School of Psychology
The School of Psychology at Makerere University will hold a Psychology Week starting Tuesday, 29th March-Friday, 1st April, 2016.
The School of Psychology will hold a Psychology Week from 31st March to 3rd April, 2015 at Makerere University.
Theme: “Self in a Social Context”
*Planned activities
Day 1: Conference featuring various presentations on the role of psychology in community development to be held in the University Main Hall
Day 2: Outreach activities with stakeholders including TASO Uganda, Hope After Rape and the Department of Early Childhood Development in the Ministry of Education, Sports, Science and Technology. The activities will include free HIV counselling and testing services and a blood donation drive conducted by Uganda Red Cross Society in conjunction with Nakasero Blood Bank
Day 3: Sports competition amongst staff, current students and the alumni of the School
Day 4: Alumni dialogue and dinner
See below tentative programme
The School of Psychology, College of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHUSS), Makerere University invites nominations for staff to participate in a two day training workshop on Workplace Stress Management. Stress is a workplace reality that results from many different sources including but not limited to individual, work, extra and intra organizational attempts at achieving goals.
Stress can lead to problems at the individual, work, and organizational levels; and also causes health problems, social and family disruptions. Stress costs the USA 30 billion dollars per year, although its cost is yet to be evaluated in Uganda it is not yet costed.
Facilitators
The key facilitators of this workshop will be Prof. P.K Baguma, Makerere University and Prof. Van Dyk, Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Both are very accomplished Psychologists in the areas of Clinical and Organizational Psychology..
Target population
The target group includes Human Resource Managers, line managers, supervisors, officers and staff in public and private organizations
Contact
For Details and Bookings please contact:
Prof Peter K Baguma
Tel: +256 772 551 804
Email: minterhotep@gmail.com
We look forward to your participation. Register now!
SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
OFFICE OF INTERNSHIP COORDINATOR
TO ALL STAFF
SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY
CALL FOR AN INTERNSHIP SUPERVISION MEETING
You are all invited to attend the internship supervision meeting
The Dean, School of Psychology cordially invites all of you to the PhD public defence for Mr.Rosco Kasujja. Please find details of the abstract herewith attached
The Dean, School of Psychology cordially invites all of you to the PhD public defence for Mr. Henry Kibedi. Please find details of the abstract herewith attached
The Dean, School of Psychology, Prof. Peter Baguma, cordially invites all of you to a trauma management workshop
The Founder and Director of Cameras without Borders, Dr Eberhard Riedel, will present a paper on psychological trauma management theory and practice based on fieldwork and research in Eastern DRC, Northern Uganda, South Sudan and Western Kenya. In these regions, many areas are plagued by trauma epidemics caused by violence that human beings inflict on each other. Individual, family, group and community trauma will be discussed.
*Dr Eberhard Riedel’s biography
Dr Eberhard Riedel is a photographer, psychotherapist and teacher living in Seattle, Washington. He graduated in documentary and fine arts photography from the Photographic Center Northwest, earned a Masters in Clinical Social Work from the University of Washington, a Diploma in Analytical Psychology from the Inter-Regional Society of Jungian Analysts, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the Technische Universität in Munich, Germany. He is a Jungian Psychoanalyst.
He initiated Cameras without Borders- "Photography for Healing and Peace" in 2006 and now works with African communities affected by the consequences of war and violence, employing photography as a tool for healing. His project aims at engaging people at home and abroad as it seeks to nourish the seeds of reconciliation and mutual understanding. He publishes and presents nationally and internationally.
Recent publication – “Psychology, Photography, and Social Advocacy” in Psychological Perspectives, Vol 56(1), 5-33, 2013
