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Project SUPPORT
Project SUPPORT
Project SUPPORT
Department of Education
Region II – Cagayan Valley
Schools Division of Nueva Vizcaya
Background/ Rationale:
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic crisis’ effects are not
limited to physical health-related concerns but are also significantly affecting the
mental health and wellbeing of both adults and children worldwide. One of the
sectors severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic is the education sector, due to
the inevitable closure of schools. For almost a year, education was implemented
through distance learning modality and throughout this period, learners and
personnel did not have physical interactions with friends and teachers.
In the return to face-to-face classes, teachers and school personnel will be
welcoming back children with diverse experiences of the effects of the pandemic.
For some, prolonged isolation and interruption of social life may have caused high
stress and psychological consequences. Others may have experienced violence and
neglect. Children coming from low-income families became most vulnerable to the
economic consequences of the pandemic. Dealing with the diverse effects of the
pandemic, teachers and school personnel must meet the children where they are,
and support their health and wellbeing as they return to in-person classroom
learning. An experience of crisis can put an individual temporarily out of balance.
Therefore, restoration of normalcy through the return to school after a crisis is a
phase that can play a crucial role in a child’s mental wellbeing.
In times of crises, the education community must come together to ensure
learning continuity and protect the right of every child to education. The provision
of mental health and psychosocial support services is essential to ensure that
children can access opportunities for healing, and recovery.
Hence, Lamo National High School ensures that teaching personnel are
equipped in conducting MHPSS activities. Through prioritizing children’s
education, as well as psychosocial wellbeing, teachers have great potential to truly
Objectives
a. General
The general objective of the training is to ensure that teaching personnel are
equipped in conducting MHPSS activities as well as empowered and capable of
leading the facilitation of its conduct in consideration of the mental health and
well-being of learners and personnel in their successful transition back in the face-
to-face learning modality.
b. Specific
1. Guide teaching personnel in the end-to-end conduct and facilitation of
psychosocial support for learners.
2. Provide teaching personnel with references and guides in the conduct of
psychosocial support activities in the classroom
3. Inform and instruct teaching personnel in the conduct of monitoring and
evaluation activities for the further development of psychosocial support
programs and activities
Target Groups
Program Management
Budget Estimate
Source of Fund
The office supplies shall be charged against the School Maintenance and
Other Operating Expenses subject to the proper and usual accounting and auditing
procedure through the accounting office.
Program Matrix
Attachment
Prepared by:
Noted:
OSMUNDO R. ESPEJO
School Principal III