Socio-therapeutic methods used in school’s common-room

The function of school’s common rooms (“Świetlica” – an after-school care facility in Polish schools) is no longer limited to the caring and educational functions. School common rooms undertake preventive and therapeutic programs more often than before. The following article presents socio-therapeutic methods used by the author in the professional practice of a common room teacher in order to correct and eliminate unwanted behaviour in students, to create a friendly atmosphere in the students’ group, and to help them alleviate emotional tension. The article is based on author’s knowledge and experience acquired in a role of a common room pedagogue. The aim of the article is to indicate the possibility of using socio-therapeutic methods in the school common room to improve the educational effort of the school.