Upcoming PREPSEC BOARD election
Following the rules in our statutes, 4 positions are up for re/election, overseen by the Election Committee (Bengt Daleflod and Kim Parker). Nominated candidates must agree to run for election and if they agree, post: a short biography (your work experience and a bit about yourself) a statement of what you would like to accomplish on the PREPSEC International Board [...]
The International Federation of Social Workers’ European Conference 2019
The International Federation of Social Workers' European Conference 2019 was held in Vienna in early September. While there, 45 participants attended a presentation of the PREPARE Curriculum. Although A.R.T. was highlighted, other programs in PREPARE also raised interest and questions.Questions centered around the issues of training, the need to create a reasonable level of motivation among group members to achieve [...]
Family TIES training in Finland!
The end of a great week of Family TIES training in Finland. It ended with the Finnish ART Society's annual conference, where the Finnish "Deputy for Youth Protection" spoke of the benefits of ART and the need for Family TIES, followed by 2 Finnish OTs who are doing Family TIES in child psychiatry, a presentation by Robert Calame and Kim [...]
Strengthening Youth in Residential Areas
Development of social skills in 3 schools in the Municipality of Høje-Taastrup, Denmark Executive Summary In this development project teachers and (youth)club workers from 3 schools and their after- school hours youth clubs, in the Municipality of Høje-Taastrup, were trained in Aggression Replacement Training / A.R.T. which is a well-known method/model to sustain the development of social skills in [...]
PREPSEC NORGE Conference – March, 2019
Fag/nettverkssamling for alle som benytter AART og SPT Vi inviterer til et spennende og motiverende fag/nettverkssamling for alle som benytter programmene AART og SPT. Hensikten med fagsamlingen er å samle fagmiljøene som bruker metodene til en faglig boost der god praksis deles. Dato: 15. mars 2019 kl 1000 – 1530 Sted: Smart – kompetanse kurslokaler, Gjesdalveien 6A, 4087 Sandnes Tema [...]
ENSEC Conference in Budapest
PREPSEC International is looking forward to seeing you at the ENSEC Conference in Budapest for our Pre Conference day, August 28, 2019. This interactive Pre-Conference day will introduce a variety of the Social Emotional Competencies in the PREPARE Curriculum. This includes the 3 components of ART (Skillstreaming, Anger Regulation, Moral Reasoning) as well as Character Education, Empathy Training, Social Perception [...]