Virtualna realnost u kontekstu tretmanskih vještina

<< Background >>Probation officers and treatment officers in the prison system work with offenders with the goal of achieving changes in behavior, attitudes, development of life, social and soft skills in order to better reintegrate into the community and become useful members of their communities. We applied for this project to enable officers who work with offenders to be educated and develop digital tools for learning and practicing the skills of working with offenders in the field of establishing a therapeutic alliance. The mentioned topic / skill is a prerequisite for any work with offenders, and evidence-based research and meta studies show that this very skill is a predictor of the success of any treatment. By improving the competencies of treatment officers, we provide a better level of service to offenders, we contribute to the motivation to change of offenders, that is, by using this approach in work, our end users - offenders, have a greater chance of reintegration into society, improving resocialization and rehabilitation, and reduced chances of recidivism. << Objectives >>Implementing the project activities, we wanted to achieve 4 key objectives: 1- strengthening the capacity and quality of work of probation officers (RH) and treatment workers of the prison system (RO) - to work on improving and maintaining the quality of work with offenders.2-development of new digital tools in the field of work with offenders - to use modern technologies in the education of staff, but also to see the potential in working with offenders in the field of treatment and rehabilitation.3-strengthening the knowledge and competence of treatmant / probation officers - on a professional and personal level, to improve the work of employees with the aim of ensuring better quality work and preventing burnout at work.4-improvement of competitiveness, competence and motivation to change offenders - by providing competent employees in the field of rehabilitation, we improve the level of service that we as a society or system provide to offenders with the aim of preventing recidivism, improving rehabilitation and social inclusion. By providing a higher quality level of service, we improve the chances of offenders to acquire social and life soft skills neccesary for resocialization back into the community and quality life. << Implementation >>Project activities were implemented in groups:1-preparatory activities, project coordination and management; included kick-off meeting, meetings of project partners and communication related to the implementation of the project, coordination of project activities and cost monitoring.2-development of digital tools and their adaptation in the education of probation officers and treatment officers; it included the development of scenarios and the recording of educational material that was adapted for Virtual Reality (VR) and which is used for the education of officers with VR, but can also be used as educational material without VR.3-the implementation of the education, included the creation of a workbook on the topic of Establishing a therapeutic alliance and the implementation of a 30-hour education of the in Bucharest, for 20 participants (10 Hr and 10 Ro).4-dissemination of newly acquired knowledge; it included presentations, participation in Congresses, Conferences, Summer Schools, Presentation of project results, TV feature, not only for dissemination but for project visibility.5- evaluation of project activities; it included the evaluation of training, VRa and the project, and a report was prepared.<< Results >>A key and concrete result of the project is the educational material in digital form, which is available via a link for free and without restrictions. Can be used with or without VR. 20 officers improved their competences, knowledge and skills related to building relationships with offeners. We achieved all the planned indicators that indicate the results of the project implementation. We have created and printed 250 workbooks in Romanian, Croatian and English, participted in various events and conferences to diseminate results and knowledge. We managed to purchase 3 sets of glasses for VR, which remain for permanent use for education and further development of VR in work with offenders.On the educational platform there are educational materials (5 presentations related to the skills of establishing a therapeutic alliance), video materials (for use with VR or without - a total of 12 scenarios related to the skills in a true/false version) and materials for testing knowledge through a scoring system.