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By Angelica Paci REFLECTION AS A KEY ELEMENT FOR PROCESSING THE EXPERIENCE Every day, young people face life’s experiences, some pleasant and some not so. These experiences can be opportunities for personal development and learning when young people are equipped with the competences to ... Read More about Reflection and Reflective Practices for Promoting Positive Mental Health

By Barbora Rodi Falanga Rites of Passage Article Intro This article aims to explore the importance of youth rites of passage for the positive mental health of young people (mainly in the “identity” and “sense of self” domains).  It is meant to familiarise all those working with young people ... Read More about Rites of Passage and Positive Mental Health of young people

By Biljana Vasilevska Trajkoska Introduction Today, many youth workers worldwide run activities that aim to support youth positive mental health. This article targets exactly those youth workers who (want to) work in this field. It gives some information about what psychological resilience of ... Read More about How youth workers support the development of youth’s resilience?

By Mario D’Agostino PROMOTING THE POSITIVE MENTAL HEALTH OF YOUNG PEOPLE OUTDOORS Towards the end of the 19th century and the start of the 20th century, the first summer camps were set to promote physical and mental health for children and young people, mostly from urban areas. The ... Read More about LESS DIGITAL, MORE OUTDOORS IN NATURE

By Sybren Bouwsma Explanation of theory/project This article refers to how an Erasmus+ Youth Exchange (YE) for people with a similar disability can help to increase their positive mental health. The experience of youth exchanges for young people who stutter is used as an example, with a ... Read More about Disability and peer support in youth exchanges