A multidisciplinary approach to prevent student anxiety: a Toolkit for educators

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The project WAI aims to tackle the growth of mental health disorders among the younger population, namely the most prevalent anxiety disorders. It intends to enhance educational strategies to help schools, teachers, and other professionals dealing with student anxiety. With that purpose, a suite of resources with a focus on mental health promotion in the school environment was organized by collecting existing tools and creating new elements for completeness. Information on mental health, AI, and AI use on mental health, classroom strategies, and best practices, structured for interdisciplinary application and use by both teachers and students, were considered. These resources were integrated into a Toolkit with a recommendation feature, which allows easy location and access to the most adequate tool for the specific need or educational challenge. To maximize accessibility, resources will be translated into several languages. The Toolkit will guide the implementation of a capacitation formative program for educators that will be implemented based on its resources. The development of the project involves participatory design with contributions from educators, mental health experts, and AI technologists to ensure a comprehensive approach. The Toolkit is intended to provide a systematic framework for educators to promote sustainable mental health promotion practices and, when appropriate, to use AI in ways that are ethically sound, while fostering digital responsibility.

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