BASIC TRAINING FOR PEER HELPER TRAINERS:
6-9 February 2023
The Basic (Core) Training Workshop for Peer Helper Trainers is offered by Emthonjeni Student Wellness at the Nelson Mandela University in Gqeberha (previously Port Elizabeth). Facilitators are thoroughly trained and experienced in the fields of peer helper training content and methodology and in peer help programme implementation.
The Basic/Core Training Workshop for Peer Helper Trainers will be focusing on the facilitation of a basic training curriculum in communication and helping skills for peer helpers. The content of the training, as well as the methodology, will be explored via the experiential learning method.
The purpose of the workshop is to provide participants who are, or wish to become, involved with peer helping programmes, with opportunities to:
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get acquainted with the well-researched and tested-and-tried peer help training curriculum and methodology,
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improve their peer helper training and psycho-education training skills.
Please Note: Attendance of the workshop will earn South African registered psychologists, counsellors and psychology interns a minimum of 26 CPD points/CEU’s (Level 1) - and a minimum of 4 ‘ethics points’/CEU’s (Level 2).
Dates and times: 6-9 February 2023 - 4 Day workshop from 08:00 - 16:30 (daily)
Venue: TBC, Summerstrand, Port Elizabeth