Teachers from over 40 schools trained to help at-risk students

More than 40 schools across Barbados are participating in a week-long training programme designed to help teachers and counsellors better support students who are at risk or exposed to violence.

The initiative, being held at Pelican House in Bridgetown, is a collaboration between the Ministry of Educational Transformation and Jamaica’s Multicare Youth Foundation (MYF). It aims to equip educators with practical tools to manage behavioural challenges, reduce aggression, and promote emotional regulation among young people.

The training is being facilitated under the direction of MYF Executive Director Mitzian Turner who described the initiative as a “groundbreaking, monumental milestone” for the foundation and an important step toward building resilience among vulnerable Caribbean youth.