
The Institute for Applied Business Research held a tailor-made training on "Inclusion in Preschool Institutions" for employees of kindergartens and early development centers.
The purpose of the training was to strengthen the competencies of the various professional profiles working in preschool education in terms of their skills for better organization and implementation of inclusive educational work.
In order to achieve the goals and tasks of preschool education through the prism of inclusion, the training participants got acquainted with the laws of mental development as well as the mental structure of children of preschool age, acquired knowledge and skills for applying various creative models of work with children and cooperation with families, as well as ways of dealing with the daily challenges they encounter during work in kindergartens.
The training was organized online and the lecturer was Dr. Biljana Arizankoska Eftimova, a psychiatrist at the Mental Health Service for Children and Youth "Mladost" at PHI Zdravstven Dom Skopje, and from 2021 the head of the same. Dr. Biljana Arizankoska Eftimova is an external collaborator of the Organization of Women from Strumica in the field of violence against women and children, is a member of a multi-sectoral team against gender-based violence and is a member of the European Association for Science and Technology (COST) and the Association for child and adolescent psychiatry at MPD. She is an active participant in numerous international and domestic conferences and congresses in order to continuously upgrade knowledge and follow world trends and protocols in terms of prevention, diagnostics and treatment of metal health disorders.
Those present at the training acquired an appropriate Certificate.