Opening of the Centre for Child Protection

Pontifical Gregorian University Centre for Child Protection
February 9, 2012

http://elearning-childprotection.com/


A consortium has been formed between the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome (Prof. Dr. Pater Hans Zollner SJ), the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising (Monsignore Klaus Peter Franzl) and the Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the University Clinic of Ulm (Medical Director: Prof. Dr. med. Jorg Fegert). The Centre for Child Protection is to be established for three years (January 1st, 2012 through December 31st, 2014) by the Institute of Psychology at the Pontifical Gregorian University (Rome) under the sponsorship of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising and in cooperation with the Department for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University Clinic of Ulm based in Munich. The goal is to develop and implement an E-Learning programme totalling 30 hours in four languages (English, German, Italian and Spanish). This programme will draw on a related public-sponsored programme for educational and health care professionals in Germany (Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)), but will incorporate an emphasis on the cultural and theological diversity of the Catholic Church. The project is directed by a Steering Committee while the content development is supported by a Scientific Advisory Board.

The Pontifical Gregorian University will supervise this project and appoints as director of the Centre Prof. inv. Dr. Hubert Liebhardt – educational scientist, deacon and research-group leader at the University Clinic of Ulm. His scientific working group comprises various professions (educational sciences, psychology, psychotherapy, theology).