CCPCR ORGANIZES 2 DAY TRAINING
PROGRAMME FOR SCHOOL COUNSELLORS
National Tel24 News
Vinay Kumar Sharma
Chandigarh
In the current context of lock down and restriction of
movements, children have constrained access to socialization, play, and even
physical contact, critical for their psychosocial wellbeing and development.
School closures are preventing children from access to learning and limiting
their interactions with peers. Children may feel confused and at loss with the
current situation, leading to frustration and anxiety, which will only increase
with the overexposure to mass and social media, especially among adolescents.
Some adults may struggle to find ways to explain and communicate with children
about the current situation in a way that is understandable by this age group,
which will add frustration and disquietude. Keeping in view, these
alarming concerns to the safety and security of the children, CCPCR designed a
training programme to better equip school counsellors to enable them to
understand how to manage Covid-19 related stress, fear and anxiety, and provide
them a toolkit to better manage child related issues. Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR) in
collaboration with Govt. Medical College & Hospital, Sector 32,
Chandigarh organized the two-day training programme for school counselors
at Auditorium, Chandigarh Judicial Academy, Sector 43, Chandigarh. While
speaking on the occasion Mrs. Harjinder Kaur, Chairperson, CCPCR said,” While
school closure is recognized as a successful preventive strategy for the spread
of COVID-19, it might also have high psychosocial and educational costs. Social
isolation, for instance, may lead to reduced peer and support networks for
children. In addition, teacher could be unprepared for them after joining schools;
therefore CCPCR organized a training programme for school counselors to reduce
the risk for children. “Ms Niti Mohan, Programme Convener said “The training
programme for mental health promotion in schools is designed provide psychosocial
support to children to deal with the pandemic at large and better equip them”. Dr.
Deepika Lamba in her lecture recognizing signs of psychological distress
needing specialized help highlighted that Each adverse situations or critical
episode in our lives has a unique demands be it social, physical ,
psychological or intellectual. These demands affects individual coping
resources and triggers a particular response.” In the lecture “Recognizing
signs of Psychological distress needing specialized help”, Dr Jyoti highlighted
that collaborative approach among teachers, parents, school counselors and
mental health professionals is required as need of the hour”. Ms Archna Sharma in her lecture “Understanding Emotional Needs
of Vulnerable Children” highlighted that Good mental health helps them develop
the resilience to cope with whatever life throws at them and grow into
well-rounded, healthy adults.
The dissemination of the session through the group activity was
evaluated by Dr Monica Singh & Ms Pooja Punchhi members CCPCR. 6
Counsellors were awarded on the occasion for the dissemination.
Dr Arzoo Gupta, Assistant Professor, GMCH 32 in her address
said, “The failure of Emotional development includes heriditary concerns,
parenting and life stress. As Indians, our encouragement and praises are non
verbal. For our Children, we need to learn to start expressing
affection.”
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