Monthly Events at UMMEED

- Ummeed made a difference! It was nice to leave back, enthusiastic energized team of educators of De Paul School Brahmapur Odisha with father Saju Principal after two days 4th and 5th December, 2018 of rigorous workshop on Positive Psychology and School Discipline, Understanding Adolescent Behavior and their Mental health and creating proactive guidance team. The session was conducted by Ms. Salony Priya Founder Director of Ummeed Counselling and Consulting Services.
  
  Reflection of the Teachers :-
  “It was good and very important for the teachers to be a good educator. One thing that during class we can have some activities.” Padmini Nayak
  
  “It was a great session really felt heart whelming as it related to my own life.” Sudeepta Tripathy
- Sister Kripa Principal St. Vincent Balasore initiates educators at Behrampur on a journey of self awareness, adolescent behavior management and learning of Counselling skills with Ummeed on 16th and 17th November,2018.
  40 educators with enthusiasm and sense of responsibility joined pastoral care certificate training.
- Students of St. James School attend an interactive lifeskills session with Ummeed on 31st October 2018. Class 9 students were empowered on Identifying Common Distractions, Learning Effective Study Patterns and Converting Dreams to SMART goals for Academic Success. Class 11 students were enlightened on Strategies of Dealing with Internet Addiction and Learning Cyber Safety to be more responsible Netizens.
  
  Reflection of the Session:
  1. “The session has been the most intriguing session I have come across in my entire school life. It literally brought me back to reality and I was shown that I lived in a virtual world, a world where I thought success was a piece of cake. I will try my best to take out a zeal from the session and avail it in my life.” – Mehul Sodhani, Class XID
  
  2. “The workshop was very interesting and I gained a lot of knowledge about the ill-effects of internet. Earlier I was against modernization but after attaining your session my point of view has changed. Thanks a lot. The examples of nokia and Kodak has opened my eyes.” – Abhay Kumar Gupta, Class XIA
  
  3.“It was indeed a splendid session with lots of things which were taken care of especially with us teenagers who are getting distracted from their goals in life. This session opened my eyes by reminding me to control the usage of the internet. Thank you ma’am.” – Tejesh Jain, Class XIA
  
  4.“This counseling session was a really good experience, and all students should have it. All the topics that were discussed were very well researched and spoken about. There are no more topics I guess which can be spoken on to children of class 11 atleast. The ability checklist was helpful as it helped to put down abilities which most of us would not be able to write down as our abilities. The session was meticulously planned and it was an eye-opener for most of us. Not saying that it was a boring session. the session was enjoyable and there was no point when I felt bored. THANK YOU.” – Devaansh Dhoot, Class XID

On 10th October 2018, Ummeed has conducted a Life Skill Session for holistic and age appropriate social and emotional development with 800 students of class VI, VII, VIII and IX of Don Bosco, Liluah.
Class 6 students - session on identifying distractions, enhancing concentration and memory skills to develop SMART learning techniques.

Class 7 - Students sensitized on creating school as a no bully zone, strategies to prevent cyber bullying

Class 8 - Accepting differences, Embracing diversity in interpersonal relationships for better peer adjustment.

Class 9 - Strategies for prevention of internet and gadget addiction, with special focus on measures to be undertaken to ensure cyber safety.

Reflection of the students :-

"I have learnt that concentration is important, something about the importance of study about the distraction that we often meet while studying and also that visualizing practically makes us easy to learn. It also gave me the idea of how to improve our study." - Raghav Dohia - Class 6D

"As this time i have got 87.38%, so I want to get above 94%, so after learning from this counseling session I have learned that next time I would concentrate and study and while study I would not be distracted by anyone as it is the annual term coming and it only comes once in a blue moon, so I promise you all that I would do the above things." - Harshit Modi - Class 6D

“I, thanking you for helping me in this situation, feel deeply sad, because I myself had once become a victim of bullies. I do not usually say bad words and never give abusive words, taking this advantage, many students always call me in abusive words. I even complaint to the teachers whenever possible. However, on a concluding note this session has become very useful for me and I will thank teachers for helping me in this situation.” - Sayandeep Paul, Class 7C

