Education Program Content:
1. What is Addiction?
2. Types of Addiction
3. Interview Techniques with Addicts
4. Preventive and Protective Practices
5. Social Responsibility Project
Description of the Training Program:
- To provide basic counseling skills to professionals in health, education, social services, students, and NGO representatives for working with substance addicts.
- To enable the training of expert and qualified personnel in the field of addiction at both national and international levels.
- To raise awareness among international students in Turkey about addiction, enabling them to take an active and productive role in fieldwork in their own countries.
- By addressing the shortage of qualified personnel in countries where addiction has become a major problem, the program aims to facilitate effective and robust work in the field.
Methods Applied During the Process:
1. Other Addictions
2. Psychosocial Rehabilitation with Addicts
3. Challenges Faced by Addicts and Legal Processes
4. Support Programs with Families
Trainer:
- Lecturer Odise VUČINAS (Social Worker / Psychodrama Instructor)
- Research Assistant Hakan Karaman (Social Worker)
- İker AKTURK (Social Worker / Psychotherapist)
- Lawyer Ezgi SARIHAN (Lawyer)
- Yunus ÇETİNKOL (Addiction Counselor / NGO Manager)
Training Dates:
- Week 1: Saturday, December 2, 2023
- Week 2: Saturday, December 9, 2023
- Week 3: Sunday, December 17, 2023
- Week 4: Saturday, December 23, 2023
- week 5: Saturday, December 30, 2023
Who Can Participate?
- Undergraduate, graduate, and PhD students and graduates of medicine, psychology, psychological counseling, and social work
- Undergraduate, graduate, and PhD graduates of education and sociology
- Graduates of the police force and local government studies
- Graduates of NGOs working in the field of addiction
Location and Time of the Training:
- Location: In-person training / Istanbul
- Dates: December 2, 2023 – December 31, 2023
- Time: 13:00 - 18:00
- Duration: 30 hours – 5 weeks
- Training Days: Weekends
Participants will receive a certificate from Istanbul University after completing the program.