Five children in the fifth year of school No. 152 cut their arms, said to The ObserverCarina Sagrera, deputy coordinator of the Enjoyable Schools program.
In the same school in Cerro, in the month of May, children in another group had also self-harmed. Although it is a behavior that could have an element of “contagion”, according to Sagrera, the children’s injuries are not related to any video game, as had happened in September in Barros Blancos.
“The equipment is installed in the school, joint work is also being done from the Inspection and the Departmental Inspection and of course will work with the group, the teachers and with those families interested in approachingSegura said.
The coordinator of Enjoyable Schools said that In most cases, which were reported by Underlined (channel 10), the children self-harmed for “personal” or “emotional” reasons outside of school and the teacher noticed the injuries.
In May in the same school, but in another groupa group of schoolchildren also self-harmed. Therefore, the Enjoyable Schools program —created in 2008— I had already intervened in that center.
“There had been some specific situations that were dealt with individually. It was treated from the self-aggression, from the emotional, from the family, as to reverse this situation”, Sagrera explained
The Primary program —which intervenes with psychologists and social workers before cases such as that of school No. 152— he had also worked in a school in Barros Blancos. In September, seven children injured themselves with pencil sharpener blades, motivated by the game Poppy Playtime and its character, a monster named Huggy Wuggy. Two of the children were even transferred to hospitals where they recovered hours later.
