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Taking Care of Youth Mental Health.

2020-3-PL01-KA105-0946072020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: PL|EL|MK|SK|LT|ES|HR|PT|RO · Grant: €22,069
New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training coursesYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Health and wellbeing

Objectives

The training course “Taking Care of You(th) Mental Health '' addressed the issue of stress among youth workers and focused on development of their well-being in order to address the quality of educational activities they organise. Besides that, it aimed at training youth workers on usage of stress-management tools in their work with young people in order to create a balanced learning environment for them and provide ready-to-use coping mechanisms for challenging life situations. It was implemented in 15-23 May 2022 and involved educators: youth workers, teachers, youth leaders and activists – in total 29 participants from 9 countries: Poland, Lithuania, Croatia, Greece, North Macedonia, Slovakia, Spain, Portugal, Romania. The project was financed by Erasmus+ National Agency of Poland: FRSE. The applicant organisation is Fundacja Active Kids. The objectives were: - to identify the stress factors which influence youth workers in partner countries - to equip participants with the theoretical knowledge on the nature of stress - to provide educators with the stress-management tools for personal everyday use (physical tools, art tools) - to learn how mindfulness can contribute to eliminating stress and learn about MBSR ( mindfulness based stress reduction) techniques - to acquire concrete skills in time-management and learn how it can contribute to dealing with stress - to learn about stress-management tools which can be used in work with young people in order to address their study-related stress and develop their emotional intelligence; - To train youth workers in using stress-management tools in youth work in different contexts - to share good practices in stress management in education and youth work

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