Mental Health in Education for Crisis-affected Preschool Children: Multilevel Monitoring

Abstract

The crisis in Ukraine, related to military actions, poses a significant threat to the mental health of preschool children due to their vulnerability, limited self-awareness, and perception of their surroundings, as well as the critical developmental phase characterized by the establishment of foundational personality structures. Chronic stress and trauma can disrupt normal brain development, potentially leading to delays in cognitive and emotional development in the long term. Therefore, it is essential to systematically identify and analyze the negative factors affecting the mental development of preschool children across key domains, contributing to educational deficits and developmental gaps, and to design targeted interventions to solve those emerging issues.

Keywords

• preschool children
• mental health
• stress resilience
• social-emotional development
• support
• multilevel monitoring
• developmental levels and domains
• educational losses and gaps
• alternative forms of preschool education
• “2 by 2” learning format
• quality of education
• strategies for overcoming and recovery