DSH Positive Choices Siauliai Conference 15 March 2017

Deliberate Self Harm - DSH Research on DSH prior to project: Self-directed violence is the third leading cause of death in children after road traffic injuries and drowning. Reduction of child injury a key priority for WHO and Europe Self Harm & Stigma a big issue Social exclusion isolation depression suicide

Deliberate Self Harm - DSH Non Suicidal Self Injury (NSSI) – DSH Research confirmed link Alexithymia to NSSI / DSH Child & Adolescent Self-harm in Europe (CASE) study 2008 Pathways from Alexithymia to suicide 59% of young self harmers expressed a desire to die

Deliberate Self Harm - DSH Alexithymia (see next presentation) An inability to express emotions and feelings Lack of training and awareness for teachers and youth workers Can be cause of early school leaving All priority targets for Europe 2020

DSH Positive Choices Project Objectives Deliver 72 workshops (12 per partner) Each workshop to 10+ young people Actual 1000+ teachers and youth workers benefitted from the project in Europe Young people benefitting...? Facts and figures – too many to speak about here

DSH Positive Choices Partners

DSH Positive Choices Project Developing the programme 6 meetings – country to country 2 workshops at each meeting Partners return home Translate and adapt the workshops Deliver the workshops locally

DSH PC – The Workshops 1st Meeting 6-10 July 2015 Plymouth UK Plymouth Recovery College Team Workshops: Self Care & Compassion Self Exploration for Young People https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?h ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2 FDSHPositiveChoices%2Fvideos%2Fvb.4660 99826890155%2F474905882676216%2F%3F type%3D3

DSH PC – The Workshops 2nd Meeting 26-30 October 2015 Siauliai Lithuania ZISPB Workshops Theatre of the Oppressed – everyone has the capacity to act in the “theatre” of their own lives – everyone is a “spect-actor” Icebreakers and “Social Experiments”

DSH PC - Workshops Lt

DSH PC - Workshops Lt

DSH PC - Workshops Lt

DSH PC - Workshops Athens 3rd Meeting 18-22 January 2016 SSP&MH – Society of Social Psychiatry and Mental Health (Athens, Greece) Workshops The crisis of adolescence Understanding emotions Visit to the Museum of Emotions exhibition: “Hello Mr Fear” http://www.athensmuseums.net/museum.php?id=20

DSH PC - Workshops Athens

DSH PC - Workshops Athens

DSH PC - Workshops Turkey 4th Meeting 11-15 April 2016 Aksaray Behder Workshops: Team building and communication Open Space Technology Open Space Technology has 4 main principles: Whoever comes are the right people Whatever happens is the only thing that could have happened Whenever it starts is the right time When it is over, it is over (...and not forgetting “the law of two feet”)

DSH PC - Workshops Turkey

DSH PC - Workshops Turkey

DSH PC - Workshops Turkey

DSH PC - Workshops Romania 5th Meeting 27 June -1 July 2016 Bucovina Institute Suceava https://www.facebook.com/DSHPositiveChoices/ Workshops Pantomime, theatre and gesture Practical activities for social and emotional development

DSH PC - Workshops Romania

DSH PC - Workshops Romania

DSH PC - Workshops Romania

DSH PC - Workshops Romania Live Television Show – streamed live on the internet

DSH PC - Workshops Greece 6th Meeting 17-21 October 2016 University of Thessaloniki – Amfissa Workshops A selection of ice breakers Art Therapy Dance Movement & Exercises

DSH PC - Workshops Greece

DSH PC - Workshops Greece

DSH PC - Workshops Greece

DSH PC - Workshops Greece

DSH PC – Lessons Learned The notion of empathy & compassion To give more time to all people to bring out their emotions Communication is very important Learned ways to improve methods of delivery and to motivate others Sharing of information through individual workshops The workshops were in “bite size” chunks Learned the elements of effective listening (Aksaray 4th visit)

DSH PC Currently 100 Youth Workers in Greece participated in workshops In Romania, 3 seminars held with 80 participants in each In UK 15 month programme for parental education In Lithuania – great interest expressed by managers or other institutions to participate in future workshops

DSH PC Currently (cont’d) Turkey – dissemination is active and ongoing to parents and teachers Across the partnership – an alteration in the relationship between pupils and their teachers – more trusting and open – breaking down of conventional barriers DSH Positive Choices, has, is and continues to make a difference in raising awareness of the issues facing young people, when it comes to their emotional and mental well being

DSH PC - Young People Video created by students in Athens https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.ph p?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.c om%2FDSHPositiveChoices%2Fvideos%2 Fvb.466099826890155%2F611537849013 018%2F%3Ftype%3D3

DSH Positive Choices The Journey Continues... Workshops continue to be delivered in all partner countries Web site http://www.dshpc.eu Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/DSHPositiveChoices/ Thank you Graham Nicholls Project Coordinator: graham@plymouthmind.com