From September 8 to 10, 2025, the second stage of the three-day training course was held at the Republican Pedagogical-Psychological Center for psychologists of the RPPC and Territorial Pedagogical-Psychological Support Centers. The Training Courses are implemented in cooperation with the Legal Education and Rehabilitation Programs’ Implementation Center of the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Armenia, UNICEF, and the Republican Pedagogical-Psychological Center.
The Training Courses were aimed at developing the professional capabilities of psychologists to contribute to ensuring a safe and protected educational environment free from violence and bullying, as well as the effective mechanisms necessary for the realization of the rights of all children.
The trainers of the Courses were PhD in Law, Associate Professor David Tumasyan, Psychologist Anahit Khachatryan, and Psychiatrist Harutyun Simonyan.
The main topics of the Courses were related to:
- ✦ the concept, types and characteristics of violence against children;
- ✦ some criminally punishable manifestations of violence and bullying;
- ✦ misdemeanors and crimes committed by an official, and mechanisms for their separation;
- ✦ the rules for ensuring human rights and proper treatment of children when conducting a study;
- ✦ bullying, its types and identification, as well as its impact on mental health and child-centered approaches;
- ✦ the procedures and methodology for studying cases of bullying, analyzing the results, and drawing conclusions.
At the end of the Training Course, the attendees were awarded with certificates for participating in the Training Course on “Developing the Capacities of Teachers and Children in Personal Data Protection and Bullying (Cyberbullying) Prevention.”
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