2nd Training Workshop of scientists- practitioners in the juvenile judicial system Volos, 26-6-2016 Can anyone hear me? The participation of juveniles in juvenile justice. EVALUATION REPORT 80 professionals participated in this workshop, but only 67 gave in evaluation forms. The results from their forms are presented here.
30% of the participants answered that the reason they participated in the workshop was their desire to be further trained., while another 30% answered that hey found the topic interesting. 24% mentioned professional reasons, 9% referred to their sensitivity to children, 5% said that it was compulsory and 2 % valued the opportunity to meet other colleagues.
68% of the participants stressed the need to be trained, 27% mentioned the need of professional training (95% in total), and 5 % mentioned their interest in the topic/ content of the workshop.
29% liked the workshop overall, 21% liked the best practices from other countries, 15% likedthevideo, (overall 19%) liked the contribution of the psychologists (experts) and the linking of juvenile delinquency with psychology, 8% liked the legal content, 5% liked the advice for the polic e and 3% gave no answer.
35% said that they retained the need to take care of t he minors, 17% mentioned the need to develop communication skills with minors, another 17% liked the best practices from other countries and 5% the need for further training.
47% found nothing useless, 23% gave no answer, 15% found the least useful the example of Ireland, 5% found least useful the legal part, another 5% mentioned the way juveniles were treated by the police and the judges, 3% did not like the presentations and 2% did not like the first part of the workshop.
81% of the colleagues said that they would distribute the training material, 12% answered that they would probably share it with their colleagues, 5% answered that they would not distribute it to their colleagues and 2 % gave no answer.
43% said that they would be interested in getting involved as trainers in trainings of professionals, 21% were not interested and 36% were ambivalent.
Half of the participants (49%) would like to participate in a national coalition for juvenile justice, almost half would not (45%) and 6 % were ambivalent.
38% said that they would seek further training, 33% did not answer, 20% said that they would transfer their new acquired knowledge to their work environment and 9 % said that would develop their personal skills.
37% of the participants gave no answer, 14% mentioned more frequent workshops, 9% asked for experiential exercises, 8% asked for practical implementation, 6% asked for longer duration of workshops and another 6% asked for visits in educational detention institutions. Other answers referred to: division of trainees according to profession (2%), linking with tehe :psychology of the field (3%), participation of judges in the workshop (2%), participation of juveniles in the workshops (2%), distribution of training material in digital form (3%).
37% did not answer this question, 20% said that they would transfer their training experience to their work environment, 14% would like to participate as trainersresearchers, 12% would like to offer legal aid for free, and 8% would like to promote education within the special youth detention centers.