Health Promotion Program “Wawa-TUS-y” - Social Skills Training for children and youth living or studying in the capital city of Warsaw Warsaw

The program is financed by the Capital City of Warsaw.

Program Description and Objectives

• Mental health and mental health disorders are an important area of public health. Worsening rates of mental health and suicide attempts among young people, coupled with the unavailability of adequate mental health support, lack of psychiatric beds and unmet need for care, are burdening children and young people in Poland. Additionally, the war in Ukraine and social isolation caused by the pandemic, as well as distance learning, have also contributed to the deterioration of young people's mental well-being. According to research, children and adolescents experience loneliness, a lack of security, acceptance and unfulfilled expectations. Therefore, in the face of the constantly deteriorating mental health of children and adolescents in Poland, effective action must be taken.
• The aim of the program is to strengthen the social competences of primary school pupils living or studying in the capital city of Warsaw. Warsaw. The specific goal also involves expanding the skills of Warsaw primary school students in recognizing their own emotions and the emotions of others. Participants in the program are also expected to increase their knowledge of how to deal with difficult situations and resolve conflicts.

Program recipients:

• The recipients of the "Wawa - TUS-y" health promotion program are children and teenagers living and/or attending primary schools in the city of Warsaw. st. Warsaw (1st-8th grade of primary school, age from approx. 6 to approx. 15 years).

The program will be implemented in 2025-2027.

One cycle will include ten 60-minute classes.

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