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Paramjeet Kour is an innovative educator who specializes in organising seminars and programmes to improve the mental health of students, teachers, and staff. As a school counsellor at Army Public School, Miran Sahib, Jammu, she helps young students combat mental health issues and also focuses on the mental well-being of teachers and non-teaching staff by creating a mindfulness-oriented work environment for them. Paramjeet has conducted more than 200 counselling sessions. Moreover, she works towards spreading awareness about POCSO and child abuse and also conducts parent-child counselling sessions to create a healthy environment for them.
Experience
With 20 years of experience in teaching, Paramjeet has been conducting various workshops in schools for teachers, students as well as non-teaching staff on mental health and overall well-being. She has also conducted counselling sessions on different topics for families of Army personnel and carried out personality and anxiety tests on soldiers of different units to increase self-awareness and evaluate their emotional responses.
Initiatives
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Serene Chamber For Teaching And Non-Teaching Staff
With the objective of promoting strong mental health and creating a safe space for teaching and non-teaching staff in schools, Paramjeet ideated a Serene Chamber offering activities like yoga, meditation, powerful brief nap time, listening to music, and muscle relaxation exercises during school hours. A maximum of 5 teachers or staff members are allowed to sit in the chamber at a time for a duration of 30 minutes. A music system is placed which can be connected through Bluetooth and the members can listen to the music of their choice to relax the mind. Paramjeet believes that listening to music helps a person connect with his heart, cultivate inner peace, release the feel-good hormone, and immediately impact one’s mental state.
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Amigo Bench For Students
Not all students are comfortable expressing their emotions and to overcome this challenge, Paramjeet has made Amigo Benches for students on the school campus. A student feeling low or in need of help may sit on the bench to indicate that he/she is facing a problem and wants to share something. This way, the school counsellor or a staff member can extend a helping hand to the student and solve the issue. Throughout her journey, Paramjeet has impacted the lives of over 4000 students and brought a positive change in their lives.
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Personality And Anxiety Tests For Army Jawans
Paramjeet carries out personality and anxiety tests on army jawans to make them self-aware by studying their emotional and behavioural responses. She aims to help soldiers combat stress and fight tough situations through individual counselling sessions. Paramjeet has conducted such tests for over 600 army personnel to provide mental health aid.
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Counselling Sessions For Parents And Teenagers
Paramjeet has conducted over 2500 individual counselling sessions with students, parents, and teaching and non-teaching staff to foster a healthy relationship between them. She addresses factors affecting teenagers and helps parents understand how to deal with different situations. Paramjeet also focuses on developing smart study skills among students and covers aspects such as negative ways teenagers deal with stress and how it can be avoided. Additionally, she works towards spreading awareness about POCSO and child abuse by conducting counselling sessions and seminars.
Awards/Recognition
- Appreciated and rewarded by MBS Trust Digiana Jammu for conducting aptitude tests for the students and counseling sessions on life skills for teachers and students
- Received letter of appreciation and rewards for a remarkable rise in API from the school Chairman, Brig P.S. Bali (2017-2018)
- Received reward and letter of appreciation for Best performance in changing the normal classroom to dream classrooms from the school Chairman and cash price (2017-2018)
- Received letter of appreciation and myriad rewards for round-the-year performance from the school Chairman, Brig Kuldeep Singh, Kalsi. (2019 - 2020)
- Received an award of excellence by school Chairman Brig RBV Mukundi, SM for high professionalism, devotion, and commitment to my services in session 2022
- Received excellence award from Col Vaibhav Attri (Commandant 87 Armoured Regiment) and Mrs. Akanksha Misra Attri, Chairperson Family Welfare Organization (FWO) 87 Armoured Regiment for commitment and contribution towards the social cause
Paramjeet Kour is a finalist for the Best Initiative (Mental Health) award because of her innovative concepts to help students, teachers, and staff deal with mental health issues. She has also created a significant impact on the lives of army jawans for their overall well-being.
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