Final steps of the project

Today, psychological distress and mental health problems are the leading cause for work absenteeism in the EU as well as a growing source of productivity loss in many EU countries. Dropping out is one of the major challenges in secondary vocational education and it has a strong association to mental health problems. 

Promoting Mental Wellbeing in VET- project  aims to tackle these themes by developing professional competence of teachers, directors and in-company trainers in promoting mental health in VET, providing concrete tools: material and methods that help students combine mental health skills with vocational skills, and which students, parents and internship companies can find beneficial.  

During this 2 year project partner have shared and developed best practices for promoting mental wellbeing. These materials are gathered in to a training program which is developed around five themes: mental wellbeing as a resource, self-knowledge, emotions and interaction, coping skills and the learning community.You may find instructions for training program and for each theme from the blog.

 

We would also like to invite you to dissemination seminar in Helsinki at 22.9.2016.

Registration and further information of the seminar can be found 

https://www.lyyti.fi/reg_2016/Promoting_Mental_Wellbeingseminar_3552