Training for Children’s Home Staff – September 25, 2025

Care for Children with Special and Dual Needs

At the end of September, we held our final professional training of the year for children’s home staff at the Docler Holding headquarters. This time, the theme was “Care for Children with Special and Dual Needs”—one of the most challenging areas for professionals working in the field. Perhaps unsurprisingly, this was the most highly attended training of the year, with nearly 100 child protection professionals participating in the full-day program.

The day was opened by István Schaffer, Director of the Kiskőrös EGYMI, who spoke about the causes, forms, and prevention of school aggression and bullying. His presentation also emphasized the importance of a mindset shift that can significantly support these goals, introducing participants to the Peaceful Schools program.

Next came a joint presentation by Eszter Pechan, Director of the Csalogány Kindergarten, Primary School, Skills Development School, EGYMI, Dormitory, and Children’s Home in Budapest’s 3rd District, and Péter Farkas-Karsai, Regional Director of the OGYSZ Metropolitan Child Protection Service. Their lecture, titled “Special Life Situations in Child Protection Services,” covered both the current state of affairs and valuable practical insights.

The program then moved even more strongly toward practice-based learning. Juliánna Fedorkó, Director of the Hársfa Special Children’s Home in Budapest, discussed concrete everyday situations as well as their trauma-informed approaches.

After a brief but welcome lunch break to soften the weight of the day’s topics, Piroska Dósa, child protection expert, continued with a presentation on individual case planning for children with special and dual needs. Her informative lecture offered a fitting conclusion to a day filled with complex and sensitive subjects.

We are truly grateful that, for years now, we have had the opportunity to engage in shared learning with child protection professionals who continuously strive to expand their knowledge in order to support the children entrusted to them as effectively as possible. We hope that our trainings provide meaningful support and that our programs will continue to be met with such strong interest in the future.