The “Strong Mother, Strong Special Individual” project was prepared within the scope of the 4008: Inclusive Community Applications Support Program for Individuals with Special Needs, led by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Havva Kaçan, one of the faculty members of our university's Faculty of Health Sciences, and supported by TÜBİTAK.
The project, in which Assoc. Prof. Dr. Funda Gümüş from Dicle University and Prof. Dr. Nurhan Eren from Istanbul University/Istanbul Faculty of Medicine took part as researchers, received 230.000 TL of support from TÜBİTAK.
Within the scope of the project, which will last for seven months under the leadership of Assoc. Prof. Dr. Havva Kaçan, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing, Department of Psychiatric Nursing, 45 mothers with disabled children will be trained on 15 subjects.
In the project, which aims to reduce the burden on caregivers of children with special needs, increase their mental resilience, and strengthen family relations, educational and artistic workshops will be opened to increase the mother's mental health.
In the project, mothers will receive training such as psychoeducation, psychodrama, practical communication skills, compassionate moments with myself, leisure time activities, as well as workshop training including marbling art, wood painting, jewellery design training, wood painting, and local handicrafts of Kastamonu culture.
Within the scope of “I Produce, I Sell” activities, e-trade marketplace workshops will be opened to teach how to sell handicrafts through applications.
This project aims to increase the mental health of mothers who have disabled individuals and to contribute to social peace by earning additional income by selling handicrafts produced from the hobbies they have acquired.
Our Rector, Prof. Dr. Ahmet Hamdi Topal, congratulated our academics who took part in this project and study and expressed his gratitude to the President of the Council of Higher Education, Prof. Dr. Erol Özvar, and the members of the Council of Higher Education for their support. Our Rector also thanked Prof. Dr. Hasan Mandal, President of TÜBİTAK, for his encouraging approach to our institution in project studies.
