REHABILITATION ENVIRONMENT AS A FACTOR IN PREVENTING THE CONSEQUENCES OF TRAUMATIC EVENTS AND PROMOTING POST-TRAUMATIC GROWTH OF CHILDREN AFFECTED BY WARFARE

Abstract

The article is dedicated to the most pressing topic in the psychological space of Ukraine today – psychological assistance to children affected by military actions. This problem is urgent and requires a combination of theoretical and practical knowledge in terms of creating a rehabilitation environment that would not only work to overcome the consequences of psychotraumatic events related to the war, but also be aimed at post-traumatic personality development. The article analyzes the theoretical substantiation of the problem of creating a rehabilitation environment for children affected by military operations. The criteria of the rehabilitation environment, signs, types, features, functions that it should perform, what tasks it is aimed at, and what characteristics should be defined. The purpose of this article is to familiarise the psychological community with the programme “Creating a rehabilitation environment to prevent the consequences of psychotraumatic events and promote post-traumatic growth in children affected by military actions”, which was created for the relevant target group, practically tested and showed positive results in providing psychosocial assistance to children affected by military actions. The article outlines the purpose and objectives of the proposed programme for creating a rehabilitation environment for children affected by military operations. It also presents its structure, semantic load, principles of construction, elements of saturation of its practical component, the order and system of content components. The proposed programme is based on a systematic approach, group dynamics, the unity of personality and activity, as well as on the principles of psycho-corrective influence of creativity and ecological communication. The article also shows the initial results of the implementation of the programme, which have already been recorded during its testing in a summer recreation facility for children of this target group, and identifies ways to further improve this programme for active use in the context of military operations that are still ongoing in our country.