Intervention Programs - Προχωρώ

Student Competitions

Our centre, among others, encourages the children (mainly, in primary grades) to participate individually or collaboratively in local, regional or pan-hellenic student competitions; thus, they would learn too early to experience new challenges, to realize their capabilities-inclinations as well as to create realistic expectations & motivation for learning.

This effort began with our encouragement and coaching of a few students to participate in the international mathematics competition "Kangaroo". Our ultimate goal was to show them that maths could keep away from the sterile daily school exercises and change into a delightful spiritual game. However, going forward, we aim to voluntarily engage them to different competitive learning areas, always prioritizing their enjoyment from participation as well as the difficulty or test anxiety management.

Typical student competitions:

Mathematics Competition ''Kangaroo'' (2^nd - 12^th grade)
Mathematics Competition ''Play & Maths - Mikros Euclides'' (5^th - 6^th grade)
Physics Competition "Aristotle" (5^th - 6^th grade)
Competition ''Lysias'' via the Internet
Poetry-Short Story Competition
Spelling Bee Competition
Argumentation - Debate Competition

Anxiety Management Program

Anxiety management program

GOALS

Το associate feelings with my way of thinking/behaving

To use emotional resilience skills in difficult cases

To preserve self-control in anxious situations

To impove social responsibility & behavior

TARGET GROUP

schoolers

(6-13 years old)

DURATION

20 hours

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Content: anxiety self-observation, dysfunctional thoughts ditection/reconsideration, skills management, problem solving, transfer of learning skills/strategies

Methodology: self-observation, problem determination, cognitive/behaviorist reconstruction & control strategies for dysfunctional thoughts, relax/breath techniques.

Social Skills Program

Social skills program

GOALS

Το determine & express feelings

To develop (non) verbal communication

To enhance self-esteem

To improve interpersonal relations & self-management

TARGET GROUP

schoolers

(6-13 years old)

DURATION

12 hours

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Content: feelings awareness/control, empathy, active listening, self-esteem, friendship, cooperation, assertiveness, problem solving, conflict resolution

Methodology: experiential learning, role playing, group discussion.

Study Skills Program

Study skills program

GOALS

To make a study schedule

To manage my behavior in class

To memorize & set information data

To succeed in school exams & testing

TARGET GROUP

schoolers

(6-13 years old)

DURATION

infusion across

the literacy curricula

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Content: good study habits, study space arrangments, time management, self-control, effective behavior in class, disagreement/conflict resolution, memorization strategies, readiness for school exams/tests, stress management, relax techniques

Methodology: implicit instruction, role playing.

Scientific/Mathematical Literacy Curriculum

Scientific/Mathematical literacy curriculum

GOALS

To develop reasoning skills & analytical thinking

To practice problem solving & decision making

To observe & explain the natural world through experiments

To develop scientific thinking skills

TARGET GROUP

schoolers

(6-13 years old)

DURATION

1 hour per week

(alternately)

CURRICULUM DESCRIPTION

Content: heuristic problem solving strategies, degree of decision/solution correctness, experiments

Methodology: differentiated instruction, fading scaffolding.

Reading/Writing Literacy Curriculum

Reading/Writing literacy curriculum

GOALS

To perceive text genres - multiliteracies

To develop literal, inferential & critical comprehensive reading strategies

To develop writing production strategies

To reinforce reading motivation

TARGET GROUP

schoolers

(6-13 years old)

DURATION

1 hour per week

CURRICULUM DESCRIPTION

Content: creative writing, text macro structure, vocabulary, theme/main idea, abstract, paraphrase, paragraph structure, text cohesion/coherence, meta-comprehension (metacognition), ideas production/planning/writing, reading engagement

Methodology: differentiated instruction.

Curriculum Infusion Programs

Curriculum infusion programs

PROGRAMS

1. Values Education

2. Philosophy for Young Children

3. Creative Thinking

4. Visual-Kinesthetic Perception

5. Concentration-Attention

6. Visual/Auditory/Functional Memory

7. Oral Expression

8. Phonetics/Phonological Awareness

9. Ancient Greek

GOALS

- to develop emotional & social intelligence

- to develop abstract thinking, cooperation & argumentation

- to bring out fantasy & critical thinking

- to enhance fine motor skills

- to reinforce attention & preserve concentration

- to easily remember images, sounds, words & use mnemonics

- to develop narrative/descriptive discourse & vocabulary

- to be aware of linguistic sounds & pronounce sounds of words correctly

- to enrich vocabulary, etymology, words families, rhythm, aesthetics

TARGET GROUP

preschoolers

(3-6 years old)

The above programs does not form independent intervention curricula with distinct teaching time, but they are appropriately infused and incorporated in the main curricula for pre-school children according to their needs.