“I liked today’s class very much. I got to learn more about bullying, how to prevent it. The videos were very informative and I liked the way this session was conducted. I learned that bullying can be dangerous and can make a person sick mentally.” - Arjya Ghosh, Class 7D

“I will surely not bully someone after this session. And if I am bullied I will make sure I form strategies and community to fight against it.” – Himanshu Poddar - Class 8B

“I learnt a lot from the animation u showed and I promise to not bully anyone and be friendly with everyone. Thank you for helping us realise the good and the bad.” – Partha Bihani - Class 8D

“From today’s session, conducted by the team of Ummeed, I have learnt many things about how to deal with this tech savvy world. Teenagers or adolescents are more prone to sexual pleasures and matters like masturbation and such things cause anxiety in every teenage boy. But, Salony ma’am, made us understand the truth. Thank You, ma’am.” - Agnik Dastidar - Class 9A

“Nothing to ‘feedback’. I am fully ‘fed’!! It was really a helpful session. Not only it helped to understand our life and things around us. But it also helped me to know who I am. And thank you for the chocolate.!” – Arjeya Bhattacharya, Class 9D

On 26th July,2018 Ummeed conducted a life skill session at DAV Public School, Asansol with Class XI students on being Technology SMART and cyber safety. Millennial generation learning to deal with balancing their real and virtual lives, impact of social media on adolescent emotional health, decision making and social skills. The session was conducted by Ms. Salony Priya Founder Director of Ummeed Counselling and Consulting Services.

Student's Reflection :-
"It was very much interactive. I could not remove my eyes from you maam. Your words are still echoing in my ears. I could not explain how I am feeling right now. It was interesting. Yes, it really connects me. Thank you maam." - Shreya Misra - XI

"We are very much pleased and thankful for the session. We have been much benefited by this session and have learnt demerits of using of internet and social network. Thank you maam for this beautiful session." - Arunava Ghosh - XI D

"After this session I really realized the value of time, the time which I could not give to my mother. I am feeling bad because she is the single mother. She spent her whole life to give me a better life and in return I shouted on her, screamed. Through this session I am really going to change the habit which hurts my mother. Thank you so much Salony Maam because i would have never realized my fault." - Rashmi Mishra - XI E

On 2nd and 3rd August 2018 Ummeed conducted an interactive session at Oil India H.S.School, Duliajan and Moran at Assam to Inspire Educators of the Millennium to understand Positive Classroom Management and Emotional Empathetic care for Children and Adolescent reached out. The session was conducted by Ms. Salony Priya Founder Director of Ummeed Counselling and Consulting Services.

Reflection of the Teachers:-
"Excellent!Excellent!Excellent! A wonderful resource person, highly experienced and presents things really well. Given examples from real life situation which is very helpful. Thanks a lot ma'am"- Monoj Kr Gowla. Sr. School Teacher. Oil India HS School. Duliajan

"Very imformative session and learnt a lot how to handle students in school." Kamarruddin Ahmed. Middle School Teacher. Oil India HS School, Moran
"Like of Dr. S.Priya I had one of my teachers at the Dept. of Education ,Dibrugarg University. However, I would like to suggest humbly that respected Madam need to more focussed on Needs of Teachers beyond the average limit"- Nabajyoti Borkakoty. Middle Sch Teacher of Oil India H.S.School, Moron

"It is an excellent and informative session. Learnt how to handle adolescent and understand them without judging them" - Rajib Bora. Sr. School Teacher. Oil India HS School, Duliajan

On 26th July,2018 Ummeed conducted an interactive session at DAV Model School, Asansol with 70 Teachers to understand physical and emotional safety at school and creating a safety network to prevent child abuse and Child Rights and POCSO Law. The session was conducted by Ms. Salony Priya Founder Director of Ummeed Counselling and Consulting Services.

