Goals: Increasing adults' sensitivity for needs and problems in relation with education of children from minority groups, with the support of the family * Raising awareness on personal and group capacity to induce Change * Recognizing own attitudes, beliefs and behaviors in regard of members of minority groups and their influence on own professional competence * Empowering professionals to take over the responsibility for personal and professional relations with the process of forming and maintaining prejudices in own surrounding * Awareness raising on the possibilities for tackling prejudice available * Increasing the sensitivity for differences, developing tolerance * Activating the Educational Institutions and local communities to work towards improving multicultural standards.

Topics addresses within the training: Motivation to Step Out * Resistance to Change * Personal and Group Identity * Anatomy of the Stereotype * Mechanisms of Stereotypes and Prejudice: Context as a Factor of Influence, 'Blaming the Victim' Mechanism * Discrimination * Circles of Oppression * Strategies for dealing with »isms« * Listening Skills * Obstacles in overcoming »isms« * Developing Identity – for both majority and minority groups * Phases of Intercultural Sensitivity and Action Continuum * Cooperation with Marginalized Groups.

Training: one three-day seminar (18 hours of effective work).