CPD - PERKAMA INTERNATIONAL

OBJECTIVE

To impart knowledge of PFA, do’s and don’ts and guidelines for PFA providers
To enhance PFA skills among PFA providers including basic helping skills, group skills, multicultural sensitivity skills and crisis response skills.
To prepare mentally and physically for PFA providers before entering the site.
To demonstrate the PFA management protocols and procedures.
To provide a real experience of disaster simulation and PFA practical scenario.
To design a comprehensive psychosocial activities for children, adults and elderly.
To promote self-care for PFA providers.

To create awareness among participants the importance of Emotional Intelligence for helping professionals.
To train professional helpers to be more emotionally intelligence in terms of:

Appraising, expressing and perceiving emotions
Understanding emotion within self and others (clients)
Utilizing emotional intelligence in making rational decisions during the helping process and assisting clients to make better judgment.
Coping/Managing emotions of self and other (clients)

To create awareness among participants the importance of mental health in life.
To discuss the effects of self-harm on oneself and others.
To explore better strategies to cope that are more healthy in dealing with life issues
To educate participants on their roles to prevent suicide due to unhealthy coping such as self-harm behaviors.
To help oneself or others build resilience in facing unpredictable life.

To introduce CBT to counseling students, professional counselors, and practitioners who are interested to hone their CBT skills.
To discuss some conditions, applications and efficacy of CBT.
To explore the interaction between cognitions, behaviors, emotions, and biology in the development and maintenance of mental health problems.
To conceptualize client’s mental health problems in cognitive-behavioral terms.
To gain basic experience with Cognitive Behavioral Intervention methods.