Voices of Children Presents Its Psychological Rehabilitation Program for Children at the EPPC 2025 International Conference in Málaga

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The Voices of Children Foundation participated in EPPC 2025—a leading International Conference on Pediatric Psychology—held on October 9–11, 2025, in Málaga, Spain. The event brought together world-renowned researchers and practitioners who shared the latest studies and innovative approaches in the field of child psychology.

This was the second time Ukrainian specialists participated in the conference. Representatives of the Voices of Children Foundation—Ruslana Moroz, PhD in Psychology and Foundation expert, and Nataliia Masiak, child psychiatrist and CEO of the Foundation—presented the results of their study on the effectiveness of the rehabilitation program Camp+. The program focuses on helping children and caregivers process deeply traumatic experiences such as war, captivity, torture, violence, or the death of a loved one, and on fostering psychological recovery.

This three-week program, which is designed to work across all levels—body, emotions, and thoughts—proved highly effective in reducing post-traumatic symptoms in both children and adults. This is confirmed by assessment scale results collected before and after the program, as well as by feedback from Camp+ participants,

said Ruslana Moroz, the program’s designer.

According to Nataliia Masiak, the program has been running since 2022, and more than 600 children and adults have already received support. This sample size supports reliable conclusions about the program’s effectiveness.

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The presentation by the Ukrainian team sparked great interest and an animated discussion among conference participants. On the final day of the event, a meeting was held with colleagues from the European Paediatric Psychology Network (EPPN), during which the parties agreed to establish an EPPN chapter in Ukraine.

This will be an important step toward integrating Ukrainian psychologists into the European professional community. It will foster knowledge exchange, joint research, and the development of practices that support children who have lived through the traumatic experiences of the war,

noted Nataliia Kovtoniuk, researcher at the Voices of Children Foundation.

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