Introduction of Psychological First Aid to Teachers

Abstract

Crises such as the global COVID-19 pandemic have triggered a variety of personal and
social reactions that adversely affect physical and emotional well-being. This document
outlines the impact of COVID-19 on students and on the psychological and psychological
well-being of students. Students who, after undergoing online learning, must switch to
offline learning, so it is important to strengthen school support for this population once
online learning returns offline. In a broader sense, the World Health Organization
recommends "psychological emergencies" as a useful way to help people during times of
crisis. Schools can immediately make an effort for prevention by providing psychological
first aid (PFA) to them, but in reality there are still many teachers around students who
do not understand and are responsive to the existence of students who have problems, so
they are unable to help them with quick. The purpose of this community service is to
introduce teachers to PFA which can be used to identify and help students with problems
in a simple way. The method is carried out by giving workshops to teachers at schools, as
well as making flyers to be pasted in strategic places for teachers and students to read, if
there are students who have problems or complain, they can contact what number.
Participants who follow there are 24 teachers. The majority of teachers, 20 people (80%)
already understand and master the material well, the remaining 4 people (20%) still
need further study. There is an awareness of the teacher to help by observing,
recognizing, listening, and providing assistance to students in dealing with their
problems as best as the teacher can and conveying information that makes students
relieved and calm. This briefing about PFA is important in schools for teachers and
students. There was a significant change in teachers with this activity, they understood
the importance of PFA in their schools. The results of the evaluation and follow-up in
future community service need to pay attention to these conditions.