The aim of the project is to develop a training for frontline workers and nursing students related to aggression management in child and adolescent psychiatric and residential units. In addition, we will develop a high-fidelity simulation virtual platform that works with VR glasses.   

Main objectives: 

1. To develop a trauma focused framework for managing aggressive children and adolescents in psychiatric and residential units.  
2. To develop an online course (5ect), “Safe4Child – trauma focus care for child aggression management” with a course handbook  
3. To develop a technical high-fidelity virtual reality environment with a user manual for Safe4Child trauma focus care simulations.  
4. To make a Safe4Child trauma focus care implementation guide for extended target groups.  

In the first result (R1): Trauma focus framework for children’s and adolescents’ aggressive behavior management 

A framework for Safe4Child trauma focus care will be developed, based on mapping current evidence and stakeholder consultation.  

Activities for result one are: 

• literature review related to trauma focused care in child psychiatric care 
• safety incidents data report from child psychiatric wards to indicate the level of aggression 
• focus group interviews in each participating country among frontline workers working with children in psychiatric and residential units 
• dissemination of result activities will take place via scientific and professional publications 

 
In the second result (R2): Online Course curriculum “Safe4Child –trauma focus care for child aggression management” 

A online course curriculum “Safe4Child – trauma focus care for child and adolescent aggression management” will be developed. 

Activities of this result two are: 

• developing high-fidelity simulation content to use in virtual surroundings 
• developing, piloting, and evaluating an online course content (5 ect) “Safe4Child – trauma focus care for child and adolescent aggression management” 
• a course handbook will be handed out 
• dissemination of result activities will take place via scientific and professional publications 

 
In the third result (R3): Technical, high-fidelity virtual reality environment 

A technical high-fidelity virtual reality environment will be developed.  

Activities for this result three are: 

• planning a technical platform for virtual reality (VR) cases 
• developing, testing and evaluating virtual reality (VR) high-fidelity surroundings with Safe4Child – trauma focus care cases among nursing students  
• a user manual for VR simulations will be handed out 

 
In the fourth result (R4): Implementation guide for extended target groups 

A Safe4Child trauma focus care implementation guide will be developed.  

Activities for this result four are: 

• collecting information from previous results 
• extended stakeholder analysis will be conducted including early childhood education, school healthcare, socialwork, residental childcare and child psychiatry 
• developed implementation guide content will be validated by Steering Group (SG) panel 
• dissemination of result activities will take place via scientific publications 

All project materials will be made available freely on the project website under Creative Commons 4.0 International License, Attribution-Non-Commercial: all materials can be downloaded and used for non-commercial reasons, but authors need to be quoted.