Republic of the Philippines

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF COTABATO CITY
Cotabato City DISTRICT II
SERO CENTRAL SCHOOL
Cotabato City
MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT

Psychological First Aid Activity to Learners on the conduct of

Limited Face to Face Classes. SY. 2022-2023

Introduction/ Background

“Psychosocial support” refers to actions that meet the psychological and social
needs of individuals, families and communities.
We provide psychosocial support to help people who have been affected by a crisis
to recover. Early and
adequate psychosocial support can prevent distress and suffering from turning into more
severe mental health problems.

Hobfoll et al (2007) proposed that five principles should drive psychosocial support during
emergencies. Interventions should:
Ensure safety and promote, Calm, Personal and collective efficacy, Connectedness
and Hope.

Psychosocial support activities include:

Psycho-education and awareness raising on psychosocial issues.

Life skills and vocational skills.
Recreational and creative activities.
Sports and physical activities.
Restoring family links.
Child friendly spaces.
Community committees.
Supporting memorials and traditional burials.
Psychological first aid.
Lay counselling.
Support and self-help groups.

Psychological first aid (PFA) is…

Comforting someone who in distress and helping them feel safe and calm.
Assessing needs and concerns.
Protecting people from further harm.
Providing emotional support.
Helping to provide immediate basic needs, such as food and water, a blanket or a
temporary place to stay.
Listening to people but not pressuring them to talk.
Helping people obtain information, services and social support.
Psychological first aid (PFA) is not…
Something only professionals do.
Professional counselling or therapy.
Encouraging a detailed discussion of the event that has caused the distress.
Asking someone to analyze what has happened to them.
Pressing someone for details on what happened.
Pressuring people to share their feelings and reactions to an event.

LOOK (Pay attention to a situation)

Establish what has or is happening.
Establish who needs help.
Identify safety and security risks.
Identify physical injuries.
Identify immediate basic and practical needs.
Observe emotional reactions.

LISTEN (Pay attention to the person)

Introduce yourself.
Pay attention and listen actively.
Accept others’ feelings.
Calm the person in distress.

LINK (Take action to help)

Find information.
Connect with the person’s loved ones and social support.
Tackle practical problems.
Obtain services and other help.

II. ACTIVITY
DAY 1 – Note: Individual activities only – strictly no group activity on the
conduct of Psychological First Aid to consider and follow the minimum health
standard.

I. Objectives To maintain the protection and well-being of learners by strengthening mental

health and support.
To relieve mental/ psychological distress of learners brought by COVID 19
pandemic as preparation to the face 2 face classes.
II. Content Psychosocial Support

III. Learning Resources

1. Guide/ Reference Disasterready.org/ Manual PFA Tool
DRRMS Manual on PFA training for SDRRM Coordinators
2. Materials Color/ Crayon, Boundpaper, Scissor, Pencil, Pen and etc.
IV. Procedure
a. Preliminaries
i. Prayer
ii. Greetings
iii. Setting of
standards/ Health
Protocol reminders
(15minute)
V. Activity Proper

a. Activity 1 Introduce their name by following the sentence.

Pagpapakilala Ako si __________ at ako ay __________________!
(20minutes)
Example:
Ako si Abdullah at ako ay masipag sa bahay!
Ako si Jeson at ako ay Gwapo!

a. Activity 2 the learners draw a heart

“the Heart Contract” And write anything the teacher expected
(30mins) them to do during the duration of the
activity.

b. Activity 3 Introduce the song

UNFREEZING ACTIVITY
(Singing & Dancing)
(15mins)
“Kumusta ka”
Kumusta ka, kaibigan
Bumati ka, bumati ka,
Hello to everyone.
Araw ay masaya,
Tayo ay masigla,
Umikot ka, umikot ka,
Humanap ng iba! -Change to (ituro ang isa!)

c. Activity 4. Validating and Normalizing Feelings

At the end of the session, participants should be able to:

Express one’s feelings through art and body movements
Identify feelings/reactions related to the disaster
Accept that all feelings and reactions are normal and valid
Session 1 Mechanics Learner
Validating and Instruction for K to 3.
Normalizing Feelings The Teacher will provide a cut out of puppet for
Puppet Art his/her learners. the puppet may represent The Learners will color
(1 hour and 30 his/herself. the puppet.
minutes)
For 4 to 6 Let the learners cut
The learners to cut a 1 puppet representing and color their own
his/herself. puppet.

