About the course:

The dynamic cognitive intervention is designed to meet the needs of people to progress and integrate into their community.

At the heart of the theory is the belief that every person can learn and change, at any age and in any state of illness or health, if they are given the appropriate conditions: mediation for action and integration into the community and appropriate dynamic environments.

The course will teach you practical tools to promote people according to their wishes and needs.

The course will focus on acquiring mediation skills, the principles of dynamic cognitive intervention, creating environments that enable change, and familiarizing yourself with the approach's intervention and diagnostic tools.

The Dynamic Cognitive Approach (DCI) and the development of intervention tools by Prof. Hadas Lidor and her colleagues, is an evidence-based approach that has been around for many years and is based on the theory of structural cognitive change developed by Prof. Feuerstein.

Course objectives:

• The student will become familiar with the principles of the dynamic cognitive approach in the context of his work in mental health rehabilitation.
• The student will specialize in mediating communication that facilitates learning, including applied tools.
• The student will experiment with intervention tools in the various areas of cognition, thought processes, and functional expressions.
• The student knew how to change the environment into a dynamic environment that enables learning.   

Course structure:

The course includes 16 sessions, each lasting 6 academic hours. In the last two hours, there will be a training and tool practice group in two groups.

Participants:

The course is intended for 30 participants with at least a bachelor's degree and at least one year of experience working in the field of mental health rehabilitation. People with knowledge from the experience of working in the field of rehabilitation and family members will be accepted based on resumes and interviews.

Course requirements:

• Attendance is required for 90% of classes.
• Active participation in classroom discussions and exercises.
• During the course, the participant must experiment with all intervention tools and submit short exercises on the various interventions.
• During the training workshop, the participant must present a dilemma that arose during the intervention and submit a summary paper.
• At the end of the studies, the participant must submit a portfolio with all the assignments submitted during the studies, along with a personal summary of the learning process.

Admission requirements:

• Has worked in practice, for at least one year, in any of the areas of community mental health rehabilitation, and holds at least a bachelor's degree.
• Consumers and family members who do not meet the admission criteria can apply, along with a resume, to the school's special admissions committee, by email: shikum@ono.ac.il
• The number of participants in the course is limited, so hurry up and register.

Course cost:

Cost per participant: 1,120 NIS. Ministry of Health participation: 2,550 NIS.

To register for the course in Kiryat Ono, click here.