On September 7, 2022, within the project “Strengthening the capacity of territorial communities of Chernihiv Region in preventing drug abuse among children and youth”, project coordinator Larisa Ren and director of the Educational and Scientific Institute of Psychology and Social Work Lyudmila Zavatska together with representatives of the Mykhailo-Kotsyubynsk Community conducted a round table. The […]
On August 31, 2022 social pedagogues of Izmail school, Odesa Region, conducted a workshop on online implementing the Prevention Program, CHOICE-5. They discussed specifics of training and other related issues. As a result, the pedagogues decided: To implement the CHOICE-6 for six-graders. To initiate online version of CHOICE-5. To motivate students with prizes and other […]
On June 22, 2022, the Prevention Center conducted an online meeting with Charlie McLaughlin, training and resources manager of Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth. During the meeting, Mr. McLaughlin has generously shared Virginia experience in conducting online classes for children within implementing prevention programs. The event took place in the frames of the Project of […]
The war changed a lot in our lives, changed us However, enthusiasm for our work and belief in the importance of preventive work with children and youth remained the same. After all, formed in this work values are strong grounds for our free Ukraine We know that the trainers of the project “Strengthening the capacity […]
On 02, February, 2022 ninth-graders Anastasia and Valentyna together with Svitlana, the school psychologist, conducted for fifth-graders the first lesson of the prevention program, CHOICE-5 – “Responsible Choice”. The young trainers, who had leaned the online course for risky behavior prevention, have been exited with their first trainer experience and filled with positive impressions. The […]
Trainer Olha, the psychologist for the Izmail Ukrainian Lyceum, conducted the first session of the CHOICE-5 for fifth-graders of the Lyceum. The students set rules of the game, learned specific of responsible choice, discussed relationship between choice and its consequences. The children with great pleasure took part in all activities. The project, “Evidence Based Prevention […]
Trainer Eugenia, the social pedagogue, conducted the first session of the CHOICE-5 for fifth-graders of the local school. The students set rules of the game, learned specific of responsible choice, discussed relationship between choice and its consequences. The children with great pleasure took part in all activities. The project, “Evidence Based Prevention for Children of […]
To measure effectiveness of a program on prevention risky behavior, Iryna – a social pedagogue and Anastasia, a school psychologist, on January 24 conducted preliminary survey in two fifth-grade classes of Izmail School #14. The students responded ten questions of an electronic form developed by Yale University. All children received handbooks, “Choice-5”, and safety manuals […]
Tetiana, the school psychologist, conducted the first session, “Responsible Choice”, of the prevention program, CHOICE-5 in two fifth-grade classes of the Kramatorsk School #26, Donetsk Region. In the beginning the students took part in the preliminary survey, arranged by the Kyiv Institute on Public Health Policy according to a technology from Yale University. The children […]
Trainers Iryna, the social pedagogue, and Daria, a class teacher, conducted the first session of the CHOICE-5 for fifth-graders of the local school. The feedback from Iryna, «We were forming understanding of children of relationship between choice and its consequences. The students with great pleasure took part in all activities. Especially they liked the game, […]