The psychological and emotional well-being of children is one of the most discussed problems in modern scientific research.
In studies of domestic psychologists, it was found that 37% of children have increased and 16% of children have high general school anxiety. Studying at school, worries about grades and performance are the main reason for increased anxiety among schoolchildren.
One of the conditions for the development of a child’s personality is emotional well-being, which can be developed through fairy tale therapy. The fairy tale therapy method allows for the development of the emotional well-being of children, since it uses the metaphorical resources of fairy tales and creates conditions for maintaining a stable emotional-positive state and life satisfaction.
The paper sets out to experimentally test the effectiveness of using fairy tale therapy in the formation of the emotional well-being of schoolchildren.
The diagnostics selected were: 1) test tasks “The Magical Land of Feelings” (authors: T.D. Zinkevich-Evstigneeva, T.M. Grabenko, D.A. Frolov); 2) SAN test questionnaire (V.A. Doskin’s method).
A fairytale therapy program “My Emotions” was created to develop the emotional well-being of elementary school students. The study showed a positive growth trend in the number of children in the experimental group demonstrating emotional well-being, a sense of joy, motivation to study and communicate with peers. The developed program for fairy tale therapy “My Emotions” can be used by primary school teachers to develop the emotional well-being of children in extracurricular activities, and for the professional training of teachers and psychologists.
Keyword(s) : primary school
Coping with the negative experiences of gifted children due to dis-synchrony
Currently, psychological support for gifted primary school children requires specialists not only to have a high level of psychological and pedagogical, but also other professional competencies for the effective correction of negative experiences.
The purpose of the article is to develop methodological techniques and organization of professional activities of psychologists using modern technologies. The leading method for studying this problem is the modelling method, which allows us to consider this problem as a purposeful and organized process for improving professional and special competencies. The structure of the article includes the target, content, organizational procedural and effective components.
Optimization of the model of differentiated approach for overcoming negative experiences in gifted children of primary school age due to dis-synchrony using the method of interdisciplinary interaction, will not only overcome negative experiences, but also prevent possible negative emotions, as well as improving the professional skills of specialists working in this field.