The Unbreakable Ukraine Foundation is launching psychological support groups for Ukrainians who left for Poland due to the full-scale war. The project aims to help parents, children, and teachers of Ukrainian schools in Poland find a common language and learn to support each other.
Because of the war, both mothers and children need psychological help.
There is not a single person who does not have psychological consequences due to the traumatic experience of war. Some Ukrainians had their own difficulties, others heard stories about negative events from their peers, relatives, relatives, or from the Internet.
Very often, children do not have enough life experience and skills in recognizing and overcoming their own emotional discomforts. Being forced to leave home is very traumatic. Children of all ages express stress and frustration through behavioral changes that impair learning and even family relationships.
“My child does not study well, shuts himself in the room, wears a hood, does not show initiative, communicates only through gadgets, and resists everything.”
Parents and teachers are sometimes also not familiar with the methods of recognizing their own and children’s needs and ways of helping themselves at home and school.
“I don’t even have anyone to talk to now. Nobody understands me. Everyone thinks that I’m doing great abroad, the country helps, and I receive government payments. They think I can travel wherever I want,” says Natalya from Mykolaiv. “But no one knows and does not want to hear what price I pay. I can’t tell children and old parents that I’m TIRED!!! The friends who remained in Ukraine do not understand what I am complaining about, and I have no friends abroad.”
Helping children begins with helping parents, then teachers
The course starts on January 24!
The course of psychological assistance is specially designed to:
To help adults overcome the consequences of traumatic experiences from war;
To teach psychological self-help methods for anxiety, panic attacks,
Emotional breakdowns and apathy;
To teach parents how to help their children at home adapt to new living conditions, overcome trauma from the war and homesickness;
Provide parents and teachers with options for cooperation to create a supportive environment for both children and each other;
Show teachers how to recognize the needs of children in the classroom and help in adaptation to the educational process.
ADDITIONALLY:
a special telegram channel will be created for parents and teachers, which will be a knowledge base. It will be used for support, motivation to participate in the course, to connect with each other, as well as to remind the techniques that will be presented in the course and to remind about meetings. The channel will be administered by psychologists-trainers and representatives of the Unbreakable Ukraine Foundation.
“Working in groups is exactly what is needed. Women see that they are not alone in such problems. That they can find support, and not be judged and ridiculed by other people. When a group works, it is a completely different psycho-emotional background. Already during the holding of such groups, women begin to communicate more with each other, and learn something new. Friendships begin,” says Olga Protasova, a psychologist at the Unbreakable Ukraine Foundation.
Course conditions:
The course will be held online through the Zoom platform.
The groups are conducted by psychologists-curators in pairs, to monitor the reactions of the participants and moderate the questions and answers during the two-hour meeting.
One group is formed of up to 100 people.
If fewer than 7 people join on the day of the group, the meeting for that group will be rescheduled to the next scheduled time and day that is typical for that group.
Meetings for parents:
For parents: Monday and Fridayfrom 09:30 to 11:30 Polish time7 meetings for each individual group
Meetings for teachers:Tuesday and Thursdayfrom 17:30 to 19:30 Polish time9 meetings
The course starts on January 24! In order not to miss the start, you can:
1. Register in the questionnaire:https://forms.gle/2qwqqXL1hKdsa3P4A
2. subscribe to our social networks:
Telegram: https://t.me/osvita_ukraine
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ICF.Flashlights
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundation_nezlamna_ua/
Who are the curators of the project?
▪ Victoria Lyubarevych-Torkhova
Neuropsychologist of cognitive development (Ba, MSc, Essex), Psychotherapist for adults, as well as for children and adolescents (UKU, EVAST), Method of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT/SVT), certified in overcoming war trauma for children, parents, and educators. 20+ years of experience working with parents on child development, 10+ years of experience in CBT psychotherapy.
Site: https://vlt.kiev.ua/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lyubarevich_torkhova/
▪ Olga Koba
Accredited CBT therapist working with children, adolescents, and adults. (UKU, EVAST), method of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CPT), scheme therapy (ISST), emotionally-focused therapy ((ICEEFT), ABA therapy for working with children on the autistic spectrum of development (ASD), certified specialist in overcoming the trauma of war for children, parents, and educators.15+ years of education
Site: https://www.prostirok.com.ua/index.html
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/olga_koba.psychologist/
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