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Actions for Heroes: Guide for Heart – to – Heart

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A photo of a child flying on the back of a dragon and holding a paper with COVID virus drawn on it. this is a picture from the children storybook written to help children cope with COVID-19

 

Cover of Action for HeroesActions for Heroes, a guide for heart-to-heart chats with children to accompany reading of My Hero is you, How kids can fight COVID-19!

The Actions for Heroes Guide is developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC MHPSS RG) to accompany reading the children’s storybook My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19!.

The storybook My Hero is You explains how children can protect themselves, their families and their friends from the coronavirus and how to manage difficult emotions when confronted with our new and rapidly changing reality. The storybook has been translated into 135+ languages and multimedia adaptations have been made.

It is recommended that adults read the storybook WITH children. As they read the storybook, Actions for Heroes directs adults about how to have heart-to-heart chats with children and educates them about coping with COVID-19 related stressors and changes. It explains how adults can create safe spaces for children to openly share their feelings, including their fears and worries, about the coronavirus and frustrations at their changed daily lives. The Guide also directs adults on how to promote positive actions that children can take to protect themselves and others. 

Actions for Heroes is an accompaniment to My Hero is You that will benefit caregivers and teachers reading My Hero is You. The intervention was developed through a comprehensive consultation, and field testing process among IASC MHPSS RG Members and countries using My Hero is You.

We hope this resource will support children, their caregivers and their teachers during these exceptional times.

Actions for Heroes
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Cover of the Guide: Actions for Heroes: Guide for Heart – to – Heart

Actions for Heroes, A Guide for heart-to-heart chats with Children to accompany reading of My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19!

Document Type
Document
Product Category
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Published Date
1 February 2021
The Actions for Heroes Guide is developed by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC MHPSS RG) to accompany reading the children’s storybook My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19!
My Hero is You, Storybook for Children on COVID-19

 

Cover of the story book My Hero is YouThis book was a project developed by the IASC MHPSS RG. The project was supported by global, regional and country based experts from Member Agencies of the IASC MHPSS RG, in addition to parents, caregivers, teachers and children in 104 countries. 

Adaptations of "My Hero is You!"

Cover of the Adaptation of storybook My Hero is YouThis book has been translated in many languages, dialects and in Braille - transcript in English, as well as adapted in different ways to reach as many children across the world as possible.

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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in
Humanitarian Settings

mhpss.refgroup@gmail.com

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