During 7-11 September 2021, the partner institutions of the project” Word of emotions”, as it follows: Asociatia EU-RO-IN from Romania, the Municipality from Alzira,Spain,Asociatia Agifodent from  Granada,Spain , Provincial Directorate of Family, Labour and Social Services  from Ankara,Turkey  , Mobilizind Expertize Lab from Sweden participated in a training course for adults who care for children with emotional problems  organized  by  Necmettin Erbakan University from Konya,Turkey.

During the training,the participants  gained rich competencies and information from their trainers ,the university faculty members from  „Erbakan NECMETTIN „University from Konya: Dr.Mevlut AYDOGMUS , Dr. Ahmet Kurnaz, Dr. Süleyman Arslantaş, Research Assistant Burcu Yapar, Research Assistant Tuğba PÜRSÜN, regarding the “secrets” of education for children with emotional problems  . They also studied and  discussed interesting problems together, such as understanding social and Emotional Development in children from 3 to 6 years old and in children from 6 to 10 years old ; different opportunities for improvement in primary prevention and early intervention for social-emotional problems of little children ,providing techniques and strategies for positive changes in children behaviors, studying parenting programs that encompass the child and family’s social ecology, including contexts outside one’s home where the child spends significant time and that is associated with lasting improvements in a child’s outcomes.

The methods used during the training were cases analysis and discussion ,workshops and role-plays, socialization games with active and listening techniques.

At the end of the training,the participants gained  skills in order to be able to interact with children and listen/pay attention, to teach children to express their emotions, to analyze the emotional needs and emotional risk situations of the children,to use the adequate way of communication in the relationships with others, enhancing competencies (emotion control ,communicational , pedagogical, social, intercultural) to educate/care for children with emotional problems, to face difficulties for kids with special emotional needs, use non formal methods to educate children.

Also, the training course taught the participants rich information about Turkish culture and they had beautiful impressions and experiences at the end of it.