Psychomotricity - graduation 2024: our practice and its theories. Online conference

Bulgarian Association for the Development of Psychomotriсity (BAPMT) organizes the second online conference “Psychomotricity – graduation 2024: our practice and its theories”

When:
– May 24, 2024 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CET
– May 25, 2024 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CET
Where: Online on the ZOOM platform
Who: Presenters are the 19 Bulgarian graduates from the 3-year certification training program “Psychomotor therapy with children” of the German Psychomotor Association (Deutsche Akademie – Aktionskreis Psychomotorik e.V.) and the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt (Hochschule Darmstadt (h_da), Germany) .
How: Six panels over two days.
Conference program:
Day 1 / Day 1
8:30 – 9:00: Introduction to the event and PMT – Vanya Dunkova and prof. Amara Eckert
Panel 1: PMT and multidisciplinary
9:00 – 9:30: Psychomotor Art Therapy – challenges and opportunities for developing children’s creativity, imagination and emotional awareness.- Kremena Atanasova
9:30 – 10:00: PMT and speech therapy – Denitsa Damyanova
10:00 – 10:30: Multidisciplinary work in a team with a psychomotor therapist – Viara Panayotova
10:30 – 11:00: Questions and answers for panel 1
11:00 – 12:00: Lunch break
Panel 2: PMT and play
12:00 – 12:30: Play as element in psychomotricity and psychotherapy – Jana Nakova
12:30 – 13:00: Symbols in children’s play – Maia Karailieva
13:00 – 13:30: How to recognize trauma in a child’s behavior and play – Elena Glutnikova
13:30 – 14:00: Questions and answers for panel 2
14:00 – 14:30: Break
Panel 3: PMT and child development
14:30 – 15:00: Winnicott’s theory of child development – benefit from PMT Irena Ilieva
15:00 – 15:30: The role of the therapist in the psychomotor room and the importance of the development of social interest in achieving child autonomy – Darina Obreshkova
15:30 – 16:00: Nonviolent communication and the relationship with psychomotor therapy – Tsvetelina Khinkova
16:00 – 16:30: Questions and answers for panel 3
Day 2
Panel 4: PMT and pre-, peri- and postnatal period
8:30 – 9:00: The importance of transitions in human life – Nina Gelkova
9:00 – 9:30: Neurobiological basis of prenatal trauma – Ilona Andreeva
9:30 – 10:00: The pre- and perinatal experience of children and its symbolic expression in play. The dimensions of play in PMT – Vanya Pesheva
10:00 – 10:30: Baby therapy as a prevention of developmental delay, emotional and behavioral difficulties in childhood. Relationship to psychomotor therapy. – Inna Minkova
10:30 – 11:00: Questions and answers for panel 4
11:00 – 12:00: Lunch break
Panel 5: PMT and connection parent – child / family – therapist
12:00 – 12:30: Supporting Parent-Child Connection, Understanding, and Communication Through Psychomotor Play – Martina Koleva
12:30 – 13:00: How to support the family system in psychomotor setting – Yoanna Mitova
13:00 – 13:30: Connection in psychomotor therapy. Psychomotor play to support the building of a trusting relationship between therapist, child and parent and the influence of attachment patterns in this process – Asya Yonchevska
13:30 – 14:00: Questions and answers for panel 5
14:00 – 14:30: Break
Panel 6: PMT and disorders
14:30 – 15:00: Attachment disorders, how do they manifest themselves and how can they be dealt with in PMT – Polq Nikolova
15:00 – 15:30: Selective mutism and integrative psychomotor work with children and adults – Todorka Miteva
15:30 – 16:00: Psychomotor therapy as a tool for feeling inner integrity in children belonging to the autistic spectrum – Valentina Grozeva
16:00 – 16:30: Questions and answers for panel 6
16:30 – 17:00: Other questions and closing the event – Vania Dunkova and Prof. Amara Eckert