Train the Trainer in Youth Ministry
DBYES, Nairobi, 2nd to 6th August 2021
“Train the Trainer in Youth Ministry” has been one of the flagship programmes of Don Bosco Youth Educational Services (DBYES, Nairobi) right from its beginning, in the year 2000. Frs Glenford Lowe, Tom Kunnel, Sebastian Kodalyil, and Joe Prabhu, supported by Fr Tony Fernandes, launched this programme, and replicated it in different ways across East Africa. Fr Sahaya G. Selvam, who learnt at the feet of these great giants of Salesian Youth Ministry in Eastern Africa, consolidated this initiative in the Scaffoldings Programme: Training Youth in Christian Life Skills. The manual of which was published by Paulines Africa in 2008.
In Tanzania, Chuo cha Maisha has been running since 2006 in Dar es Salaam Archdiocese and currently being run […]
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Elan – The Secret of Life
Spirituality and Personal Energy
Sahaya G. Selvam
This reflection has a simple thesis: the secret of affective maturity consists in the ability to maintain an equilibrium of inner energy level. One might call this inner state: serenity, peace, and equanimity; however, it is not a passive serenity but an energised vitality. Using insights from contemporary psychology and the classical Christian spirituality, I will explore the dynamics of our inner energy. I will point out the relationship between spirituality and stable energy levels, and the adverse impact of energy-swings on spirituality and affective maturity.
What is personal energy? Physics defines energy as the quantitative capacity of a body to work on another. There are different types of energy such as heat, light, sound, gravity, etc.
In the human being, ‘personal energy’ is the inner state […]
Training in Teaching and Learning in 21st Century
Pedagogue.21
Teaching and Learning in the 21st Century
Dates
30th March to 1st April 2021
(3-day face to face training – from 8.30am 4.30pm)
Ideal for teachers, lecturers, professors, seminary lecturers, and educators!
Cost: Ksh. 6000/-
(includes lunch+2 teas+
3 days face to face training +20 hours self-paced online training)
Assorted Topics
Competencies for 4th Industrial Revolution
Intellectual agility
Self-learning skills
Cornell Note-taking Technique
Flipped Classroom
Technology Enhanced Learning
LMS: Google Classroom
E-Portfolio
Constructive Alignment
Personal teaching philosophy
Information Literacy
Socrative, PollEverywhere, Menti, etc
Visualising Techniques in PowerPoint
Educational Institutional Culture
Hidden curriculum
Assessment Rubric
Capstone Exercise/Projects
Core Concepts and Threshold Concepts
Creating & Using Case Method
Service Learning
Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle
Appreciative Enquiry
Graphic Organisers
National and Regional Qualifications Framework
Certificate of participation will be provided for those who complete the online training (20 hours) following the face to face training (20 hours).
Residential option: Add Ksh.1300/- per night
Due to COVID restrictions we are taking about 25 people in a hall that can contain 65 […]
Foundational Course in Positive Psychology Online
PPAK001 – Foundational Course in Positive Psychology
offered by Positive Psychology Association of Kenya (PPAK).
www.positivepsychologykenya.org
Dates: From 1st to 5th March. Time – 5pm to 8pm – ONLINE
(Using a Learning Management System and Zoom live classes)
Costs: Ksh.5000/- | Ksh.4500 for members and returning students.
Certificate of participation will be provided for those who submit some simple assignments.
This is a basic course for a future Certificate in Positive Psychology.
Topics covered:
1.1. History of Positive Psychology
1.2. Models of Wellbeing:
Subjective, Psych, Social wellbeing, PERMA
2.1. Naming feelings & Layers of Affective States:
Feeling, Mood, Feeling, Emotions, Appetite
2.2 Correlates of Happiness:
Wealth, Age, Gender, Education, etc
3.1. Response to Negative Affect:
Stress, Coping, Resilience, Burnout
3.2. Posttraumatic Growth
4.1. Character Strengths as Ingredients of Wellbeing
Various models of Values and CS; Schwartz, Linley, African models, and VIA
4.2. Character Strengths Interventions
Mindfulness, Savouring, Gratitude, Forgiveness.
5.1. Positive Affective States 1:
Positivity, […]
Christian Psychospiritual Therapy Training
Don Bosco Youth Educational Services, Dagoretti Road, Karen, Nairobi Offers:
Christian Psychospiritual Therapy (CPT) – Consists of evidence-based therapy sessions.
Ideal for counsellors, therapists, formators, novices, postulants, junior sisters, and anyone!
Dates for Phase 1 – Therapy itself
23rd to 26th February 2021 (from 8.30am 4.30pm)
Cost: Ksh. 5000/- (includes lunch+2 teas+sessions)
Sample Sessions
Integrating Life Narratives
Embracing the Family Tree
The Flow of my Life
Alchemising Addictions
Befriending my Shadow
Transforming the Trauma
Facilitating Forgiveness
The Now of my Life
Layers of Desires
My Orbit in the Universe
Plus two sessions of Group Therapy
Phase 2 – Special ToT for Therapists & Formators
For those who want to use the techniques in their practice – Having completed the 4 days:
27th February 2021 from 8.30am 4.30pm
Additional Cost: Ksh.2000/-
Certificates will be provided for those who participate in the 5-day training
Residential option: Add Ksh.1500/- per night
(includes supper, bed & breakfast)
Facilitators:
Rev. Dr Sahaya G. Selvam and team
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