Second round training of “Emotional Resilience Programme (心靈毅行計劃)”

Dear teachers, social workers, counselors and psychologists,

We cordially invite you to join our second round training workshop of “Emotional Resilience Programme (心靈毅行計劃)”.

Our Evidence-Based Clinical Social Work Practice Research Cluster cum Practice Centre of the Department of Social Work and Social Administration, HKU is collaborating with The Institute of Cognitive Therapy to organize a series of workshops on Emotional Resilience Programme (心靈毅行計劃). The purpose is to equip teachers and school helping professionals, including social workers, counselors and psychologists, to understand the mental health of young people in schools, and to develop skills in detecting and addressing the psychological needs of these young people. By adopting a train-the-trainer approach, this programme covers six common emotional distresses faced by young people, namely, (1) stress, (2) depression, (3) anxiety, (4) anger, (5) parenting stress and (6) interpersonal conflicts in the family. You as a trainee will go through a 3-day training workshop to learn to help young people in schools to understand their emotions and mental health issues and to use cognitive-behavioural techniques to help these young people to manage their negative emotions and mental health concerns. Knowledge about social and mental health services and skills in making referrals will also be shared with the trainees. After the training, the trainees would need to organize at least two psychoeducation programmes for young people whom they are serving. For details of the training, please see below.

Dates: 25, 30 June and 9 July 2020 (Thursdays and Tuesday)

Time: 10am – 5pm

Venue: The University of Hong Kong

Trainer: Ms. Esther Luk

– Group A: Secondary and tertiary schools social workers, counselors, educational psychologists, clinical psychologists

– Group B: Secondary and tertiary schools teachers

Quota: 25 persons for each group

Fee: Free of charge to participants who participate in the programme in 2020

Language: Cantonese

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Ms. Esther Luk or Mr. Alphas Wong at ebswpc@hku.hk or 3910 2468.

– If you would like to join the above training, please enroll at https://forms.gle/P9J7FPmcgTvXFhJK7 on or before 14th June 2020 (Sunday).

– If you would like to organize or join the other training sessions of the Emotional Resilience Programme, please enroll at https://forms.gle/1vH3vPLjy5JtZkjy9.

1. The training will be free of charge to participants who participate in the programme in 2020.

2. Participants would need to commit to organizing at least two sessions of psychoeducation programmes for their service users before the end of June 2021.

3. The training includes the (1) 3-day training workshop; (2) a Professional Handbook with detailed module plans, worksheets, ppts of each module, and videos of mindfulness training; and (3) upon the completion of training, a certificate bearing the name “Certified Coach for Emotional Resilience Programme” will be granted to participants to signify proper training to organize Emotional Resilience Psychoeducation Programmes in schools. The “Certificate” will be presented to participants with 100% attendance only.