Gyeonggi Province Expands 'High-Risk Youth Customized Program' Initiative
Suwon NewsPublished 2020.01.26 10:14
Building Emergency Response System to Prevent Psychological Trauma in Youth Through Disaster, Death, and Accident Preparedness
[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hoon] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 26th that it will expand operations of the 'High-Risk Youth Customized Program' business to prevent psychological trauma and secondary harm among youth.
The 'High-Risk Youth Customized Program' is a business that supports the recovery of high-risk youth who have directly or indirectly experienced traumatic events (disasters, suicide and self-harm, assault victims, accidental deaths, etc.) that can cause psychological trauma.
The program provides immediate psychological stabilization services, medical institution coordination, and treatment cost support, and responds and intervenes immediately in various incidents that could hinder healthy youth development.
The Gyeonggi Youth Counseling and Welfare Center previously signed a business agreement with the Gyeonggi Suicide Prevention Center in 2018 and with the Gyeonggi Office of Education in 2019 for emergency response to youth-related incidents. In 2020, it plans to expand cooperation with relevant agencies such as the Fire Department and public health care institutions.
As part of building a cooperation system, the center will hold 'Psychological Trauma Specialist Counseling Training' on March 12-13 and April 2-3 targeting practitioners from youth safety network agencies across Gyeonggi Province.
In addition, it will develop and distribute emergency support guidelines, stabilization programs, and group counseling workbooks that can be immediately utilized in case of psychological trauma incidents, and will continue to carry out various activities including ▲operating experienced youth companion counseling staff capable of dedicated care for high-risk youth ▲emergency treatment cost support for youth requiring urgent hospital treatment (up to 300,000 won per person) ▲capacity-building activities for the rapid response team composed of senior and above personnel from youth counseling and welfare centers in incident intervention ▲recovery support for practitioners experiencing indirect trauma.
Kim Neung-sik, Director of Lifelong Education, stated, "To actively identify high-risk youth who have experienced traumatic events and help them, cooperation between youth safety network agencies and the establishment of a joint response system are essential." He added, "We hope this project will serve as a foundation for the recovery of many youth in our society who are experiencing psychological difficulties after traumatic events."
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