By Halyna Tytysh | Head of the Board
The Resilience.Help platform is a focal point for teachers, school principals, and parents seeking instruments to strengthen resiliency. Since the platform's launch in the autumn of 2023, it has developed new training programs (for school psychologists) and started adapting international methods that proved efficient and can be used in Ukraine.
With the help of donations on the GlobalGiving platform, the teams of the platform started work on adaptation and modification of two international programs – SPARK Resilience and the one that was shared with us by the Philippine Department of Education.
Both programs will soon be published on the platform.
SPARK Resilience is a psycho-emotional support program for children aged 10-12. The program incorporates positive psychology, cognitive behavioral psychology, and mindfulness psychology.
This program helps children develop the skills to control their emotions and reframe habitual behavioral and thought patterns, allowing them to be resilient to life's challenges today and in the future. The program is based on the results of scientific research that began in London (UK) in 2010. The authors of the first program are Professor Ilona Boniwell and Lucy Ryan.
From 2010 to the present, the program has been improved to consider its impact on the participants of the educational process (teachers and students).
Psychological support for children (with elements of play and creativity)
Provided to the Resilience.Help platform by the Philippine Department of Education
The Teachers’ Guide for “Psychosocial Support for Children (with Play and Creativity)” is a collection of activities for students of all ages that focus on providing psychosocial support that addresses specific processes and activities that promote overall well-being and resilience in children.
Well-being includes students' access to opportunities to learn and achieve in their learning activities. Schools or temporary learning spaces (shelters) are some of the most convenient environments for students to receive psychosocial support through play or creative activities.
Psychosocial support exercises bring together students, teachers, and parents or guardians to create a supportive environment that helps to recover from the effects of emergencies (in the context of Ukraine, it is war), improve psychosocial well-being, and promote successful continuity of education.
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