Early Times Report
JAMMU, Apr 19: Tele-Counselling helpline (AAO Baat Karein) of Directorate of School Education Jammu (DSEJ) gets an overwhelming nationwide support from counsellors/psychologists/practioners who have agreed to volunteer for the mental health initiatives being taken up by the Directorate.
Tele-Counselling helpline - 'AAO Baat Karein' which happens to be the brain child of Director School Education Jammu, Anuradha Gupta, was launched in February 2019.
The helpline is providing professional guidance and counselling on multiple issues arisen out of Covid-19 pandemic and resulting lockdowns by counseling Cell of Directorate of School Education through a panel of clinical psychologists, counsellors, and counselling psychologists. In response to volunteer support sought by counselling cell of this Directorate more than 150 counsellors, psychologists, social workers, practioners, academicians, freelancers both JK UT and outside the state volunteered for the cause while many Tele-counsellors already working with CBSE Tele-counselling and helpline have also come forward.
The prominent organizations from where counsellors, psychologists, aluminis agreed to work for the cause are, Central University of Jammu, Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak, The Banyan Academy of Leadership in Mental Health, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Higher Education Department JK Govt UT, Sainik School Nalanda, Bihar (Ministry of Defence, Govt of India) Bureau of Psychology, UP, Prayagraj, Chinmaya Mission Kerala, Childline India foundation, Amity University, Child Welfare Committees, Navodaya Vidyalaya, Integrated rehabilitation centre for addicts, Army public Schools, Kurukshetra, Unicef, District Legal Services Authority, Akal University Punjab, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan New Delhi, Christel House India International School Naya Raipur, The Mother's International School, Delhi, Harvest International School, Bangalore. Many professors, counsellors, CBSE counsellors, freelancers and students have agreed to support the tele counselling initiative.
In an online consultation held recently with volunteers from all over India, the Director School Education, Jammu, Anuradha Gupta expressed her gratitude towards them and interacted with them at length on issues concerning well-being of students' teachers and parents in this pandemic situation. She passed on the spot instructions to the counselling cell members to translate the discussions held into actionable points. She expressed her interest for teacher training on well-being and counselling skills. Sensing the post COVID-19 situation she also wanted action plans to be prepared on school mental health and psychological testing of students. Romesh Kumar Sharma, head counselling cell moderated the whole online interaction where he requested all the resource persons from all over India to offer their voluntary consultation for strengthening counselling/well-being system in school education department J&K Govt. |
