Socio-psychological technologies for preserving the mental health of children and taechers of Ukrainian preschool educations in the conditions of war

Korkh, V. (2026). Socio-psychological technologies for preserving the mental health of children and teachers of Ukrainian preschool education in the conditions of war. In A. Tsvietkova (Ed.), Education in the era of paradigmatic changes: Challenges, modern practices, posttraumatic growth (pp. 69–89). Heilberg Solutions GmbH; InterGING Verlag

This article defines the concept of mental health and characterizes the psycho¬emotional states of children affected by war (anxiety, fear, stress, traumatic stress, psychological trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder), analyzes the peculiarities of socio-psychological support of children and teachers in 'wartime conditions: describes socio-psychological technologies and techniques for working with psycho-emotional states of children and teachers in wartime conditions. The peculiarities of the organization of the technology of emotionally supportive communication with children in war conditions are characterized. Within the framework of this technology, the concept of effective listening skills (reflexive, поп-reflexive and empathic) is revealed. The main methods of effective listening are defined: silent listening, clarification, retelling,paraphrasing,further development of opinions, generalization and summarization.
The article highlights psychosocial technologies for the use of various areas of art therapy in social and psychological work with children: game therapy, fairy-tale therapy, puppet therapy, drawing therapy, and provides recommended children'sfairy talesfor psychotherapeutic work with children. Examples of creative use of song fairy-tale therapy in audio format through the use of innovative digital technologies are also given. Anti-stress stabilizing art-therapeutic, respiratory, meditative techniques used in socio-psychological work with children and adults in war conditions arepresented.
The author's training programfor teachers of preschool education institutions 'with the aim of prevention and psychorection of psycho-emotional states and mental health care of ZDO teachers in stressful conditions of war ispresented.