With the beginning of the summer holidays, the issue of children's leisure is always relevant for parents or guardians. If you want the child not only to rest, but also to receive psychosocial help, reduce the level of anxiety and stress, then we are waiting in the children's spaces working within the PROMESSA project: "Pearl" — in Novovodolazka, "Wings" — in Zlatopilska, "Zherelo" in Tomakivska communities.
In these spaces, there are activities for children of different ages that take place with psychologists and take into account the needs and interests of different age categories:
4-6 years – classes are aimed at developing communication skills, awareness of one's own uniqueness, and the ability to interact with peers. They have a playful form, because children of this age get to know themselves and others precisely through the game - how you can build relationships, how to resolve conflicts, how to understand your emotions and others, how to react to them. It is the game that allows preschool children to develop important skills.
7-12 years old – classes are focused on establishing communication, developing communication skills with peers, increasing the level of positive self-esteem, etc. In addition, they allow you to enrich the active vocabulary, develop imagination, the ability to explore, and think critically.
13 -17 years old – classes are aimed at teenagers' research of their own emotions and the emotional state of others, development of skills in solving problems and solving conflict situations, joint development of solutions, creation of a team and distribution of roles in it. It is also about forming an active life position, positive motivation for classes, improving social adaptation, self-confidence. The main emphasis – is the development of communication skills based on social and emotional intelligence, building relationships that are comfortable for the teenager and his environment. A separate cycle of classes is devoted to leadership in the children's space. After all, this topic is especially relevant for adolescence, as there is a need to develop psychological maturity, the ability to take initiative, make decisions, and take responsibility.
All classes are conducted by experienced specialists with appropriate psychological and social education. And this allows not only to form skills, but also to work out stressful situations that children often experience in war conditions.
Specialists not only conduct classes, but also interact with parents, they can get professional feedback to better understand their child. In addition, each space has activities for parents. Visit the children's spaces working within the PROMESSA project. You are always welcome.
The project "PROMESSA: Protection of children, response to emergency situations and health care for the most vulnerable families affected by the conflict in the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions" is implemented by the NGO "Association for Democratic Development" in partnership with the foundation's branch "Тер дез Ом Італія ЕТС" в Україні (TDH Italy) Terre des Hommes Italia in Ucraina. The project is financed by Italian Cooperation. And it is implemented with the aim of strengthening mental health and improving the social adaptation of children and their families who suffered from the war in the Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
