Re-Entry to School, During the Pandemic Covid-19 and Psychosocial Interventions

Abstract

One and a half years after the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, students are returning to school. Schools do not have the experience of dealing with a pandemic, as there is no organized model for returning students to school after the crisis. The COVID-19 pandemic with stressful conditions threatens the emotional well-being, mental, physical health and behavior of children and adolescents. Long term, children and adolescents may develop Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). To deal with and prevent the adverse effects, are suggested the application of psychological interventions in school. In article search minimal re-entry interventions have been implemented. The re-entry interventions that identified present a variety of methodological tools and methods. Re-entry interventions focus on recovery, psychological strengthening, resilience. They are expected to contribute to the rehabilitation, prevention of mental and physical health difficulties, adjustment, the well-being and academic success.

Using Storytelling to Build Resilience Among Learners in the Post-Covid-19 Pandemic Era

“…Also, the studies conducted mainly provide information about the intervention strategies in the general population but are limited among school children and adolescents in the school context. 18 School-based intervention programmes carried out in the US among 11-12-year-old learners by mental health educators aimed at improving mental resilience through training skills and coping strategies to develop self-efficacy. The programmes used the interview method and motivation.…”

“…The programmes used the interview method and motivation. 19 These strategies are related to the coaching strategies that were used in the general population across the globe. This means that pedagogic childspecific therapeutic strategies were not implemented.…”

Model Psychosocial Intervention and Resilience Program for Children and Adolescents in the Three Phases of a Respiratory Pandemic

“…Against the aforementioned risks, psychological resilience is the response to traumatic and stressful events. As it provides the individual with the ability to withstand stress, adapt, recover, and healthily continue the evolutionary course in development (Masten & Barnes, 2018;Gkatsa, 2021b).…”

“…Opening schools during the pandemic can be an important and reliable intervention to address emotional, and social difficulties and recovery from traumatic experiences (Pahl et al, 2021;Gkatsa, 2021b). The experience of the most recent respiratory pandemic has yielded a number of useful evaluated applied interventions that can be implemented during the intervals of reentry into school during the pandemic (Ding & Yao, 2021;Giboney Wall, 2021;Gkatsa, 2023;Lee et al, 2021;Waters et al Yuan, et al, 2021).…”

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“…Re-entry syndrome is a well-documented psychological phenomenon that describes the difficulties people face while entering the normal situation after experiencing a long period of absence (Capurso et al, 2020;Cost et al, 2022;Gkatsa, 2021;Mansfield et al, 2021;Schwartz et al, 2021;Weisbrot & Ryst, 2020). Research conducted by Officer et al (2022) and Poulton et al (2020) mapped the effects of the pandemic on the mental health of various demographic groups based on the mental health recovery plan and recovery framework in Aotearoa New Zealand.…”