Organised for the 22nd time this year by the Department of Psychology of the Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences at Hasan Kalyoncu University (HKU) under the theme ‘Disasters and Children’, “Psychology Agenda” was attended by HKU students as well as psychologists, guidance counsellors and school psychological counsellors from Gaziantep and neighbouring provinces.
At the Psychology Agenda, held at the HKU Law Amphitheatre and focusing on the main theme ‘Disasters and Children’, the speakers were Merve Özdenler, Clinical Psychologist and Vice President of the Children of the Earth Association; Beyza Alkaya, Psychologist and Member of the Children of the Earth Association; Başak Demirci, Psychological Counsellor; Müge Selin Tutlu, Psychological Counsellor at the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality Family Academy; Zehra Kobu, Psychologist at the Association for Trauma and Disaster Mental Health Studies; and Feyza Karakaş, Psychologist and Postgraduate Student in Clinical Psychology at HKU.
At the Psychology Agenda-22 programme, where the emotional and psychological effects of disasters on children were discussed, Merve Özdenler, Clinical Psychologist and Vice President of the Children of the Earth Association, gave a presentation titled “Education and Psychosocial Support Work in Crisis Regions – The YEÇED Approach”; Başak Demirci, Psychological Counsellor and Member of the Children of the Earth Association, “Working with Children Affected by War and Migration”; Müge Selin Tutlu, Psychological Counsellor at the Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality Family Academy, “Work Carried Out for Children Affected by the Earthquake”; Feyza Karakaş, Psychologist and Postgraduate Student in Clinical Psychology at HKU, “Work Carried Out for Children Affected by the Earthquake – The Umut Yuvası Example”; Zehra Kobu, Psychologist at the Association for Trauma and Disaster Mental Health Studies, “Psychosocial Support Work for the Parents of Children Exposed to the Earthquake”; and Beyza Alkaya, Psychologist and Member of the Children of the Earth Association, “Recommendations and Outcomes for School Psychological Counsellors in Trauma-Focused Work”. Through these presentations they shared with participants the psychological interventions carried out for children and parents after disasters.
