Soaring Beyond for Children in Out-of-Home Care

Every child comes to Mustard Seed Youth Home has to face the future challenge on their own! Therefore, staff in the Mustard Seed Youth Home always lead the children with great care and walk with them! Mustard Seed Youth Home is very thoughtful to arrange for children to have the opportunity to experience different fields in order to let children have a good connection with society!

Last year, with the assistance of the Taiwan Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Association, one youth, Xiao-Kun, received professional training from the association. In order to improve the professional skills of Xiao-kun this year, the association arranged Xiao-kun to participate in the training of Daikin Air Conditioning Co., Ltd.!

From the introduction of basic piping, the principle of refrigerant, to the professional assembly operation of various models, all skills and theories were given step by step. Xiao-kun worked hard to take notes in the course.The social worker saw Xiao-kun was learning so hard and also felt the spirit and hope for his future! Xiao-kun shared with the social worker: Although the learning process is difficult, I am willing to continue to study hard to make my professional knowledge and technology more progressive! We give thanks to the professional guidance of Daikin Air Conditioning Co., Ltd. and Taiwan Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Association for their love and generous accompanying! With the big heart and love, children no longer walk alone!

Before being placed in residential placement institute, most children experienced a lot of negative and sad experiences and emotional trauma, affecting the children's mind, self-awareness, self-worth, and physical and mental development, etc. In order to improve the children's psychological and behavioral states, we will help the children to deal with their inner dilemmas through professional psychological counseling. 

A Crying Boy

Enn is a smart and lovely child with energy, but from early childhood, he always used crying to express his emotions and thoughts. When he grows up, he often encounters many problems because of precocity. After graduating from elementary school, he turns to be angry and violent when he encounters things that unexpected, faces difficulties, or problems he couldn't solve. It causes many troubles and conflicts to Enn.

Transformation

Since we know about Enn's situation, we arranged several counseling appointments for Enn. Through the game and painting therapy, and several different treatments of corrective emotional situations, he is able to gradually express his feeling or transfers his feeling properly when he faces things he is hard to accept. Half a year later, Enn is able to control his emotions and seldom to lose the temper in tight situations; now he tries to express his thoughts with words. Although he occasionally has emotions, we all know he is in transition.

We hope that through this project,

each child is able to develop their self-awareness, 

construct social and intrinsic value, improve interpersonal interaction,

clarify emotions and behaviors, handle and face negative labels,

so that they can gradually face and deal with family injuries!