A training program for the development of educational staff's communicative potential to promote their psychological health and well-being in war conditions

Abstract

Introduction. Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, the issue of preserving employees' psychological health has taken on an added importance. The introduction of new forms and methods of work in the system of general secondary education requires the development of appropriate competencies of teaching staff with communicative competence playing a special significance. Therefore, the analysis of communicative potential as a factor in promoting the psychological health of educational staff and the development of appropriate technologies in modern conditions are quite relevant issues. Aim: to develop a training program for the development of educational staff's communicative potential as a way of promoting their psychological health and well-being in wartime conditions. Methods. Psychoeducational methods and organizational-directive and meaningful interactive techniques were used, which were based on a technological approach to the development and implementation of organizational-psychological technologies (Karamushka, 2022). Results. The training program "Communicative potential development training in the context of promoting educational staff's psychological health and well-being in war conditions" was developed. The training program included four training sessions: 1) "Essence of communicative potential of educational staff"; 2) "Components of the communicative potential of educational staff"; 3) "Communicative potential and its role in promoting educational staff's psychological health and well-being in wartime"; 4) "Factors in and conditions for the development of communicative potential in the context of promoting educational staff's psychological health and well-being in war conditions." Each training session included informational, diagnostic and developmental components. Conclusions. The proposed training program is intended: a) to develop educational staff's knowledge about the content and structure of their communicative potential and its role in their psychological health and well-being in war conditions; b) to teach educational staff the methods to diagnose communicative potential and its factors to promote their psychological health and well-being in war conditions; c) to develop educational staff's abilities and skills needed for the development of their communicative potential to promote their psychological health and well-being in war conditions.