals in educational field – since 2008;
And creator of the programs on the basis of a Psychodrama method – for the schools and the kindergartens for support of the children at risk.