Location: Serrada de la Fuente, Spain

In recent years, the increasing digitalization of society has highlighted the need to share good practices and create tools that promote a more responsible and conscious use of new technologies among young people. It has also prompted reflection on the role of organizations working with youth in this area. It is essential to connect digitalization with ethical reflection, considering both the growing consequences—such as addiction, isolation, and dependence—and the advantages and benefits it offers society, including in the field of youth work.

We are developing this Training Course for youth workers. Youth and adolescence are times of change. Many young people face transformations with insecurity, fear, rebellion or uncertainty. Therefore, it is also an ideal age to work on self-esteem with them, since the quality of life of their adulthood can improve a lot. We believe it is important to analyze the responsible use and ethics surrounding new technologies, as well as to examine the consequences of prolonged use among young people (social media, video games, etc.), and how these affect their well-being as individuals. In this way, we can continue focusing on how to create learning spaces that support young people in reaching their full potential.

In Parkeri we can bring a space that help the youth workers understanding their own point of view and their own approach towards working with young people topics related to non-formal education in digitalization and to the use of IT and social media, supporting the youngsters in finding a healthier way to connect with themselves and with others.

Even though this Training Course is not about getting recipes that can be used in whatever the context and it’s not related to psychotherapy or psychological support in developmental psychology, we are going to work in ourselves as youth workers feeling the process in a deeper way than the cognitive one (also in a corporal and emotional way), we are going to start to BE AWARE of the things that happen to us with the digitalization, IT, social media, video games, internet …. and we are going to reflect about our personal approach supporting the young people we are working with in those areas.

Age of participants: 18+

Accommodation and meals during the project will be free of charge. Travel expenses will be reimbursed after the project