Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education, Psychological Support Program to Overcome COVID-19 Blues

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Gwangju Metropolitan Office of Education will conduct training sessions on the use of class-level psychological support and education programs for 320 school and long-term entrusted institution staff members across the district in four phases from the 14th to the 19th.

According to the Office of Education on the 15th, this training was planned to strengthen the response capabilities of staff to early detect students' psychological and emotional issues caused by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and to support students' psychological and emotional stability and recovery. To prevent the spread of COVID-19, the sessions will be conducted in real-time interactive format using ZOOM.

The training content consists of two programs: a stress relief program and a social development program. The stress relief program addresses the stress students experience before and after COVID-19 and helps them find healthy ways to resolve it on their own.

Additionally, the social development program includes content that supports the improvement of students' peer relationships and healthy social development in the changed school environment due to COVID-19.

Meanwhile, the training materials utilize the "Elementary and Secondary Class-Level Psychological Support and Education Program Workbook," developed by the Office of Education to alleviate students' psychological anxiety caused by COVID-19 and to promote adaptation to school life.

The workbook was distributed at the beginning of this year, one copy per class to each school level, to guide homeroom teachers, subject teachers, and professional counselors in using it as a resource for supporting students' psychological and emotional needs.

A teacher who participated in the training said, "I am grateful that quality materials were developed and training was provided even though everyone is exhausted due to COVID-19," adding, "I will share these materials and training content with my fellow teachers and actively utilize them to help students relieve stress and promote social development so they can have a healthy school life."

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