PSYCHO-SPIRITUAL INTEGRATION FOR TEACHERS:
This seminar is offered to teachers who deal with students of different personalities and levels of learning motivation. It enhances common integrating experiences such as reliving parts of one's biographical life, releasing strong oent up emotions, and understanding teaching as a mission of Christ.
BASIC COUNSELING FOR TEACHERS:
Teaching is not just confined to the goal of imparting knowledge to the students in the head level, but more of allowing students to enjoy learning by having a positive attitude towards school. Since teachers are the second parents to the students, they carry a grave responsibility--- to bring up their students according to the plan of their Creator. Basic counseling skills can help facilitate helping and forming of students handled.
NAVIGATING MIDLIFE FOR TEACHERS:
Developmental Transitions can sometimes become overwhelming and affect both personla and professioional lives of teachers. This seminar helps to assist teachers in midlife and gain insight to how their developmental needs can clash with their students.
FAMILY INTERVENTIONS FOR GUIDANCE COUNSELORS AND CLASS MODERATORS:
The family is oftena neglected resource in assisting children and teens with problems in academics and behavior. However, a family can maintain a problem. This seminar assists guidance counselors and class moderatorshow they can include the family in assisting their students.
VALUES AND HOPE RECOVERY IN THIS POST CRITICAL TIMES
A formation seminar geared for high school students with the goal of reiterating the need for character-building most especially in these days of local economic and political crisis. There is special stress on optimism and hope and the capacity to individuals to start changes.
US, UT- [Unang Sulyap, Unang Tibok]
(formation seminar for teenagers on sexuality, relationships and contemplating on building a family)
It is crucial for every teenager to have a deeper understanding of himself/herself before s/he gets involved in a serious sexual relationship. They have to be equipped with an understanding of life in order to reach a mature decision about themselves and their relationship. A seminar is given to teenagers to enlighten them in the area of love, courtship and marriage.
HAKBANG [Haplos at Kalinga sa Buhay ng Anak at Magulang]
(A Parenting Seminar)
Parenting is partnership with God, model of Trinitarian Love, life giving, freedom seeking and truth proclaiming. It is a celebration of life and love.
This seminar will allow the participants and their children to develop proper communication skills. It facilitates to identify the theories of parenting styles and the negative parenting traits, as well as the effects on the children. It opens the avenues to create favorable environment for children to grow freely and responsibly.
GROWING UP AS PARENTS
A follow-up to HAKBANG, Growing Up As Parents tackles more sensitive areas of parenting such as the clash of values across generations, spirituality of parents and parenting in this technologically-advanced age.
MINA (Minang Minamahal)
MINA is a values clarification program for the children of the separated and the abandoned. The term MINA is used to connote the unearthing of the treasure within these hurting individuals. The seminar aims at providing an avenue for ventilation, emotional support, and assistance in order for these children to functionally cope with their situation. MINA can be given in formats suitable for young children, teenagers and young adults.
KAPILAS – [Kasama sa mga Pinahahalagahan sa Laot ng Sumpaan]
(support for spouses of seafarers)
A formation seminar for wives and families of seafarers, dealing with loneliness from separation, fears commonly associated with being a spouse of a seafarer and the long-term impact of the cycle of leaving and returning home.
ANAK (support for children of expatriates)
A values formation seminar for the children of overseas workers who are directly affected by the migration of their parent/s. This seminar deals with the feelings associated with being a child of a migrant as well their coping mechanism. This may be given in a format suitable for young children, teenagers or young adults.
DAMAYAN
[Damay sa Solong Magulang sa Pamayanan]
(seminar for single parents)
When both spouses were alive and living together, chores were shared as well as responsibilities, like providing for the family, budgeting, nurturance and upbringing of the children. After the death or abandonment of one’s spouse, all responsibilities fall on the surviving/remaining spouse including earning a living. The seminar-workshop is one way for children and the solo parent to learn and cooperate with each other in living their new life. This seminar-workshop aims to transform participants into new individuals who are stronger, more sensitive and sympathetic. DAMAYAN also provides care for the emotional well being of separated couples, widows and single parents.
