Rhineland-Palatinate extends school project for mental health until 2029!

Rhineland-Palatinate extends school project for mental health until 2029!

The school project to promote mental health in Rhineland-Palatinate continues for another four years. As the Tagesschau reported, the agreement for extension was signed on Monday. The state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the statutory health insurers are investing a total of around 340,000 euros in the next funding period.

The project is entitled "Crazy? Well and! Mental fit at school" and is aimed at pupils in grades 8 to 13. Experts are invited to the classes for one day to clarify mental illnesses. Information about what those affected can do and how to help others are provided. Minister of Education Stefanie Hubig (SPD) emphasizes the need for the project and its importance for the students.

support from mindmatters

In addition to the initiative "Crazy? Well, and!" The Mindmatter's program promotes mental health at schools in Rhineland-Palatinate. According to LZG Rheinland-Pfalz , several cooperations have been founded since the 2018 program was launched. The Barmer, the Rhineland-Palatinate accident fund as well as various ministries and the Pedagogical State Institute are involved in the continuation.

Mindmatters offers teachers comprehensive information, teaching materials and further training. Since 2018, around 500 teachers in Rhineland-Palatinate have participated in further training measures as part of this program. The Barmer has initiated the implementation and bears the costs for the teaching materials. This is particularly important because current analyzes show that a growing proportion of the Rhineland-Palatinate children and adolescents needs psychotherapeutic help.

Current situation and training opportunities

currently one of 26 young people in Rhineland-Palatinate receives psychotherapy. This corresponds to approximately one child per school class. In order to offer the teachers in this sensitive area, the Rhineland-Palatinate accident fund organizes further training on various modules of Mindmatters. Minister of Education Dr. Stefanie Hubig emphasizes the importance of mental health for successful learning, while ministerial director Daniel Stich underlines the need for resilience and social skills for young people.

The cooperation was recently signed at the Julius-Wegeler School in Koblenz. The Mindmatters program has been successfully used at this school since 2018. Headmaster Carsten Müller explains that he determines an increase in problems among schoolchildren and sees the obligation to promote resilience as urgently necessary.