Projects - Emotion Aid

Our projects

Rehabilitation

Training and implementing emotional first aid among professionals, therapists, staff, and volunteers across communities and rehabilitation institutions.

Beit Halochem Tel Aviv Branch

Training therapeutic teams to enhance awareness, regulation, and professional resilience

Program Objectives

Providing therapeutic staff with tools to identify physiological signs, cultivate self-regulation, and manage stress. This process strengthens professional capability, prevents burnout, and improves responsiveness in crisis situations for the therapist, the team, and the patient.

"This topic is highly relevant for an organization like Beit Halochem, and represents an excellent opportunity to learn self-regulation."

Avi Abaskar, Director of Beit Halochem Tel Aviv

"This is a first aid tool that simply works."

Karin Shahar, MSW, Head of PTSD Department, Beit Halochem

Estimated Quantitative Impact 8,850 Beneficiaries

Education System

Training and implementing an emotional first aid toolkit among principals, counselors, educators, youth, pre-military academies, and children.

Darca Network

Training educational staff in self-regulation and crisis response

Objectives and Activities

Equipping educational staff with practical tools to improve support for adolescents facing emotional distress, while preventing burnout among educators.

"Great satisfaction with the training and the opportunity to experience a practical program for building resilience. The workshops were delivered with high professionalism."

Participant, School Counselor

Estimated Quantitative Impact 9,000 Beneficiaries / Year

Pre-Military Academies

Introducing an emotional toolkit in preparation for military service

Objectives and Activities

Introducing an emotional toolkit to students as preparation for military service and expanding emotional regulation programs across pre-military academies (workshops on setting boundaries and building resilience for Tzofim Garin Tzabar).

Estimated Quantitative Impact 180 Beneficiaries

Eric Cohen Books

Practical tools for emotional first aid and burnout prevention among educational teams

Objectives and Activities

Dedicated resilience workshops delivering tools to support teaching staff against burnout, and to aid elementary through high school students experiencing emotional distress.

Estimated Quantitative Impact 90 Beneficiaries

Music as a Key to Educational Change

Children's Song: "Release the Pressure"

Assisting children and adolescents (ages 8-14) in emotional regulation and balance through music. Based on the 5-step EmotionAid® protocol, the song provides a soothing action routine for navigating stress and fear in an engaging and memorable way.

✓ Writing, composing, recording children, and filming a unique choreographic music video.

Watch the Music Video

Care for Caregivers

Training and implementing emotional first aid among frontline therapeutic and emergency teams.

Sha'ar HaNegev Resilience Center

Introducing therapists to EmotionAid® tools

Objective

Introducing therapists to EmotionAid® tools, emphasizing the importance of balance and self-regulation in therapeutic practice.

Activity

An introductory session addressing the complexity of the therapist's role during the Swords of Iron war. The session included an initial overview of physiological signs under stress and extreme states, along with raising awareness of the importance of adopting the EmotionAid® protocol among caregivers.

Estimated Quantitative Impact 120 Beneficiaries

Momentum Association

Introducing therapists to EmotionAid® tools

Objective

Introducing therapists to EmotionAid® tools, emphasizing the importance of balance and self-regulation in therapeutic practice.

Activity

An introductory session including an initial overview of physiological signs under stress and extreme states, along with raising awareness of the importance of adopting the EmotionAid® protocol among caregivers.

Estimated Quantitative Impact 120 Beneficiaries

United Hatzalah

Resilience for frontline emergency and medical teams

Objectives and Activities

Workshops and personalized sessions for management and field teams to reinforce emotional regulation.

Estimated Quantitative Impact 250 Beneficiaries

Clinical Research

Scientific analysis and controlled studies examining the impact of implementing EmotionAid® tools among medical teams.

Barzilai Medical Center

Preliminary study among medical teams

Objective

Examining the implementation of EmotionAid® within a preliminary study to evaluate strengthening self-regulation and coping with stress and burnout among medical teams amidst the Swords of Iron war.

Activity

Hospital leadership participated in the initiative. The program included training in EmotionAid® tools and evaluating burnout, stress symptoms, bodily awareness, and the user experience of the tools.

Estimated Quantitative Impact 5,100 Beneficiaries

Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel

Controlled study among medical teams

Objective

A controlled study examining the application of EmotionAid® tools for coping with stress and burnout and enhancing bodily awareness across various teams at the medical center.

Activity

July 2025 - Present. The program operates across several departments, tailoring the process to specific team needs, time constraints, and workflow dynamics, aiming to evaluate broad implementation as part of caregiver support.

Estimated Quantitative Impact 5,700 Beneficiaries

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