Discussion meeting provided the tools and technics on psychosocial counseling and understanding the situations of the children in this pandemic situation. Loo Niva organized the discussion program on child psychology with the teachers of Lalitpur on 21 May, 2020. 28 (10 female and 18 male) focal teachers from public schools took participated in the program. The discussion program was facilitated by Ms. Sunita Shrestha, psychosocial counselor, with more than a decade of experiences in psychosocial counseling.
The program was intended for the school teachers who need to directly work with children with psycho-social problems during this pandemic situation of COVID-19. The main objective of the program was to build the capacity on basic psychosocial support to the school teachers. Working as a teacher has to take into consideration a lot of things like, imparting quality education, creating better and improved methods of communication between teacher and students and understanding the child psychology and ensure the better mental well-being of the child in any situation. During this pandemic situation teacher is also one of the major responsible person who uplift the situation in creative way. So to understand and deal child psychology and share the role of teachers during this pandemic COVID -19 situation Loo Niva conducted this virtual online discussion the Focal teachers of Lalitpur.