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This 2020 Online and Self-Guided Modules: Supplemental to the SEES

Manual is intended for use of Secondary Teachers, School Heads and
identified Non-Teaching Personnel of DepEd region and division offices for the
provision of remote Psychological First Aid to secondary learners.

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RATIONALE:
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (or SARS-CoV2) is an infectious disease that was
first identified in the province of Hubei, China in December 2019. The World Health Organization
declared the disease as a pandemic on March 11, 2020 as the virus spread across 110 countries. To
date, it has infected more than 11.5 million people worldwide and has caused more than half a million
deaths (https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/6/7/2020). Due to its infectious nature, governments
all over the world were forced to implement strict quarantine and lockdown measures to curb the spread
of the disease. Offices imposed work from home orders, all shops and restaurants were recommended
to shut down and schools were called off.
As the pandemic (coupled sometimes with other crisis situations) continues to affect the lives of people
all over the world, various sectors of governments have chosen to adapt other ways and means to
continue to provide their services to the people. These “new normal” practices shall continue to evolve
as specialists begin to understand more aspects of the virus itself.

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In the Philippines, the number of infected persons continues to rise daily. The President has ordered a “No
School until there is a vaccine available” policy (https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/05/school-coronavirus-
vaccine-duterte- 200526084102106.html). With schools closed, the Department of Education recommended a
shift in the school calendar and moved the opening of classes to August 24, 2020. Based on the Basic
Education Learning Continuity Plan of DepEd, classes will be delivered using following learning delivery
modalities.
1. Face-to-face – with the pronouncement of the Philippine government that there will be no face-
to-face learning until there is already a vaccine for COVID-19, this modality is not yet feasible
but given the possibility, this is one of learning modalities that is considered to be used with
consideration of the required social distancing measures in the classroom set-up
2. Distance learning – this include different distance learning modalities such as modular
distance
learning, online distance learning and TV/Radio-based instruction
3. Blended learning – this refers to combination of face-to-face with any or a mix of distance
learning modalities
4. Home schooling – this is an ADM that aims to provide learners with access to quality
basic
education through a home-based environment to be facilitate by qualified parents,
guardians, or
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Objectives:
For the users:
1. to provide teachers and non-teaching staff with a quick reference and guide regarding the proper
conduct of PFA when delivered either online or through self-guided modules.
2. to equip teachers with additional skills needed in the delivery of online PFA and PFA through
self-
guided modules.
3. to further develop the competence of the users in delivering PFA using other platforms.
For the students:
4. to provide students with a venue by which they can discuss their fears, feelings, and anxieties.
5. to enable students to manage their feelings and reframe their thoughts.
6. to empower students to look for linkages to services that could help others
7. to allow students to focus on their strengths and support systems during a fearful and worrisome
time.
• In other words, these supplemental modules serve to support, empower and enable teachers to help
students to move beyond the worries and fears brought about by the pandemic and help them
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Objectives:
By the end of the session you must be able to:
 Identify positive ways to manage one’s emotions
 Practice calming down using a relaxation exercise
 Be able to practice reframing one’s thoughts

Materials/Handouts
 Manila Papers
 Permanent Markers

INTRODUCTION
So far, we’ve talked about your reactions to the pandemic
or any form of disaster. Today, we will talk about how to
manage your feelings.

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ACTIVITY # 1
Yesterday you were asked to identify your different reactions and Ways to deal with
feelings towards the pandemic or any type of stressful situation that you may EMOTIONS
these emotions
have experienced recently. This time you will recall what were those feelings.

Today, let’s talk about some ways to help you manage your feelings. Angry
You will recall to your teacher some of those feelings that you mentioned
yesterday.
Sad

Take a look at the column on the right side indicating about the
common emotions that people feel today during the pandemic. All you have to Worried
do is to list down the ways that you deal with the emotions. Identify if you were
using healthy or unhealthy ways of dealing with the stress. Scared

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ACTIVITY # 2 CHOOSE AMONG SUGGESTIONS
SUGGESTIONS 1: Count Back
If you feel that you are getting more upset or stressed or anxious or nervous. You can ask to be excused or you
can just close your eyes, or turn around and just silently, count backwards from 10 until 1. While doing so,
focus on your breathing and tell yourself to calm down.

SUGGESTIONS 2: Three- Two- One

In this method, you will quietly name 3 things you can see around you, 2 things you can feel and 1 thing that
you can hear. While doing that, breathe in and out 5 times but every time you do so, you add one more
second to each inhale and one more second to each exhale.

SUGGESTIONS 3: Reframe
This means that a feeling usually comes from a thought and when we can change or reframe a thought, then
we can change how we feel. For example, you feel angry because your mother called you lazy. You think your
mother called you that way because she does not see you working hard or maybe because she is just really
unfair all the time. You can reframe that by saying, your mother is just very stressed and tired tonight. She
does not mean what she says. By reframing the thought, you have changed the way you feel about the
situation.
Write your answer on a piece of paper and you will share it to your teacher.
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 ANALYSIS
What do you feel? What do you think was the point of this activity?

ABSTRACTION
Can you compare how you feel right now with how you felt before we started with the
relaxation activity? On a scale of 1-5, 5 being the highest, rate your level of stress before and
after we stared with the exercise. Did the levels change?

CLOSURE
As a way to close this session, do you know that people who do yoga close the
sessions by saying “Namaste.” Namaste is a word which means “bow to you”. People in India use
it to say hello or to bid each other goodbye. In this time, we will all say “ADIÓS Y GRACIAS” this to
each other which means, Good bye and thank you in Spanish.

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