Administering Psychological First Aid to Our Learners After the Earthquake

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Hello my dear Hivers from this wonderful community @gems-community. How are you all doing? I hope you're all safe and well. Hope you achieved what you have set to finish for the day. Have a wonderful and productive day!

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The weather here is thankfully sunny. Weather forecast says the typhoon is leaving the Philippine Area of Responsibility. Hopefully the weather continues this way as it's harvesting season here already.
A rainy season won't be good for the farmers.

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But anyway, what I want to share today is about the psychological first aid (PFA ) we administered to our learners back in October when we were struck by an earthquake. It is not particularly our role to give one but because a teacher's role goes beyond teaching, we accepted the challenge.

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It was the day after the quake. To prioritize the mental health of the learners, the division office mandated us and gave instructions and materials in administering the PFA. Me and my co-teachers were given a training back then, so we took the challenge and said to ourselves it's time to apply what we have learned and contribute to this meaningful intervention.

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The materials were provided the presentations and the activities. We started with a prayer and had a Zumba dance to lower down the tension the learners may be feeling.

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When we had our kumustahan, asking how they're feeling, most of them said they are fine. When we gave them the activities and had them share about it, everyone is very participative.

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Based from their outputs and sharing, most of the learners were doing fine. No signs of too much stress and shock. It was because of the support they get from their family members. They were assured it was a normal phenomenon that happens in nature.

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With that in mind they were not panicking that much. And with that observation we felt happy. Hoping no more strong earthquake will happen soon.

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Up to this day, the children no longer talk about the earthquake incident like nothing happened. And when it's brought up they just shared what they experienced lightly like it's just a simple thing in the past.

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That would be all for today. Thanks for reading this far. Til my next post!

Note: Lead photo is edited using Canva and the words and photos used are all mine.

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They are such lovely children! What you are doing is excellent work! Sending applause and blessings!

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Thanks! It was a meaningful and worthwhile initiative I would love to do again if needed.

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Great job! Congratulations for successfully administering psychological first aid towards your learners.🥰🥰🥰🥰

Thanks. I appreciate your support through your kind comment.

such heartfelt work your care your empathy your guidance truly shine in moments like this, ang cute din ng mga bata nato chikiting

Yes, they're really cute. We're also happy that their mental health is not seriously affected by the earthquake.

Thank god for teachers like you, you are going beyond your job, for the love of children, bless you 💕💕💕

Yes. Sometimes it's overwhelming but we are teachers of course we'll endure. Thanks for reading my post and for leaving a comment.

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