In this media
conference I have met many interesting people. I participated in a group that
dealt with training how to survive trauma. To start with, I went to that
course to spend some time with my co-workers from Central Asia, and help them
in them to learn in English speaking environment. Turned out that they changed
to another track, and I stayed in the trauma track.
I am not a
councellor of any sort, but it was interesting to learn from the trainee’s
teaching methods. Two of the most valuable things I learnt was drawing and
fishing.
Drawing: it is ok
to make people to draw. Especially nowadays, when so much media is digital,
just taking a pen to your hand can be creative. Our trainer said drawing helps
to combine left and right hemispheres of the brain. Those parts are
disintegrated especially as a result of traumatic event.
Fishing: If you
want to a certain answer from a group, do not fish. Fishing means you give them
different questions and try hard that people will give the answer you want them
to give. Instead, make the participants work with some material that provides
answers to your questions. After the work, you ask what they found out and
hopefully, get the correct answer.