Psychological Assistance to Children Affected by the Fighting

This article presents a comprehensive program of psychological and pedagogical support and rehabilitation of children who witnessed or suffered during hostilities developed by specialists of the Federal Coordination Center for Psychological Services in the Education System of the Russian Federation of the Moscow State University of Psychology & Education. The program is based on the results of a theoretical and methodological analysis of foreign and domestic experience in psychological assistance to minors who have experienced traumatic experiences, and an empirical study of the characteristics of the psychological state of children and adolescents living in territories involved in the consequences of hostilities. The program includes a description and results of the screening procedure, developed algorithms for interdepartmental interaction, technologies for psychological, pedagogical, medical and social assistance to children and families based on educational organizations. The testing of this program was carried out in 2023 in schools of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Kherson, Rostov and Belgorod regions.

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