Winter vacation homework can be handed in two weeks later, the vice principal of mental health will enter the campus, and the first class will help students unload the "burden"... On February 26, primary and secondary schools in Chengdu entered the "opening time". West China Metropolis Daily and cover journalists found in many schools that scientific psychological empowerment and attention to "growing pains" have become more "common" topics for teachers and students.
New changes ①
Here comes the Vice President of Health
"Find out more about children's advantages and don't always stand on the opposite side of children"
In the work report of Chengdu Municipal Government in 2024, students' "growing pains" became a hot term. The government work report requires that we should effectively reduce the pressure of learning, organize a mental health protection network of family, school and community collaboration, increase the allocation rate of full-time psychological teachers in primary and secondary schools to 100%, enrich labor education practice activities in primary and secondary schools, and let more children say goodbye to "little anxiety".
In the opening day of this year, there were more intuitive changes in the school. On February 26, at the opening ceremony of the primary school affiliated to Chengdu No. 7 Middle School, the children got to know the principal of law, the vice principal of science and technology, the vice principal of fire control, the vice principal of health, and the vice principal of mental health who appeared for the first time this year.
Professor Li Zhe, chief physician of the Mental Health Center of West China Hospital of Sichuan University and vice president of Chengdu Family School Education Association, served as the vice president of the school's mental health. "In fact, before that, we also participated in psychological lectures and consultation activities in primary and secondary schools, but it is the first time this year to establish a mechanism for vice principals of mental health. This shows that the government, schools and society are paying more and more attention to the mental health of students and teachers." He said that the primary task of "going to school" is to carry out preliminary research and investigation to understand the needs of children. Try to let students and parents better participate in the maintenance of mental health through class meetings, lectures and other forms every month. Psychological guidance will also be given to teachers every semester.
Li Zhe said that according to clinical observation, the prevalence rate of psychological diseases among minors is relatively high, and this age group can reach 50% among outpatient and inpatient patients. But he doesn't think that children today are more vulnerable, but that the environment and pressure they experience are different from those before. The change of ideas brought about by the development of the Internet era and big data has a great impact on children. "They have a sense of boundary, value and perspective, so in the process of psychological counseling, it is not necessary to change their behavior, but how adults understand them, how to accompany them? How to find a balance point and fit point, and how to empathize with children." Li Zhe suggested that parents should find more advantages of children, rather than always picking shortcomings, Always stand opposite to children. This means that the educational concept needs to be changed, and parents also need more reflection.
New changes make children talk about anxiety
"I like to collect handbags from various stores, but my mother often says it's meaningless"
On the morning of February 26, the first lesson of the school, with the theme of "The Heart of the Year of the Dragon Sails", was held in Class 9, Grade 7 of Chengdu Xinjin Foreign Language Experimental School. The first lesson is the new change of this year, which is to let children talk about anxiety and unload "burden" in a relaxed way while chatting.
"I like collecting portable paper bags from various stores, and I think the patterns are beautiful, although I don't know what they can be used for. But my mother often says that this is not interesting." A classmate shared his "decompression" hobby. "Next time my mother says you, you can answer her, one generation has its own 'rags'." The humorous comments of the psychology teacher kept the whole class laughing. The propaganda group of the Mental Health Center of Chengdu Xinjin District Second People's Hospital interacted with the children.
Zhang Jing, deputy director of the Mental Health Center of Chengdu Xinjin District Second People's Hospital, said that in the past year, Xinjin District Juvenile Mental Growth Center carried out a number of mental health education activities in schools, including primary and secondary school teachers' psychological crisis intervention, special children's psychological care skills and other topics. The 24-hour psychological counseling hotline set up by the center has received thousands of counseling calls on minors' mental health throughout the year.
"We feel that many parents realize that they love their children very much, but they may not do so in the right way, and they need professional guidance. We found in the communication between campus and children that the little anxiety children carry may just be able to relax them by changing the perspective of speaking," said Zhang Jing, Listening and persuasion can effectively help children release pressure.
New changes ③
Focus on "two-way decompression"
If the teacher is overburdened, how can the students be relaxed
Before the start of the spring semester, the Chengdu Municipal Bureau of Education issued the Notice on Making Good Preparations for the Opening of Primary and Secondary Kindergartens in the 2024 Spring Semester, making specific arrangements for adjustment, home school collaboration, campus safety and health prevention, mental health, and the implementation of "double reduction". The Notice requires that two weeks after the start of school is a "homework delay period", and teachers shall not prevent students from coming to school on the ground that students have not completed their homework; Except for the third year of senior high school, all kinds of examinations and tests shall not be held within two weeks after the start of school, and students shall not be arbitrarily burdened with schoolwork. The school should focus on the emotional problems caused by enrollment adaptation, psychological pressure caused by learning tasks, parent-child conflict and other risk points, take the initiative to find students who need attention, and give timely care and help.
At the same time, guide students to participate in sports for at least one hour every day by "exercising for one hour every day" and "listening for a quarter of an hour every day", and promote students to communicate effectively with classmates and family members for 15 minutes every day.
Gao Shanfeng, member of the CPPCC Sichuan Provincial Committee and chairman of the Sichuan Provincial School Culture Construction Research Association, believes that these new changes are to change the "air" for children and help them unload their burdens, lighten their burdens and move forward better.
"In terms of methods, we should strive to carry out this work in the form of language that students can understand and are interested in. Never indoctrinate unilaterally. On the premise of understanding students' emotions and needs, we should go into their hearts and help them solve problems." Gao Shanfeng said that we should "resonate with their growth" in a natural way of "moistening things silently" 。 At the same time, teachers should pay more attention to their physical and mental health. At present, front-line teachers in primary and secondary schools are facing the double dilemma of increasing work pressure and improving their comprehensive ability. Various forms, various materials and various traces make them physically and mentally exhausted. Without a healthy teacher, there can be no healthy students. If the teacher is overburdened, how can the students be relaxed?
West China Metropolis Daily - cover news reporter Lai Fangjie's photo report
