Workshops

Two workshops with the Lego Serious Play Methodology at Rome conference

In all countries, the course pioneered the use of the Lego® Serious Play® constructivist methodology. Brick after brick, the students, supported by teachers and psychologists, learned to work in a group to reinforce values such as respect, empathy, to reinforce self-esteem and provide a visual and critical representation of the different types of bullying, their effects, the actors involved, and the tools and strategies that can be used to combat them efficiently. “The group work helped me to understand different points of view and to face the issues we encounter every day.

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The training programme conducted by Fondazione Mondo Digitale in Rome, Italy, involved 27 teachers, trainers, psychologists, psychotherapists and young people in a pilot training programme, characterized by moments of discussion and reflection on specific bullying related issues. Trainers on the project and the facilitators of the Fondazione Mondo Digitale used, among others, the innovative LEGO® Serious Play® and MTa methods to facilitate participants’ points of view, emotions and personal experiences while providing tools to stand against bullying.

The first meeting of the DisAbuse project took place today at Fondazione Mondo Digitale (MondoDigitale [site]). 13 young people with special educational needs and 12 teachers, trainers, and psychologists, talked about their bullying experiences today. They were able to learn from each other to recognize the phenomenon and to understand how they can cope and tackle bullying.

Lego Serious Play Session in DCU

In advance of the piloting of the DisAbuse project in 2019 Fiona Weldon & Lian McGuire of DisAbuse, in incorporation with the DCU Lego Education Innovation Studio, facilitated an evaluated Lego Serious Play session on Anger & Bullying with the members of the Bullying Advocacy Group. Participants discussed Bullying and Healthy / Unhealthy Anger and examined how Lego Serious Play can facilitate insight into the effects and outcomes of both kinds of Anger on Bullying.

The IADT team hosted a workshop today of the partners from ABC,DCU on the multimedia development of the materials for the DisAbuse training course. Six full modules were discussed and reviewed. Recommendations were made around how to make the materials interactive and engaging.

Workshop for Carmona staff at IADT

We successfully completed a dissemination and information workshop of the European project DisAbuse with the title “Cybersafety and Cyberbullying for individuals with special learning needs”. This was held on Thursday November 23^rd 2017 from 2.30 -4.30 at the Institute for Art, Design and Technology (IADT) in Dun Laogahire. This workshop was delivered for staff members of Carmona Services in South Co Dublin.