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The Caring for the Caregiver (CFC) package trains frontline workers (FLWs) to attend to caregivers’ emotional and practical support, to encourage both family and community strengthening, and to advocate for early child development and gender transformation. It targets all caregivers, and the content of CFC is largely suitable for the needs of…

A presentation by Dr. Joanna Lai, Dr. Faraaz Mahomed, Dr. Sarah Skeen, and Marcy Levy outlining the strategies, tools and approaches to increase knowledge and skills of caregivers and teachers to support adolescent mental well-being. The approach is based on multisectoral collaboration across communities, families and individuals. 

REPSSI seeks to leverage its data to provide insight into what adolescents psychosocial and mental wellbeing looks like across 11 East and Southern Africa countries (Angola, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe). The data enables us to compare and contrast contextual similarities and…

This study engaged with 582 young people, of these 352 were girls, in four countries to understand their insights, experiences, and recommendations, and explore how the resulting findings can be channeled into policy, programming, and professional practice across East Asia and Pacific. The Young and Resilient Research Centre (Y&R) at Western…

Key domains and sub- domains of HAT: Emotion: which encompasses Interventions focusing on emotional regulation, stress management, and mindfulness. Cognition: which encompasses Interventions focusing on problem-solving and drug and alcohol knowledge Social: which encompasses Interventions focusing on Interpersonal skills and assertiveness  

Information on how to promote, talk about and support adolescent mental health and well-being. The guide covers various topics, such as communicating with adolescents, the facilitator–adolescent relationship, the facilitator’s own well-being, and how to help adolescents who need additional mental health support. The guide also includes learning…

This technical brief provides guidance to UNICEF Education staff on mental health and psychosocial support programming in education. It aims to create a shared understanding among education colleagues about mental health and psychosocial support across all settings where UNICEF works – from humanitarian to development contexts. This document…

Adolescents who engage in substance use, including alcohol, cannabis and other substances are at increased risk of violence have higher likelihood of both externalizing (such as aggression, and conduct issues) and internalizing (such as depression, anxiety) problems experiencing injuries unsafe driving4, risky sexual behaviors5 and untimely death…

13- year old Mei and her friends Yasmin, Addo and Pablo are navigating the ups and downs of their first year as official “teens”. Nicknamed “Magnificent Mei” by her grandmother, Mei doesn’t always feel magnificent these days. Living in a world with many twists and turns, Mei and her friends must learn how to deal with their feelings, navigate…

The training is designed for in-person delivery with groups, and the groupenvironment is a critical resource for participants to share knowledge and provide mutual support. However, we envisage that future iterations of the programme could use different delivery methods. The overall aim of the caregiver support workshops is to: Increase knowledge…

UNICEF and the WHO created the Magnificent Mei comic series and the accompanying Teacher’s Guide to support 10-14 year olds in strengthening social and emotional skills.The comic series and teacher’s guide, which contains classroom lesson plans, aim to support learning and skills building that can promote psychosocial well-being, prevent mental…

Este material está especialmente dirigido a maestros que desarrollan su labor con adolescentes. Hace parte de la estrategia de transformación de entornos en la que se prioriza la gran influencia que tienen los docentes en sus estudiantes, no solo en términos de aprendizaje sino mucho más importante aún, en su desarrollo personal. También se…