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The project goal is the assurance of the well-being of children and youth and their families, also social inclusion strengthening in Lithuania implementing and applicating certified NVC methodology. NVC - a Language of Life, a flow between myself and others based on a mutual giving from the heart - applicable for improvement of social behaviour, interpersonal and social relations, conflict resolution, and prevention of violence. Successfully applied in Norway Nonviolent Communication methodology, created by the USA conflict mediator, clinical psychologist Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, will be implemented in Lithuania.
In Lithuania there will be implemented empirical research, applying quantitative and qualitative research. This research will be accessible for studies how NVC methodology effect on children/youths and families. During the project pilot training for children and youths and family members will be implemented. Experts will train local specialists/support providers to apply NVC methodology working with children/youth, having delinquent behaviour, behavioural and (or) emotional difficulties or disorders, mental disabilities, developmental disorders; family (including extended family); child/youth environment: child care institution, family households school, child/youth friends. After trainings specialists would be able to apply the NVC working in child care institutions, schools, family households, educational support, probation services, socialization centers, Child Right Protection Services, non-governmental organizations, social service institutions.
Summary of project results
The project goal is the assurance of the well-being of children and youth and their families, and social inclusion strengthening in Lithuania implementing the certificated NVC methodology.
In project implementation the Norway Nonviolent Communication methodology, created by the USA conflict mediator, clinical psychologist Dr. Marshall Rosenberg, was implemented in Lithuania. Also the NVC electronic publication was prepared.
NVC methodology applicable for improvement of social behaviour, interpersonal and social relations, conflict resolution, and prevention of violence.
In Lithuania was implemented empirical research, applying quantitative and qualitative research access will be study NVC methodology effect on children/youths and families. The pilot training for 87 children and youths and 53 family members was implemented. Experts were trained 80 local specialists/support providers to apply NVC methodology working with children/youth, having delinquent behaviour, behavioural and (or) emotional difficulties or disorders, mental disabilities, developmental disorders; family (including extended family); child/youth environment: child care institution, family households school, child/youth friends. Specialists would be able to apply the NVC working in child care institutions, schools, family households, educational support, probation services, socialization centers, Child Right Protection Services, non-governmental organizations, social service institutions.
The scientific article was prepared and published; the international practical-scientific conference and social events in municipalities were organized for the dissemination of the results of applying the NVC methodology.
Target groups of the project:
- Local specialists / service providers who will be trained on how to apply the NVC methodology: probation service psychologists, officers, mediators; child care institutions, family psychologists, special pedagogues, occupational therapists, social pedagogues, social workers, social workers'' assistants; specialists in schools and educational support services; psychologists, educators, etc. of socialization centers; specialists of the Child Rights Protection Service; specialists of NGOs, social service institutions.
- Children and young people with high-risk behaviors and / or from disadvantaged backgrounds; predisposed to delinquent behavior and have already committed any kind of breach of the law affected by adverse environmental factors; emotional crisis (14-24 years). Children with emotional and / or behavioral difficulties or disorders (12-18 years). Young people with mental and / or mental disabilities, developmental disorders (14-21 years). Family of child / young person (including extended family): parents (adoptive parents), close relatives (grandparents) living together, raising children and young people at high risk.
Summary of bilateral results
Donor partner - "Empathos partners" (Norway) has been involved in all project activities, with regular contact and work sharing. At the beginning of the project, Empathos partners'' founder Gert Skoczowsky-Danielsen, a certified NVC trainer, trained 6 project experts on how to apply the NVC methodology to the target group. During his academic internship in Oslo, he gave contact training to the experts, introduced them to the methodological tools used in the NVC training. Later on, he was intensively involved in the preparation of the methodological framework for the training, the questionnaire on which the scientific article was based, and provided guidance and advice to the experts on how to conduct the training and how to deal with the situations. He participated in the end-of-project conference “International Scientific-Practical Conference” in Lithuania and in the social wake-up call events, where he gave presentations and carried out practical tasks related to the NVC topics with the participants. Donor partner involvement has significantly influenced the results of the project and practical application of the NVC methodology in the future.