Meeting between Luis Joaquín García, Professor of Psychology at the University of Jaén, and David Artime, General Director of Educational Planning, Evaluation and Equity of the Department of Education of the Principality of Asturias.
14/12/2022.- Luis Joaquín García, head of the PROEM Network and professor at the University of Jaén (UJA), presented the keys to the ‘PROmocionAnDo la salud y bienestar EMOcional de los adolescentes en el sector educativo, sanitario y la sociedad’ (PROADEMO) project in a telematic meeting with David Artime, Director General de Ordenación, Evaluación y Equidad Educativa of the Consejería de Educación del Principado de Asturias (Regional Ministry of Education of the Principality of Asturias).
In his presentation, Luis Joaquín García emphasized “the relevance of the interest of legislative institutions in the prevention and promotion of emotional wellbeing in adolescents”. He also pointed out that “there is no health without mental health, and there is no future without emotionally healthy and resilient adolescents”.
In this context, Luis Joaquín García explained that the PROADEMO project aims to design and develop a digital training package aimed at school personnel, young people and health workers, so that they can improve their skills and knowledge to offer quality mental health services to adolescents at risk of developing emotional problems as a result of the pandemic.
The UJA professor pointed out that through PROADEMOS “they will work on the preparation of a complete methodology that promotes the participation of adolescents and social agents in the development of guidelines for national and European policies, and the drafting of documents in child-friendly language”.
For his part, David Artime expressed “the interest of the Regional Ministry of Education of the Principality of Asturias in studying and exploring ways of collaboration with the PROEM Network for the promotion of health and emotional well-being in young people”. In this sense, he stressed “the commitment of the Regional Ministry of Education to health literacy and emotional well-being of young Asturians, and the provision of resources for the early detection and intervention of emotional problems in adolescents to educational staff and the school community”.
PROADEMO is a project (PDC2022-133401-I00) funded by the Ministry of Science and Innovation, the State Research Agency and the European Union through the “Next Generation EU” funds within the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. It has started in December 2022 and its extension will cover two years.
