Promoting Psychological Safety at Home and In School.pptx

Promoting Psychological Safety

1. Prepared by: John Robert C. Rilveria , PhD, RPsy University of the Philippines DO THE YOUTH FEEL SAFE? Role of Parents and Teachers in Promoting the Youth’s Psychological Safety

2. II. Fostering Psychological Safety III. Balancing Safety and Responsibility I. Defining Psychological Safety

3. Joey does not wear seatbelt whenever he is in a car Which of the following endangers SAFETY? Ron cries after failing an exam and is called a "crybaby" by his classmates Rachelle teases a boy in class because he is shorter than she is Janice sticks her head out the bus window on the way to school Whenever Tom and his mother argue, his mother would not allow him to talk and would just tell him to listen Andy plays with a pocket knife in the classroom and places it near an outlet Leslie hears a rumor about another girl in the class and shares the rumor with her friend in another class Monica's parents dictate what degree program she should and should not take in college Chad crosses the street even with the red lights on Amelia's teacher no longer invites questions from students during lectures 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

4. State where the body is protected; State where physical danger, injury, threat, or harm is absent or minimized Defining Psychological Safety PHYSICAL SAFETY State where the mind is protected; State where fear, stigma, shame, humiliation, rejection, punishment, invalidation are absent or minimized PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY

5. Defining Psychological Safety Social and Relational Environmental State PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY Emotional State Cognitive State The people around provides the safe space for the person; The person feels safe; and the person believes that they are safe

6. Stages of Psychological Safety INCLUSION SAFETY PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY LEARNER SAFETY CONTRIBUTOR SAFETY CHALLENGER SAFETY

7. Examples of Psychological Safety Psychological Safety at HOME Psychological Safety in SCHOOL Safe to engage/disengage Safe to agree/disagree Safe to inquire/answer Safe to express/conceal Safe to learn/unlearn Safe to achieve/fail Safe to give/receive help Safe to solve/problematize

8. Benefits of Psychological Safety Improved mental health and well-being Improved learning opportunity Improved personality development Improved social interactions Improved creativity and novelty

9. Fostering Psychological Safety Make it an explicit priority and value that “ psychological safety matters ” Set realistic standards from self and others - Make room for mistakes /errors/failures Create space for new ideas and gray areas – Let go of “should” and “either/or” thinking Embrace conflict/arguments – accept multiplicity of perspectives Redefine problems as both a learning opportunity and a solution opportunity

10. Fostering Psychological Safety Reinforce/appreciate efforts to exercise psychological safety Validate the valid; Tolerate the tolerable; Sanction the sanctionable – Clarify boundary between safety and absolute freedom Create a culture of diversity and inclusivity rather than exclusivity Practice flexibility instead of rigidity in “rules” Model curiosity , self-acceptance, and self-validation

11. Why promote safety for the Youth? Developing Identity Expanding Relationships Gaining curiosity Testing boundaries Making errors/mistakes

12. Why involve Parents and Teachers? Inherent power dynamics in parent-child and teacher-learner relationship age knowledge experience privilege control responsibility

13. Practical Approaches for Parents Admit mistakes (Sorry, nagkamali ako ; nasaktan kita ) Process an argument (Gusto mo ba pag-usapan yung nangyari kanina ?) Allow the child to speak (May gusto ka bang sabihin ? Ano ang nararamdaman / iniisip mo ngayon ?) Identify the need ( Ano ang pangangailangan mo ngayon ? How can I help?) Open the door for communication (May mga napapansin ako sa iyo …; Nandito lang ako kapag may kailangan / problema ka) Model expression of emotion (Hindi ko nagustuhan / nagalit ako sa ginawa mo kanina ; excited ako /I’m so proud of you)

14. Practical Approaches for Teachers Invite questions (May mga katanungan ba o gusto klaruhin sa klase ?) Admit errors and lack of knowledge ( Pasensiya nagkamali ako ; Hindi ko alam ang sagot sa tanong mo pero pwede natin i -research o pag-usapan ) Invite others’ opinions ( Ano sa tingin niyo ? May mga kumento ba o insights tungkol sa sagot o napag-usapan sa klase ?) Facilitate mental health check-ins ( Kumusta kayo ngayon ? Kumusta ang semester/quarter so far?) Open the door for communication (May mga napapansin ako sa inyo …; Huwag mahiyang magtanong or mag-email or magpa -consult) Reinforce student’s efforts (That’s not the correct answer. But nice try!)

15. Balancing Safety and Responsibility TOO MUCH safety/freedom and too much control/accountability are NOT HEALTHY It’s not enough that people FEEL SAFE , they should be ENGAGED AND CHALLENGED It’s okay to expect EXCELLENCE or GREATNESS but also reward and acknowledge EFFORT Offer SUPPORT not a CRUTCH Create an environment that FACILITATES not GUARANTEES success Respecting HUMANITY and not shielding from VULNERABILITY

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