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According to a representative survey aimed at mapping the first year of implementation of the amendment to the Education Act, referred to as Joint Education, pupils with severe behavioral disorders and mental illness are the most demanding group of pupils for teachers to educate. They feel the lack of competencies in supporting these pupils and declare the need for further education and methodological guidance.
Research shows that teaching socio-emotional learning, together with increasing mental health literacy, can provide pupils with the skills and knowledge to fulfill their potential and the right to a satisfying and quality life. The risk of developing mental problems is been reduced as well.
The target groups of the project are children and youth, as well as teachers as mediating subjects.
In the project, we will provide education to 80 pedagogical staff of schools and school counseling facilities in region Hradec Králové through an education, which will focus on increasing knowledge and competencies in the field of mental health. The project will involve 25 schools, in which we will provide methodological support to teachers through education, case seminars, and supervision. For direct work with children, we will develop 2 methodologies of psychoeducational education and a training program to increase mental health support, which will be attended by 2000 participants either in school teaching or in leisure activities.
At the end of the project, we will organize a regional conference entitled Possibilities of mental health development in education, where we will present the outputs of the project and examples of good practice.
All activities of the project will be aimed at fulfilling the result of the program, which is to increase the support of mental health and well-being in children.