Strong Young Minds Training Course

The main objective of the training course is to test a curriculum and boardgame developed within a two-year KA2 project. The curriculum consists of non-formal activities designed for the personal, social and emotional development of teenagers and which can be used by youth workers in their daily work. The objectives of this training course are: - To develop youth workers' competencies for supporting teenagers in their personal, social and emotional growth, using non-formal methodologies and boardgames; - To develop youth workers' facilitation skills and knowledge of non-formal education methods; - To support the youth workers in gaining a broader perspective on mental health in Europe; - To establish new connections between the organisations and youth workers and between the youth workers themselves; - To have contact with and gain understanding about the reality of schools in Romania; - To enhance intercultural learning in the field of youth work; - To test the cross-culture flexibility of the training curriculum; - To create instructional clips for each activity included in the curriculum; This TC is part of a two-year KA2 partnership between Iceland, Romania, Portugal, and Spain. The project, called Strong Young Minds, aims: 1. To increase the capacity of partner organisations to address the mental health educational needs of young people in their communities. 2. To develop a training curriculum and a board game on mental health related competencies for young people aged 14-18 with different social-economic backgrounds. 3. To facilitate the use of the mental health education tools by youth workers around Europe. Profile of the participants: This training course is dedicated to youth workers, teachers and all that work directly with teenagers and are interested in working for the social and emotional development of young people. Learning outcomes: Participating in the international training, the youth workers will improve or develop: - Their understanding about mental health from a European perspective; - How to work in development of social and emotional competences for youngsters using non formal methodologies and board games; - Cultural awareness; - Their understanding of the European dimension of education; - How to use Erasmus+ as a tool in the community; - How to work on developing and improving tools for education in this case for prevention of mental health - Their understanding about non formal education; - Working in an international team; - A proactive attitude towards solving problems in the community. Benefits Participants who will join this training course will be able to take part in the other stages of this long term strategic partnership Strong Young Minds and be part of the development of the intellectual outputs, which are: training curriculum, handbook, instructional videos and the board game. Moreover they will be able to take part in dissemination events such as conferences, presentations and different activities that will be held in each country by partners of the project.