School

School is a place of knowledge transfer and social interaction where children and young people from different backgrounds develop important life skills. In order for all members of the diverse school community to develop their potential, a safe and inclusive environment is needed that values diversity and enables participation.

Here you will find Materials, Workshops and information about our pedagogical approach, which addresses precisely this point.

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Healing-Classrooms-approach

The aim of the Healing Classroom approach is to create safe (learning) spaces for everyone and to strengthen social-emotional skills. There are various approaches, materials, solutions and training courses available.

Toxic stress

Toxic stress has an impact on the neuronal and social development of children and adolescents. Find out more about the impact of toxic stress on children's brains and how to counteract it.

Mindfulness

Mindfulness is defined as a state of awareness of and concentration on the moment; accepting the present moment while remaining open and interested in what is happening around us and within us.

Social-emotional learning

Social-emotional learning enables you to process information in a concentrated way, to remember better, to control impulses and feelings, to interact with other people, to solve problems and to face challenges with perseverance.

Safe (learning) places

Offering children and young people a safe and familiar place enables them to learn and cope with the effects of conflict. The focus here is on five factors.

Well-being of skilled workers

Stress at work, without the opportunity to recover from it, can lead to health problems over a longer period of time and even to a reduction in professional and personal performance.

Take a moment and think about which child from your work context would benefit from practicing affirmations. Then take a look at the Affirmation card set of the Vor-Sprung project and select a card that suits this child. Think about how you can use this card to work together with the child. Again, use the pen and paper you have provided

 

The child I'm thinking of always tries very hard not to make mistakes. If he does make a mistake, the reaction is very strong. The child often reacts with great anger, which it directs at itself and sometimes also at others.

Please take a moment and have a look at the Affirmation card set of the Vor-Sprung project.

Then select a card that suits this child. Think about how you can use this card to work together with the child. Again, use the pen and paper you have provided.

Take a moment to answer the following questions about the affirmation you have chosen. You are welcome to use the pen and paper provided.

➡️ Which affirmation have you chosen?

➡️ How does the selected affirmation make you feel?

➡️ What negative belief could be behind this affirmation? Or how could you reformulate the selected affirmation into a negative one?

➡️ Can you remember where this negative belief came from? From your parents? From school?

➡️ Where does this negative belief limit you? Where does it make your life difficult or prevent you from doing something?