Intercultural seminars for educational institutions

Seminars and trainings for teachers and child care workers who teach and look after children and young people from foreign backgrounds.
You teach or look after children from foreign backgrounds. You often feel misunderstood and you can’t always relate to the children’s concerns. This seminar shows you how to cope with intercultural differences and equips you with the techniques to deal better with these children.
Content of the course on intercultural training
- The school system and child care facilities in Eastern Europe (Russia, the Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Kazakstan, Serbia and the Czech Republic)
- Cultural models according to Hofstede and Trompenaars
- The basics of intercultural communication according to Schulz von Thun
- Intercultural conflict management according to ATCC (confluent theory, transaction analysis, systematic approach etc.)
Goals
- Participants learn more about the school system and the child care facilities in the other country
- Participants become receptive to intercultural differences and appreciate them
- Participants recognize intercultural conflicts and learn how to deal with them constructively
- Participants improve their communications skills in an intercultural context
Methods: interactive exercises, role-playing (psychodrama), personal biographies and mediation techniques.
The seminars can be held in English, French and Russian.
Alterations to the seminar programme can be made by prior arrangement.
The fee for the trainer is Euro 800 + VAT per day.