Sleepwell Foundation in association with NDMC and Sanjivani, Society for Mental Health conducted the 9 Day Barefoot Basic Counselling Skills Workshop 2018 (BBSC 2018) at The Auditorium, Navyug Sr. Sec. School, Sarojini Nagar, New Delhi from 22 Nov - 14 Dec 2018.
The idea of Barefoot Basic Counselling Skills workshop is to build a new force, a new catalyst for change within communities who are sensitive, aware and adequately trained.
In India, we have an acute shortage of professional counselors!
Close to hundred participant comprising of NDMC teachers, social workers, psychology students & academicians, medical support givers and other care-providers of the society, came forward and registered to get a thorough insight into basic counselling skills.
While giving a professional approach in recognizing the nature and symptoms of the societal emotional ills and thereby defining a remedial alternative through counseling skills, this series of workshops, is intended to be.
While inaugurating the workshop, Shri R. P. Gupta, Director, Education, NDMC, expressed his appreciation to Sleepwell Foundation for introducing Emotional Wellness quotient for overall improvement of the NDMC education system. Shri Dinesh Nautiyal, Navyug Sr. Sec. School, in his opening remarks, appealed to the participants to change role and for once become student again to assimilate this new concept in its fullest.
Smt. Namita Gautam, Managing Trustee, SWF, in her speech thanked NDMC for providing this platform and urged all registered participants to maximize their knowledge in this field and expected that this learning will definitely help them transform their understanding and dealing with emotional responses. Sleepwell Foundation expressed all participants A very happy learning experience.
