The National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU) will host a webinar entitled How to Raise and Support Children in Wartime to take place on ZOOM on February 22 and last from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
The webinar will be conducted by certified psychologist Dana Nahorna – psychotherapist, clinical psychologist, child and adolescent psychologist, and a member of the non-governmental organization Ukrainian Association of Specialists in Overcoming the Consequences of Psychotraumatic Events. Dana Nahorna is also a psychologist at the Tabletochki charity fund. She has work experience of 14 years.
Key issues to be discussed at the webinar:
1. How not to pass on the emotional state to children after a trip to a combat zone?
2. How to switch from military to civil life?
3. How to communicate with a person (including a child) who experienced psychological/physical violence during the war?
4. How to maintain warm relations with your children, how to support them, when parents are constantly busy or are in another settlement, or even in another country?
5. How to calm a child during an air alarm?
6. How to inform a child about the death of one of his parents in the war?
To register, please, FOLLOW THIS LINK.
A message about your participation in the webinar will be sent to the e-mail address you specify.
The organizer of the event is the NUJU’s network of Journalists’ Solidarity Centers (JSCs) with the support of UNESCO.
The webinar is an integral part of the cooperation of the NUJU with IN-Person Corporate – the provider of the Employee Assistance Service (EAP) program in Ukraine.
As earlier reported, the NUJU with the support of UNESCO has launched a program for psychological support of journalists and their family members. As part of the program, Ukraine’s first 24-hour ‘hotline’ for media professionals operates and webinars with psychologists take place. Any journalist, as well as their relatives, can contact the ‘hotline’ 24/7 and receive help from professional psychologists. The service is free, confidential, and accessible from any region or country where the media workers are located. You can contact the psychologist calling 0800 501 594 or via Viber/WhatsApp +38 067 861 9792.
The Journalists’ Solidarity Centers are an initiative of the NUJU implemented with the support of the International and European Federations of Journalists, as well as UNESCO. The initiative is designed to help media representatives working in Ukraine during the war. The JSCs operate in Kyiv, Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro and provide journalists with organizational, technical, legal, psychological and other types of assistance.
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