„THE SYSTEM OF PROPHYLAXIS IN POLAND"
Status and recommendations for increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of planning and implementation of prophylactic programs in micro and macro scale
Warsaw, Poland
11.12.2018
The conference is the opportunity to exchange and learn effective methods and best practices in mental health promotion, school prophylaxis and prevention of high-risk behaviors among children and youths in Poland. Data inspiring discussion come from longitudinal research carried out as part of the project implemented in Poland in years 2016-2018. The conclusions coming from them concern the legal basis of prevention, its financing, organization and administration of prophylaxis programs, examples of effective programs, as well as support for school mental health, prophylaxis and prevention by activation of the socio-cultural school environment. During the conference, prominent experts in the field of mental health and prevention of addictions, aggression and violence from Poland, USA and other countries will present their studies, experiences, and ideas.
Special guests:
- Ministry of National Education
- Ministry of Health
Invitation was accepted also by:
- His Excellency Bishop Tadeusz Bronakowski, Chairman of the Committee for the Apostolate of Sobriety and Dependent People at the Polish Episcopate Conference
- Krzysztof Brzózka, Director of The State Agency for the Prevention of Alcohol-Related Problems (PARPA), Robert Frączek (PARPA)
- Anna Radomska, Head of the Prevention and Public Education Department, National Bureau for Drug Prevention (KBPN), Bartosz Kehl (KBPN)
Key note speakers:
- Strategic Involvement of the Education System as the Base for School Mental Health Policy and Programs – Timothy Lewis, University of Missouri (USA), Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support; Mark Weist, University of South Carolina (USA), School Mental Health International Leadership Exchange (SMHILE)
- Theory and practice of implementation of school addiction prevention based on scientific research - Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw
- Promoting Student Well-being and Preventing Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Health Challenges: Taking on the Challenge – Joyce K. Sebian, a Public Health/Project Manager at the federal policy level (USA)
- Model of resonating social prevention – Anna Fidelus, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
- The role and tasks of school psychologist in promoting school mental health - Building Inner Wealth in Children and Youth – Sally Baas, Concordia University, St. Paul, Past-President of The National Association of School Psychologists, NASP (USA)
- The Human Site of Practice Change – Convening a Community around School Mental Health – Joanne Cashman, Mariola Rosser, National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) (USA)
- The “good healthy school” – concept of systematic and systemic health promotion in education – Peter Paulus, Leuphana University, Center of Applied Sciences of Health (CASH) (Germany)
- Prevention of behavioral addictions and violence at school – Jacek Pyżalski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)
- Problems and challenges of prevention in Belarus – Lidia Łysiuk (Лідзія Глебаўна Лысюк), A.S. Pushkin Brest State University (Bielarus) (Брестский государственный университет имени А.С. Пушкина, Беларусь)
Workshop sessions (parallel, three sessions translated)
- Strategic Involvement of the Education System as the Base for School Mental Health Policy and Programs ((moderators: Timothy Lewis, University of Missouri (USA), Missouri Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support; Mark Weist, University of South Carolina (USA), School Mental Health International Leadership Exchange (SMHILE) – translated)
- Implementation of economic, organizational, legal, and administrative regulations supportive of effective school mental health promotion and school prophylaxis (moderator: Antoni Jeżowski, State Higher Vocational School - PWSZ in Głogów)
- Prophylactic needs diagnosis tools and their application for planning and evaluation of school mental health and prophylactic programs (moderator: Robert Porzak, "You Have a Chance" Foundation, University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin - WSEI)
- Structure and preparation of school educational-prophylactic program (moderator: Wiesław Poleszak, "You Have a Chance" Foundation, University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin - WSEI)
- The Nurtured Heart Approach® – tools for school psychologists, school pedagogues and teachers to create transformative changes in children diagnosed with ADHD, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Reactive Attachment Disorder and other behavioral, emotional and anxiety related symptoms (moderator: Sally Baas, Concordia University, St. Paul, Past-President of The National Association of School Psychologists, NASP, USA – translated)
- Building environmental and socio-cultural support for school mental health promotion and prophylaxis (moderator: Krzysztof Wojcieszek, Pedagogium - the Higher School of Social Sciences in Warsaw)
- Strategies and Tools for Engaging Parents, Representatives of Institutions and Local Communities in School Mental Health (moderators: Joanne Cashman, Mariola Rosser, National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), USA – translated)
- Tools for effective prevention for primary school children (moderator: Grzegorz Kata, "You Have a Chance" Foundation, University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin - WSEI)
- Implementation of effective cyberbullying prevention tools (moderator: Jacek Pyżalski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)
- Animating effective prevention of addiction to psychoactive substances (moderator: Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw)