The learner explains their output using the Learners share their
puppet profile as guide. output.
Profile Post their work in the
• Name art corner.
• Age
•Gender
• Motto
•Wish/ Dream
Activity 5. At the end of the session, participants should be able to:
Identify positive ways to manage one’s emotions
Practice calming down using a relaxation exercise
Session 2 Mechanics Learner
CALMING DOWN AND
CONTROLLING ONE’S
EMOTION
The playlist Learner will write atleast 5 his/her The learners share
(30 minutes) personalized playlist. their output.
It could be title or part of the lyrics
song.

Breathing exercise. Inhale-exhale for physical and mental Do the Breathing

(15 minute) relaxation. exercise.
(may use background music)

DAY 2.
I. Objectives To maintain the protection and well-being of learners by
strengthening mental health and support.
To relieve mental/ psychological distress of learners brought
by COVID 19 pandemic as preparation to the face 2 face
classes.
II. Content Psychosocial Support
III. Learning Resources
3. Guide/ Reference Disasterready.org/ Manual PFA Tool
DRRMS Manual on PFA training for SDRRM Coordinators
4. Materials Color/ Crayon, Boundpaper, Scissor, Pencil, Pen and etc.
IV. Procedure
d. Preliminaries
iv. Prayer
v. Greetings
vi. Setting of standards/
Health Protocol
reminders
(15mins)

V. Activity Proper
a. Activity 1 Black Magic
UNFREEZING ACTIVITY The teacher will present different kind of objects on the
(15mins) table.
The learners will guess what object did the teacher touch
while closing their eyes.

b. Activity 2 In a piece of boundpaper, they will draw a circle with

Draw your face expression represent as their face and share their output.
(30 minutes)
 c. Activity 3 On a piece of boundpaper, the learners will write by
“DUGTUNGAN” completing the statement.
(20minutes)
Isang araw _________________nang biglang
____________mabuti na lang___________ dahil dyan
______________mula noon _________
At diyan nagtatapos ang aking kuwento.
Activity 4. At the end of the session, participants should be able to:
Identify personal, social and emotional strengths in during and in the aftermath of
the disaster/ stressful situation
Session 3
Source of Strength
(1hr & 30 minutes 3 FAVORITE
3 TRAITS/ THINGS
CHARACTER
T-SHIRT S

NAME/ NICKNAME

3 THINGS YOU VALUE MOST

WISH/ INSPIRATION

Learners may share post their work in art work corner.

Session 4
Community singing (15minutes)

Prepared by:

_____________________________
Adviser

Noted by:

_____________________________
School Head

Republic of the Philippines

 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao
Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF COTABATO CITY
Cotabato City DISTRICT II
SERO CENTRAL SCHOOL
Cotabato City

WEEKLY HOME LEARNING PLAN

F2F CLASSES

Day & Learning Area Learning Learning Task Mode of REMARKS/

Time Competencies Delivery Status
TBA Mental Health Validating and Validating and Face 2 Face
Day 1 and Normalizing Normalizing
Psychosocial Feelings Feelings
Support Puppet Art
CALMING DOWN
AND THE PLAYLIST
CONTROLLING Breathing
ONE’S Exercise.
EMOTION
Day 2 Mental Health Source of Strength T-Shirt Face 2 Face
and Community
Psychosocial Singning
Support
DAY 3

DAY 4 Lesson proper

Dy 5