Abstract
Many children and adolescents experience traumatizing occurs including but not limited to military attacks, death of close people, demolition of houses, witness to the death of others, refugee status etc. These people need help and support of specialists to restore their psycho-emotional state, to overcome the consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder. This need increases the role of educational institutions, namely the professional activity of teachers and practical psychologists, which require improvement of existing and development of new methods of social adaptation and psychological and pedagogical rehabilitation of children and adolescents temporarily displaced from the ATO zone (Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone) in Ukraine to overcome symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Teachers and students of the Berdiansk State Pedagogical University actively participate to develop pedagogical assistance and support for children and adolescents, who temporarily displaced from the territory of the ATO zone, to overcome the consequences of traumatic events and solve their own psychological problems. By elaborating this experience, this study concludes that the optimal development of the child occurs in a family where each member has influence on him; the restoration of the state of mind is possible if the qualified psychological and pedagogical support will be organized; overcoming of psychotrauma will be effective when social contacts with other people will be established. The close cooperation of psychologists and teachers with parents, the educational environment will speed up the process of rehabilitation and adaptation of children and adolescents who are experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder.
Highlights
Many children and adolescents experience traumatizing occurs including but not limited to military attacks, death of close people, demolition of houses, witness to the death of others, refugee status etc
According to a psychological study conducted under the auspices of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Donetsk and Lugansk regions, almost 40% of children aged 7-12 years and over half of children aged 13-18 years witnessed directly events related to the war
There remains a significant contingent of the above-mentioned category of people who are in need of help and support of specialists to restore their psycho-emotional state, to overcome the consequences of posttraumatic stress disorder. All this significantly increases the role of educational institutions, namely the professional activity of teachers and practical psychologists, which require improvement of existing and development of new methods of social adaptation and psychological and pedagogical rehabilitation of children and adolescents temporarily displaced from the ATO zone to overcome symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder
Summary
Many children and adolescents experience traumatizing occurs including but not limited to military attacks, death of close people, demolition of houses, witness to the death of others, refugee status etc These people need help and support of specialists to restore their psycho-emotional state, to overcome the consequences of post-traumatic stress disorder. There remains a significant contingent of the above-mentioned category of people who are in need of help and support of specialists to restore their psycho-emotional state, to overcome the consequences of posttraumatic stress disorder All this significantly increases the role of educational institutions, namely the professional activity of teachers and practical psychologists, which require improvement of existing and development of new methods of social adaptation and psychological and pedagogical rehabilitation of children and adolescents temporarily displaced from the ATO zone to overcome symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder. The purpose of the article is to reveal the peculiarities of the provision of psychological and pedagogical assistance to children and adolescents temporarily displaced from the territories of permanent residence as a result of combat operations, undergoing post-traumatic stress disorder
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