Promotion of the Mental Health of Children and Adolescents through Implementation of Comprehensive Educational Programmes for Social-Emotional Learning and Prevention of Violence

Project facts

Project promoter:
Czech Society for Inclusive Education(CZ)
Project Number:
CZ-HEALTH-0042
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€193,774
Donor Project Partners:
Stiftelsen Alternativ til Vold(NO)
Other Project Partners
Kindergarten in Šestajovice
Prague-East District(CZ)
LOCIKA Centre(CZ)
Primary School
Most
Okružní 1235(CZ)
Secondary Technical School in Most(CZ)
Programme:

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Description

The aim of the project is to support the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents in the proceedings of education, and to provide a prevention of mental illnesses and domestic violence.  

THE PROJECT WILL BE IMPLEMENTED THROUGH 3 ACTIVITIES WITH SYNERGISTIC EFFECTS:

1/ THE RESILIENCE, RIGHTS AND RESPECTFULL RELATIONSHIPS PROGRAMME© (methodology) / TRANSFER INTO THE CZECH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM:
- complex methodology, developed in Australia, includes 8 practical hand-books for teachers focused on social and emotional learning (SLE) and respectful relationships
- 8 main topics of the methodology: emotional literacy, personal strenghts, positive coping, stress management, help-seeking, gender and identity, positive gender relations
- the topics are adapted for different phases of schooling (for preschool children, primary and secondary schools)

2/ IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ADAPTED RRRR METHODOLOGY AT 3 PILOT SCHOOLS
- in the school-year 2022-23, in cooperation with implementation teams at schools
- 3 levels of education will be involved (kindergarten, primary + secondary schools)

3/ MOVIE „HOME, SWEET HOME“ AND ITS METHODOLOGY FOCUSED ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND PREVENTION OF THIS PHENOMENON / TRANSFER IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
- implementation will proceed in cooperation with the Norwegian partner
- transfer of the movie and methodology
- Training of Trainers for 25 persons 

The partner is The Alternativ to Violence (Norway), a non- profit NGO that provides psychological treatment and professional expertise on domestic violence. The ATV has developed several projects together with the Czech Government Office on the topic domestic violence, its prevention etc. 

The project has 4 additional partners –  3 pilot schools (The Kindergarten in Šestajovice, Central Bohemia Region; The Primary School, Okružní, Most, and The Secondary Technical School in Most, Ústí region) and Centrum LOCIKA focused on domestic violence in the Czech Republic.  
 

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