Bajkoterapia jako skuteczna forma profilaktyki i terapii wobec przejawów naruszania praw dziecka

Dzieciństwo to etap życia człowieka, który wymaga szczególnej ochrony i wsparcia ze strony środowiska. W tym okresie dziecku powinny zostać zapewnione warunki do właściwego rozwoju duchowego i fizycznego. Stworzenie bezpiecznego gruntu do rozwoju człowieka umożliwia jego zbilansowany wzrost psychofizyczny. Prawa dziecka, które odpowiadają na jego potrzeby, regulują warunki życia i wychowania, choć objęte ochroną, stale nie są respektowane. Niezbędne jest poszukiwanie nowych środków zaradczych, zarówno profilaktycznych, jak i terapeutycznych, wobec problemu krzywdzenia dzieci, naruszania ich praw. Metodą, którą uważam za niezmiernie delikatną, a przy tym skuteczną, jest bajkoterapia, czyli oddziaływanie na dziecko za pomocą odpowiednio skonturowanych lektur, mających uchronić przed zagrożeniem lub pomóc w przypadku doznanej krzywdy.

A child is a helpless human being that requires special protection. Providing each child with proper care, support, security and decent living conditions makes it possible for a child to develop spiritually and physically in a correct way. These factors govern children’s rights, which are protected, but the violation thereof is still a common social phenomenon. Children’s social, cultural and civil rights are constantly broken, very often all of them simultaneously, which has a multidimensional deleterious influence on the little ones and aggravates their suffering. Lack of respect for the biological and psychological needs of a child very often stems from ignorance or aggression. The damage to a child may include scarcity, inadequate protection, inadequate child care, and venting one’s frustration (both unintentionally and intentionally) and drives on children in the form of psychological, physical, and sexual abuse. This phenomenon requires new forms of prevention, understood as providing children with protection, making them aware, informing them about the dangers and remedies, and finally – organising therapies – to help those already harmed. The method proposed by me – a storytelling therapy – is directed primarily towards children at preschool and early school age and can be used both as a preventive and supportive measure. The plot of a speech therapeutic story presented to a little listener refers to a problematic situation which is analogous to the child’s current situation or the one the child is in danger of experiencing. By identifying with the story’s characters, the child becomes aware of the models of coping with negative emotions and difficult situations. Characters’ actions based on rational thinking, persistent work, and using the help of friends motivate the child to act and evoke his positive emotions. In addition, a speech therapeutic story features and reinforces positive values such as faith, hope, love, trust, respect, perseverance, and cooperation, which could be lost in a child due to negative experiences. Therefore, a storytelling therapy is a form of emotional support and a wake-up call to spiritual development, which is necessary for a child to be able to cope when faced with danger or physical and emotional damage the child has suffered.