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Child and adolescent mental health team in Kutná Hora, municipality with extended competence: founding, pilot operation and multidisciplinary programme

Department 58 – International Relations
Department 58 – International Relations

Published

Updated 22-4-2022
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Project
Region National coverage
Title of the ProgrammeHealth
Title of the ProjectChild and adolescent mental health team in Kutná Hora, municipality with extended competence: founding, pilot operation and multidisciplinary programme
Number of the ProjectZD-ZDOVA1-022
Project Promoter

Elementary School Zruč nad Sázavou

Project Partner from Donor State

Ostbytunet Center for Treatment and Professional Development in Child Psychiatry (Norway)

Czech Partner

Kamenná Stezka Primary School in Kutná Hora
Pedagogical and Psychological Counselling Centre of the Central Bohemian Region

Status

Estimated project duration: 02/2021 – 01/2024

More Information

Target group: Teachers, advisers, pupils, parents

Web pages:

https://www.dusevnizdraviprodeti.cz/about-us/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/368621174846156
https://www.instagram.com/dusevnizdraviprodeti/

Total Eligible Costs

580 000 EUR

Grant

580 000 EUR

Project description:

The aim of the project is to support the mental health and well-being of children and adolescents in the area of the Kutná Hora a municipality with extended jurisdiction (MEJ), improve access to relevant local services. It involves the creation and 2years of activity by A CHILDREN’S AND ADOLESCENTS’ MENTAL HEALTH TEAM (MHT) – a model that fully corresponds to the Czech Republic’s psychiatric care reform strategy. The MHT will primarily work in the area of prevention, education and to support the de-stigmatization of mental illness.

The project has five activites with synergistic effect:

  • Creation of an MHT in the Kutná Hora MEJ, creation of support facilities for its activities
  • 2 years of pilot activities of the MHT in the Kutná Hora MEJ (2 sub-teams)
  • Transfer and establishment of a Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics to the Czech Republic
  • Education for teachers at the 2nd stage of elementary school and high school in the Kutná Hora MEJ: an accredited two-day course with a follow-up consultations
  • 2 de-stigmatization campaigns, Mental Health Weeks for the general public, 2 symposia for professionals

The partner is the Ostbytunet Center for Treatment and Professional Development in Child Psychiatry (Oslo, Norway), which operates a psychiatric facility for children and youth that combines a clinic, school, and day care. Cooperation will involve transfer and establishment of a Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics, with which the Norwegian partner has many years of experience, to the Czech Republic.

Additional partners: The Kamenná Stezka Primary School in Kutná Hora and the Pedagogical and Psychological Counselling Centre of the Central Bohemian Region, Kutná Hora branch.