EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

  • Awareness Programme for School Students

20 October 2022

Topics: Life skills , Importance of Exercise, Personal Hygiene, Addiction, Concept of ‘Good touch and Bad touch’, Communication Skills

Conducted by: 2nd PG students, Department of Psychology

Beneficiary: students of 8th, 9th and 10th standard, Vidyadhiraja Vidyabhavan High School, Aluva (350 students).

  • Peer Interactive Awareness Programme

18 & 19 October, 2022

Topic: ‘Demystifying Mental illness’

Conducted by: BLISS & Department of Psychology (Final year UG and all PG students) as part of observing World Mental Health Day

Beneficiary: UC College student community (1900 students), Total sessions: 62

  • Skill Training Programme : ‘A Training session for Trainers’

10 October, 2022

Objective: Equipping students with skills to create ‘Mental health Awareness among Public’ (Programme conducted as part of ‘World Mental Health Day’

Resource Person: Ms.Gaana P C, Clinical Psychologist, Aster Medcity.

Beneficiary: Final year UG and PG students of Department of Psychology

  • Extension Activity: Visit to Orphanage

17 September 2022

Participants: 2nd MSc Students, Department of Psychology

Topic discussed: Adolescent issues

Follow-up visits: 4 (ongoing activity)

Beneficiary: Female adolescent inmates 

  • Assessment of Cognitive Functions

11 August 2022

Organised by: Research and Post Graduation Department of Psychology,  Basic Life Skills Centre (BLISS) in association with Service Learning Centre, Union Christian College, Aluva

Beneficiary: Students of Blind School (22 students)

Assessment done by: Dr.Marikutty P.J., Assistant Professor& Clinical Psychologist;  Ms. Asha Ravi, Clinical Psychologist and Research Scholar, Department of Psychology and PG students

Observer: Students from International Christian University, Japan

Tests used: Vineland Social Maturity Scale (VSMS), Binet Kamat Test (BKT), Malin’s Intelligence Scale for Indian Children (MISIC) 

  • International Student Interaction and Focused Discussion

27 July 2022

Topic:  Comparison of Socio-cultural practices and psycho-social trends in India and Japan: politics, development, religion, mental health and Gender

Program included celebration of ethnic day with demonstration of ethnic cooking and fashion.

Participants: UG/PG students, Department of Psychology, Union Christian College and Students from International Christian University, Japan 

  • Online Skill Training program : Assertiveness training

6 to 11 June, 2022

Resource Person: Dr.Veena Easvaradoss, Clinical Psychologist and Retd. HoD and Professor of Psychology, Women’s Christian College, Chennai

Beneficiary: Post Graduate Students of Psychology 

  • Online Skill Training program : Relaxation Training

21 to 26 February, 2022

Resource Person: Dr.Veena Easvaradoss, Clinical Psychologist and Retd. HoD and Professor of Psychology, Women’s Christian College, Chennai

Beneficiary: Post Graduate Students of Psychology

Extension activities by Students and faculty members of the Department of Psychology.  It was a great service to the community as well as an experiential learning opportunity to our final year UG students and  first year PG students.

More than 25 sessions on counselling, awareness and training   for parents, teachers and students were conducted during June-July, 2021.