Psychoeducational Team APRENDE ULS successfully executes workshops for the student community

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There are 6 workshops offered to the students of the higher education institution.

In order to provide support to the students of the University of La Serena, the team of the Support Program for Permanence, Performance, Leveling and Comprehensive Development of first- and second-year students (APRENDE ULS), has held various workshops with themes relevant to the current situation in the country.

learns 2In order to generate permanent support for the students, various support actions have been designed, ranging from the individual line with 2 workshops called: “Emotional Containment” and “Accompaniment in Crisis Scenarios”, and in the line group with 6 workshops ranging from orientation to exploring communication dynamics to the delivery and development of support and containment tools, among others.

Barbara Mejias, Psychoeducational Manager APRENDE ULS, explained the reason for offering these workshops. “Our program aims to provide accompaniment and support to our students and in this line as a program we could not remain oblivious to the reality we are experiencing. For this reason, I invite all students who feel affected, afflicted and need to be heard or want to learn about the topics we are offering, request workshops or individual attention and come to our offices, we will be waiting for you with open arms."

To date, there are 4 majors that have requested workshops within the institution: Pedagogy in English, with the “University Coexistence” workshop, whose objective was to collect the main critical nodes to improve and maintain in the dynamics of the major in relation to university coexistence; and Kinesiology, with the workshop “Psychological and Social States in Times of Crisis”, focused on the delivery of key technical concepts for understanding the crisis as a social phenomenon.

learnusl 3Also the courses of Pedagogy in Musical Education and Bachelor of Music, with the workshop “Psychological First Aid”, oriented towards the general guidelines of crisis interventions, in the first instance, in helping people who are in a crisis situation.

For Monserrat Venegas, a Bachelor of Music student, the workshop had great significance and she argued: “I liked it a lot, since it gave us the opportunity to realize that the resources and tools are at our disposal and they are within us and around us. nearby; That it is not something inaccessible, but depends on each person, and I value this a lot. In addition, they provided tools to be autonomous and independent in our actions and actions. I recommend that all students attend these instances since they provide students with opportunities to be independent, with a close discourse and without a pre-made guideline before the Current situation".

If you want to request some of the workshops offered by the APRENDE ULS program, visit the page http://aprendeuls.userena.cl/ for more information about this offer, and request them by email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Written by Daniel Aguayo, PACE ULS Program