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The project will be implemented by the Zruč nad Sázavou primary school in Kutná Hora, a municipality with extended jurisdiction (MEJ), where there are 25 nursery schools, 19 primary schools, and 5 high schools with a total of 707 teachers, attended by ca 7 thousand children and adolescents in total.
The project aims to support the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents in the area of the Kutná Hora MEJ, improve access to relevant local services. etc. It involves the CREATION AND 2 YEARS OF ACTIVITY BY A CHILDREN’S AND ADOLESCENTS’ MENTAL HEALTH TEAM (MHT) – a model that fully corresponds to the Czech Republic’s psychiatric care reform strategy. The MHT will primarily work in the area of prevention, education and to support the de-stigmatization of mental illness.
The project has FIVE ACTIVITIES WITH SYNERGISTIC EFFECT:
- Creation of an MHT in the Kutná Hora MEJ, creation of support facilities for its activities
- 2 years of pilot activities of the MHT in the Kutná Hora MEJ (2 sub-teams)
- Transfer and establishment of a Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics to the Czech Republic
- Education for teachers at the 2nd stage of elementary school and high school in the Kutná Hora MEJ: an accredited two-day course with follow-up consultations
- 2 de-stigmatization campaigns, Mental Health Weeks for the general public, 2 symposia for professionals
The partner is the Ostbytunet Center for Treatment and Professional Development in Child Psychiatry (Oslo, Norway), which operates a psychiatric facility for children and youth that combines a clinic, school, and daycare. Cooperation will involve the transfer and establishment of a Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, with which the Norwegian partner has many years of experience, to the Czech Republic.
Additional partners: The Kamenná Stezka Primary School in Kutná Hora and the Pedagogical and Psychological Counselling Centre of the Central Bohemian Region, Kutná Hora branch.