Greenland
Introduction
As we all know, schools are one of the most significant environments in shaping up an individual’s personality as a result of daily exposures and spending a big portion of our lives there.
It goes without saying that the school environment plays a key role alongside families in terms of determining the students’ psychological, cognitive and behavioral growth, as actualizing educational goals necessiate having a reasonable degree of emotional stability and social skills to begin with.
Here at Hakim International school, we are proud to have internalized the importance of providing a psychologically-healthy environment for our students through the launch of the “Greenland Department” and its services, conducive to effective learning and remaining sensitive to the needs of students, parents and school staff alike both on an individual and collective basis.
More importantly, it is worth mentioning that the “Greenland” has taken extra meaures to ensure providing the most suitable services/ individualized interventions for students with special needs through its professional team of occupational therapists, counselors and strong support system.
Greenland's Aims
improving students' psychological well-being and saftey in the school environment both from a physical and emotional perspective
improving the psychological well-being and safety of the school staff as healthy caregivers and role models
improving the families' psychological well-being and strengthening the family structure in order to further assist them with their children's growth
Greenland's Environment
-The Greenland is located in the Girls’ campus of Hakim International school easily accessible to all departments.
-The Greenland department consists of various sections providing the following services in order to respond to students’ cognitive- behavioral needs:
-individual & group counseling, play therapy & sand therapy rooms as well as occupational therapy room( cognitive, physical and sensory motor skills).
Greenland's Services
- raising the teachers' and school staff's awareness as to adopting the most appropriate educational and behavioral approaches toward students
- ongoing communication/ interactions with students, parents and school staff in order to identify factors affecting the psychological well-being of all the parties involved
- providing individual and group counseling sessions for families, students and school staff
- adjusting the school's code of conduct based on the most appropriate behavioral guidelines
- holding workshops in regards to life skills and social skills
- providing preventative measures in regards to dealing with societal challenges through raising the families' awareness and proper training
- holding school events with the aim of promoting group work, student integration and enhancing students' overall capabilities
- holding ongoing workshops for school staff
- holding ongoing workshops for parents
- ongoing communication with teachers in order to resolve work-related challenges while interacting with colleagues and students
- administering specialized assessments depending on the students' needs and providing intervention based on assessment results
- providing ongoing support and additional programs for special needs students
- providing educational and psychological workshops for students throughout the academic year
- providing crisis management techniques in times of personal and group crises with the aim of eliminating the problem at hand
- evaluating the students' support system at home via home visits and through the school's social worker whenever necessary
How to Contant Greenland
- in-person visits to Greenland's counseling department via advance appointments
- via phone call: 021-228-02782
- Online appointments via advance arrangements
