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