Family as a Source of Strength: How Psychological Literacy Strengthens Relationships
The "Family as a Source of Strength" programme is a comprehensive system of psycho-pedagogical support for families and professionals in the care sector. Its goal is to strengthen a family's internal resources by enhancing parental competences and developing a professional community capable of providing effective assistance in crisis situations.
The programme was created and implemented by SIBUR in partnership
with the Russian charitable organisation «Children’s Villages – SOS».
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Our Mission
Providing families with tools to independently resolve difficulties before they escalate into a crisis.
Increasing parental literacy in matters of child development, behaviour, and emotions.
Creating a professional network and enhancing the qualifications of those working with families in crisis.
Key Programme Topics
For care professionals, in-person seminars were organised on topics including:
For parents, cycles of online webinars were organised on topics including:
For the professional community of psychologists, a series of online webinars was organised on topics
including:
- Modern methods for working with psychological trauma.
- Tools for supporting a family's resourcefulness in difficult life situations.
- New technologies, methods, and algorithms for working with people who have experienced bereavement.
- Tools for social work with people with special needs.
- Specifics of preparing foster families for children with severe multiple disorders.
- Approaches and methods for organising special classes for children with disabilities.
- "Adults and Feelings": Techniques for regulating one's own behaviour, managing anger and negative emotions in parenting.
- "The Age of Storm and Rage (Teenagers) ": Understanding the causes of conflict behaviour, building partnership relationships, assisting with career choice.
- "The Tender Age (Preschoolers)": The connection between age and behaviour, overcoming childhood fears and neurotic reactions, helping a child cope with stress through play.
- Working with Psychological Trauma: Causes and consequences of developmental psychological trauma in the family, parental behaviour patterns in trauma, practices for supporting and assisting the family.
- Visual Techniques in Work with Children: Practical tools and resources for addressing childhood psychological trauma.
- Reactive Attachment Disorder: Types of requests parents present, tools for individual and group work with families.
The Contribution of SIBUR and the "Children’s Villages – SOS" Charitable Organisation
Initiator of Dialogue on Mental Health
The company opens vital, yet often taboo, topics such as parental burnout, childhood trauma, and adolescent crises, providing residents with a safe and professional channel for receiving support.
Aggregator of Expertise and Creator of an Educational Environment
SIBUR ensures access to the best specialists in the field for key audiences – psychologists and social workers – fostering a qualitatively new level of knowledge within the community.
Integrator of the Professional Community
By organising round tables and supervision sessions, the company facilitates the creation of a sustainable local network of professionals who can provide mutual support and disseminate effective practices. This, in the long term, enhances the resilience of the entire social sector in the cities.
Thus, the "Family as a Source of Strength" programme is SIBUR's investment in the most important social asset: family well-being. Through education and the creation of a supportive environment, the programme helps families become stronger and professionals more effective, fostering a healthier and more resilient community in the company's operating cities.