Nihan Yilmaz

• Scanned and stored files and records electronically to reduce paper files and secure data.
• Verified outdated data and implemented necessary changes to records.

Project Manager

Alternatives to Imprisonment for Juvenile Offenders Project (May 2021- January 2022)

Parent and Teacher Awareness on Child Abuse and Neglect Project (September 2021- May 2022)

• Project proposal writing, planning of the project schedule
• Budget calculation, preparation progress reports
• Writing a report on ‘Alternatives to Imprisonment for Juveniles in Turkey’ and distributing of the report
• Organizing a conference on juvenile incarceration and alternatives with legal experts
• Creating a teacher manual on child abuse awareness
• Organizing a social media campaign on child abuse for teachers and parents

Project Officer

The Seeds of Hope Project ( July 2021- March 2022)

• Planning of the project schedule, preparation of weekly and monthly progress reports
• Translation of resources related to Employment and Transition to Adulthood and Safety of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder
• Organizing webinars on employment and Transition to Adulthood and Safety of Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder for families of individuals with ASD, activists, disability job coaches

• Individual therapy sessions with children, adolescents and their families
• Organizing and giving seminars for the refugee population
• Preparing developmental activity programs for children
• Conducting field research about the Cohesion between Syrian and Turkish People with a team of psychologists.

• Providing connections with participants in the recruitment process to research
• Collecting data from participants in the research lab
• Observational and physical data coding

• Detecting facial expressions in the adolescent participant’s face via a computer application
• Classifying emotional expression according to main categories
• Assigning proper emotional reactions to each category