District: Schwachhausen

Promoting life skills in schools and after-school care centers

In short, “…that’s pretty strong!!” – promoting life skills in schools and after-school programs is training in life skills, resilience, and resilience. This means we try to build on children’s strengths from an early age.

We want to help these skills flourish so that children become so resilient in the social sphere that they can better cope with potential burdens sooner or later (such as violence, bullying, cyberbullying, addictive or self-harming behaviors).

To ensure this initiative takes root, we work not only directly with the children during project weeks, but with the entire setting. The project includes training and professional development for entire staffs (schools and daycare centers), as well as intensive work with parents, from parent evenings to full-day parent training sessions.

Working with these three pillars is the core of our work.

Content, method and materials

Exercises and games from theatre pedagogy, psychomotor skills and experiential education are used to enable affective learning objectives in a playful way.

Movement and rhythm games – role-playing games – guided imagery – inventing and acting out stories – improvisation. Games for developing association skills, spontaneity, concentration, reaction time, and observation skills

Parent workshops

In our "…that's pretty strong!!" parents' workshop, you will learn about the project, its content, and its background. You will discover how you can support your children in developing a healthy and stable personality.

Furthermore, we would like to work with you to find solutions for everyday problems – those darned little things that can sometimes cause a situation to escalate completely.

 

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