Anna Baranowska reports from the Gdansk Centre for Health Promotion and Addiction Prevention (GOPZiPU):
It was a great pleasure for us to lead the ICDP workshops.We had two groups—preschool teachers, elementary school teachers, and caregivers at childcare and educational facilities— as well as one online group (Lidia’s and Iza’s groups).
We promoted the ICDP Course during the conference “Parents and Teachers on the Front Lines of Support.”
Past events included conferences at schools for parents and teachers.
On 21st of May 21 and on the 9th of June 9, 2026, a total of 104 people participated in these events.
Photos on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/ZdrowyGdansk
We plan to have newgroups starting in September 2026, including one online group for daycare center staff in Gdańsk, and two groups for preschool and early elementary school teachers.
Read the evaluations from participants.
Update on the training in 2026.
Key figure: 12 out of 12 respondents (100% “YES”) would strongly recommend the ICDP group to other parents/caregivers — a remarkably unanimous result for a tool as subjective as an evaluation survey.
The most moving passage comes from one participant, who described a concrete, tangible change in her relationship with a child: the boy began approaching her, hugging her, sitting on her lap, and telling other children “that’s my auntie.” At the start of the course, this relationship was marked by considerable distance. Over time, as the caregiver paid even closer attention to how she engaged with the child, she began to observe tangible shifts in the caregiver–child bond within just a few weeks.