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Convention on the Rights of the Child

Your rights are what you may do and what those who are responsible for you must do so that you can be happy, healthy and safe. You also have responsibilities towards other children and adults so that they have their rights granted..
Continued cooperation with Romanian professionals
14.07.2010, 05:15

Mental health professionals from Romania, who have been participating in Save the Children Romania (The Center for Emotional and Behaviour Education), organised summer school under the title The Best of Care for Healthier Romanian Children: Nature and nurture in child and adolescent mental health.
Handbook About Violent Behaviour Among the Youth
07.06.2010, 08:57
Violent Behaviour Among the Youth – Why is Love Important? is a new handbook published by the Child Protection Center of Zagreb and the City of Zagreb, written by Dr sc Gordana Buljan Flander, AP, Principal of the Center, Dr Marija Bačan, a psychiatrist and Dragana Matešković, a psychologist.
Cooperation between the Child Protection Center of Zagreb and Romanian Experts
21.04.2010, 12:29

Mental health professionals active in Save the Children Romania in the project of helping the traumatised children (The Center for Emotional and Behaviour Education) visited the Child Protection Center of Zagreb on 24 and 25 March 2010. This project is being conducted with the support and technical aid of Save the Children Norway - their southeast European branch located in Sarajevo. Project coordinator is Tomasso Diegoli.

Farewell to the kindergarten, welcome school

Preparedness for school is not one single skill, but a combination of various skills which contribute to school achievements and include good physical health, social and emotional maturity, language and communication skills, problem-solving ability and ability for creative thinking as well as general knowledge about the world in which the child lives. It is always important to remember that children develop at their own pace and each child has some strengths and weaknesses.

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Principal's note

Doc.dr.sc. Gordana Buljan Flander

Victims of Bullying Are in Need of Adults' Help 

 

We have been coping with peer bullying for years, and yet, we seem to be utterly surprised when public attention is caught with a case of bullying, which is usual everyday life for many children. According to research conducted in Croatia, every fourth child is exposed to some form of peer bullying. Despite laws and protocols, we often react only when severe psychological or physical abuse has already taken place.

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left_quotemark.gifA parent places a child in the middle when the child is asked to be a carrier of adult messages, asked to keep secrets, or asked to serve as a spy in the other household. When a parent trashes the other parent to the child, half of that child is being trashed also. Such issues take their toll on a child's self-esteem and sense  of well-being. Any movement along the continuum from conflict to cooperation, no matter how small, is a move to benefit the child.
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E. T. i LaCrosse, E. R. (2001.): Working with high-conflict families
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