Reflection of the Teachers :-
"I attended this workshop for the first time. It was amazing and very helpful to understand the relationship between teachers and students. I learnt so many things about keeping our children safe in schools and in society as a whole. This kind of workshop regarding safety measures for young children is very important for generating healthy environment around them." - Sunita Sharma

"Hearty gratitude to DAV Public School Asansol and foremost to Salony Ma’am for making us aware about child safety, abuse circumstances, the essence of right to education, basic rights of children, child safety measures and social awareness among children. Overall, it was an enjoyable workshop." - Manavendra Mondal
"The entire session was very helpful to understand safety measures for children very clearly. I sincerely thank Salony Ma’am for empowering us and helping us build a better and safer educational environment for our children. I would like to know how to combat linguistic abuse since I often find my senior students experiencing this." - Debyoti Mukherjee

Ummeed conducted a brain storming session with the teachers of Birla Bharati School on 12th June,2018 on 'Learning Disability and its Assessment, Remediation' by Dr. Anindita Chatterjee.

Feedbacks:
“A workshop was conducted by Mrs. Anindita Chatterjee about Learning Disabilities assessment and remediation on 12th June, 2018 for the teachers of the junior section. It was interactive and enriching session which focused on the learning disabilities which affect a person’s ability to think, recall and write. She also discussed the different ways to deal with the slow learners and with the students having behavioural issues. ‘SODA’ was an effective technique to be followed while dealing with the students with ‘Learning Disability’. In this session we learnt how to incorporate a few simple techniques to being in some a few simple techniques to being in some improvement in the child’s performance and help him to cope up with learning disability. Remediation can be given once a week in different ways as it targets the problem area accurately and the individual is actively engaged in the process of learning”. – Keerti Tawar (III, A)
“The resource person – Dr. Anindita Chatterjee commenced the workshop by giving an insight to the teachers on ‘Learning Disability’ – a neurological disorder in which a person’s brain works differently or is structured differently. The main highlights of the workshop were –
Teachers should have knowledge or take help from the concerned authority to identify – Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and Dyscalculia.
Emphasis on cognitive remediation was much emphasized.
A special educator is a must for the school.
Some good and meaningful in which changed can be brought in students are -
Have the child sit in the front of the class.
Establish good eye contact as it enhances the confidence of the child.
This is important- helps a lot in focusing the child’s attention. Keep repeating it.
Break down longer directions into simpler chunks for students.
Never insult a child.
Problems faced by the child should never be over looked by the teachers.
Give importance to auditory learning and visual learning.
Make students write 5 sentences at home to enhance creativity on any topic.
Redemption should never to be totally academic. Do it in a play way method.

On the 8th of June 2018 Ummeed conducted an Interactive session with classes 8 and 9 of Auxilium Convent Barasat. The workshop enabled them with insight of virtual world, how we need to be technology smart rather than technology dependent. Students learnt about building their own skills and social and emotional competencies to survive in the real world. Inspiring session first students as they were empowered to convert their dreams into goals.

Reflection of the Students :-

"On 8th June 2018 we attended a life skill programme in our very own school. First, I want to present my gratitude to our Principal Sr. Clara Saminathan for arranging such an influential programme. An organisation named UMMEED gave us our main motive towards our life. They taught us what we can and what we should do to make our life successful. From myside, I am very much influenced by the knowledge thoughts that they have shared with us. Now, I feel happy to know my possibilities and my potential. It has been a great day for us as UMMEED made our day". - MAINAK DEBNATH (9-B)

"I often thought that my dream to live in Paris would never be possible. I never thought I could be an author but today Saloni Mam’s advice has helped me a lot to stand by my dreams, tell my parents that I want to study Literature and tell myself yes, I can become an author."Thank You". - PRARTHANA (9-B)

"I have really learnt lots of valuable things from ma'am. You have really opened my eyes and alerted me about my future. The videos were valuable and effective. I really give a grateful thanks to ma'am for setting up paths for my future." - KOUSHAMI NATH (8-A)

On 19th April, 2018 Ummeed has conducted a classroom session on General Awareness of Counselling for the students of class V and VI at Hariyana Vidya Mandir, Saltlake.

Reflection of the students :-

"I Feel very happy by talking out everything from my heart, Thank You for your help ma'am." – Jatin Sharma VI A

"I am feeling very happy and confident after this session and ma'am you are very sweet and friendly." – Kashish Mandal, VI

"I enjoyed this class very much and got a lot of help from the teacher who came to take this class for counsellin. All my negative thinking has gone." Ahana Poddar,V B

"Thank you very much, I am very proud of it. I can choose my right path, I promise to become good in Maths, I love this class so much." – Riddhima Pyne, V C