- Promoting Student Well-being and Preventing Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Health Challenges: Taking on the Challenge (moderator: Joyce K. Sebian, a Public Health/Project Manager at the federal policy level, Mariola Rosser, National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), USA – translated)
Thematic sessions (not translated)
- Economical, organizational, legal, and administrative conditions of effective school mental health promotion and school prophylaxis (moderator: Antoni Jeżowski, State Higher Vocational School - PWSZ in Głogów)
- Socio-cultural determinants of effective school mental health support and school prophylaxis (moderator: Krzysztof Wojcieszek, Pedagogium - the Higher School of Social Sciences in Warsaw)
- Effectiveness of school mental health promotion and school prophylaxis in the first stage of primary school education (moderator: Jakub Kołodziejczyk, Jagiellonian University in Cracow)
- Determinants of school mental health promotion and school prophylaxis for primary school students aged 10-13 (moderator: Grzegorz Kata, "You Have a Chance" Foundation, University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin - WSEI)
- School mental health promotion and school prophylaxis for primary school students aged 14-16 (moderator: Jacek Pyżalski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań)
- Prophylactic needs of secondary school students (moderator: Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw)
(Thematic sessions can be organized as parallel depending on the number of speakers, with limited number of participants)
Conference Program Committee
Timothy Lewis, University of Missouri (USA)
Mark Weist, University of South Carolina, School Mental Health International Leadership Exchange (SMHILE) (USA)
Sally Baas, Concordia University, St. Paul, The National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) (USA)
Peter Paulus, Leuphana University, Center of Applied Sciences of Health (CASH) (Germany)
Lidia Łysiuk, A.S. Pushkin Brest State University (Belarus) (Брестский государственный университет имени А.С. Пушкина, Беларусь)
Krzysztof Ostaszewski, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology in Warsaw
Jacek Pyżalski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań
Krzysztof Wojcieszek, Pedagogium Pedagogium - the Higher School of Social Sciences in Warsaw
Anna Fidelus, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
Jan Cieciuch, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw
Joyce K. Sebian, a Public Health/Project Manager at the federal policy level (USA)
Joanne Cashman, National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) (USA)
Mariola Rosser, National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) (USA)
Jakub Kołodziejczyk, Jagiellonian University in Cracow
Antoni Jeżowski, State Higher Vocational School - PWSZ in Głogów
Robert Porzak, "You Have a Chance" Foundation, University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin - WSEI
Wiesław Poleszak, "You Have a Chance" Foundation, University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin - WSEI
Grzegorz Kata, "You Have a Chance" Foundation, University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin - WSEI
Conference Organizing Committee
Robert Porzak, "You Have a Chance" Foundation, University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin - WSEI
Wiesław Poleszak, "You Have a Chance" Foundation, University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin - WSEI
Grzegorz Kata, "You Have a Chance" Foundation, University of Economics and Innovation in Lublin - WSEI
Agenda
8:00 - Registration of participants
9:00 - Opening, welcome
9:15 - Plenary session I (moderator: Robert Porzak): School health promotion and prevention strategies
10:45 - coffee, poster session
11:15 - Plenary session II (moderator: Wiesław Poleszak): Animating the environment supporting mental health and the effectiveness of school prevention
12:45 - dinner, poster session
13: 30-15: 30 - Workshop sessions (parallel)
15: 30-16: 15 - Workshop plenary session summarizing workshop sessions
16:15 - coffee, poster session
16: 30-18: 00 - Thematic sessions (in parallel)
18: 00-19: 00 - Poster session
Organization
- The language of the conference is Polish and English. Plenary sessions and selected workshops will be translated.
- Plenary sessions will be broadcasted on the Internet. Video recordings of selected sessions and panels will be available after the conference.
- We sincerely invite for direct participation in the conference all persons dealing with prevention, problem behaviors and promotion of mental health, social assistance, health care and therapy, building a civic society, spiritual life, in particular representatives of schools and institutions subject to the Ministry of National Education.
- During registration participants from Poland provide the PESEL ID number (necessary for the proper settlement of the grant), and if you want to submit a presentation / poster, it is also necessary to enter the title, 3-5 keywords AND 100-200 WORDS of the ABSTRACT for conference proceedings. We kindly ask you to prepare data mentioned above before registration. In the application form it is also possible to resume the registration later. The data entered is saved temporarily without registering and application can be supplemented or corrected.
- Conference sessions are held at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Kazimierza Wóycickiego Street 1/3.
- Conference participants will get a discount for accomodation in the hotel closest to the conference venue: Holiday Park Hotel after providing the password received during registration.
The conference organized as part of the public task commissioned by the Ministry of National Education "Conducting comprehensive studies on the functioning of the preventive impact system in Poland (2016-2018)". The task financed from the government support program in 2015-2018 of school authorities in ensuring safe conditions for education, upbringing and care in schools - "Bezpieczna +".