Giraffe School CNV Project for Children

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[...] Create a space that allows emotions to be discharged and expressed so that the child feels heard and liberated, and this, in addition to the existing Snoezelen spaces within the institution. It will be necessary, with the help of CNV intervenants, to evaluate the evolution of interactions between children, as well as between children and adults among themselves. Note the appeasement of relationships within the institution. Week-end discovery scout. Build with the pedagogical and educational team a project to allow a discovery weekend of the scout type at the end of the school year. [...]

[...] How to prepare a cold meal in nature? Creation of tipis for the institution, the idea being to repeat the weekend before even being there so that the stay goes as well as possible and there is familiarity with camping life. Learning collective games, tree, animal, and environment recognition workshops would allow the child to feel reassured and work with him throughout the weekend, during which he could observe what he had learned throughout the year. The weekend should simply be a celebration of everything that has been learned throughout the year, and since the location will be close to the institution, it would be possible to receive a visit from other members of the staff for a game night, stories. [...]

[...] Ideas for the Social Educator Diploma Project Activity around emotion management. The goal would be to draw inspiration from what is called the giraffe school1 where the CNV principles would be learned by teachers by a CNV trainer and then throughout the year, the educator would set up activities2 which would allow students to express their emotions and especially their needs in order to be better considered and thus see violence and conflicts disappear in the long term. Propose routines during which the child can express their feelings, a moment where, at first, the institution's psychologist can come in support. [...]