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How has this session deepened your thinking of social services in Singapore?

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How has this session deepened your thinking of social services in Singapore?

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Present your answer in this format

I used to think...

Now I think...

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Dear participants

please share how you would carry out VIA practices amongst students.

Do include your school name.

Thank you.

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Our school conducts wellness week where we go learning journey and have no lesson for the week

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We have slp which we would do projects helping disabilities such as DSA people and to help the community be more inclusive.

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I can make slides to encourage people to join me in a via project to help people

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My school has peer support leaders to help students in need of someone to talk to.

- Asher from 6/5

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Some good practices we have in our school regarding mental wellness is mental wellness week, where we educate students on how to stay healthy mentally and how to approach help if needed. We also have this thing called kindness we that we started this year, focusing on cyber kindness and how we can stay safe and kind online while having fun and entertainment

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I think some useful VIAs is Salt and light Programme (SLP) which is something we have in school, which focuses on helping people and the environment.

This program has helped me learnt how to be a better peer support leader

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I will carry out via project by visiting people house and give food or daily necessities.

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We have SLP which id out VIA where we help the community and collaborate with existing organisations to help the community.

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We would carry out our VIA practices by introducing the topic we would focus on. Then, we’d get the students to carry out certain activities related to the topic such as; (topic: Cyberwellness // Question/activity: “Have you ever experienced cyber bullying?”).

From then on, we would carry out a variety of activities that focuses on eliminating the problems and finding a solution for it.

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We have Salt and Light programmes which help us to connect more with the community and also where we plan the projects as a class before taking into action. This helps us to be more aware about the situations that the community faces

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I used to think that people won’t have so many negative emotions. But now I realize that many people are having negative thoughts and feelings and that’s why we should help them.

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In our school, every friday our form teachers will take turns to talk to us individually 😄

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I would carry out VIA practices amongst students by providing free counselling sessions for students in need of help.

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we can have via where we give to the less fortunate and donate preloved stuff to people who would appreciate it more

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There will be emails posted to every student about any programmes or outreaches that they can take part in. This helps people who would like to serve others to take up the opportunity and fulfill their wishes.

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In our school we have a box in the common study area for the students in our level to talk about their worries and problems. They would write their problems on a piece of paper and drop it inside. It can remain anonymous.

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I used to think that we can just give advice but now i know instead of giving advice i can say things like how can i help you

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i used to think that counselling is only for people who have mental health problems, but really its for anyone who feels down.

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In Cedar, there is something called OCC which stand for Our Cedar Conversation. Students will voice out their opinions on what they want to see in Cedar. The teachers and student leaders will then try and improve our environment in Cedar based on the suggestions and opinions from the students.

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go talk to your friend or do something fun with them

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go talk to your friend or do something fun with them

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go to hdb’s and give them encouragement notes :)

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I would have like a problem box. Where students can write their problems on paper and put it in the box. This maybe can help them feel a bit more less troubled as sometimes writing out problems make people feel less stressed.

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The school would ask us to approach a counselor or approach a teacher to talk to and ask for help I would do activities to help them understand how to handle a situation like this

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provide counselling and help to those in distress

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My thinking of social services in singapore has become even more positive as I learnt that these social services do alot to help and aid people and especially youth regarding mental wellness and others. I also feel that the more social services we have in singapore, the better the mental health of singapore youth will be

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Last year, my class carried out a VIA about appreciating cleaners within the school.

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The school would ask us to approach a teacher and if the teacher couldn’t help us they would direct us to the counselor.

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I used to think that we can only create a small impact on others when helping them.

Now I think, It has widened my horizons of how to serve others . It has also inspired me to find ways on how to volunteer and offer my help. I have learnt more about the impact that we are capable of creating when helping others. Overall, I now know that the quality of the helping and the thought to help is what matters.

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This session has taught me how to help my peers out when they are in need of someone to talk to. It has taught me the right way to communicate with my peers in a way that doesn’t seem like I don’t care about their feelings. It has widened my perspective on counselling and I think that I can put this session to use in real life situations.

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instead of just saying its fine we can empathise with then more

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check in on them on a survey!