Association Olympio

“Sous emprise” (Under Their Spell)

A programme for the prevention of online radicalisation and manipulation, designed to be presented to teenage audiences in a school setting.

Structured debates allow participants to express themselves and reveal their fears, expectations and questions through role-playing games in which they play fictional characters: the manipulator who recruits, the victim in virtual contact with him, and finally a relative or friend voicing reason.

“À quoi bon ?” (What’s the Point?)

“The question of the meaning of school is at the heart of our society’s concerns. Many pupils and parents expect school, above all, to guarantee a job.

So when the link between education and employment is no longer self-evident, young people are very likely to experience school as a constraint — a place empty of meaning, a source of boredom and disappointed hopes, especially when academic failure leads to social exclusion.”

A programme about the meaning and purpose of school.

“À la vôtre ! Santé !” (Cheers! To Your Health!)

“Alcohol abuse slowly destroys the body and can also have dramatic consequences for others, particularly on the road; and for those around the drinker, because alcohol fuels aggression.

Reason must therefore prevail: alcohol consumption should be kept to a strict minimum — or avoided altogether.

This prevention work is essential in the face of a risk all the more important to master given how often we are invited to “raise a glass”, after exchanging a paradoxical “À la vôtre… Santé !” (“Cheers… to your health!”)

“Code de bonne conduite” (Code of Good Conduct)

Among the educational materials developed by Olympio, “Code de bonne conduite” is a tool particularly suited to secondary-school students and young adults.

The approach sparks reflection — through role-playing — on the typical behaviour of road users, showing to what extent, in the act of driving, one’s way of being in life and psychological state matter as much as — if not more than — knowledge of the highway code…

“Le fil du temps” (The Thread of Time)

The thread of time: the one linking our birth to our death. A gradual ageing.

First we resent our parents for treating us as babies for too long; then we endure the way adults look at teenagers; later we complain about companies that do not trust the young.

Ageism (discrimination and contempt based on age) starts early!

“Nous serons des cybercitoyens” (We Shall Be Cybercitizens)

Strengthening ethics, good manners and critical thinking on the “network of networks” — such is the ambition of this collective facilitation tool.

Because everything seems easy, effortless, free… to the Internet user. They live under the illusion of a world apart, when nothing could be further from the truth.

If we want the Net to be our tool — mastered, serving our needs, in a democratic spirit respectful of others — we must get down to work.

“Pitbull”

Bullying refers to physical or psychological violence perpetrated repeatedly, in a relationship of domination and humiliation, against a person who finds it increasingly difficult to escape it.

“Cyberbullying” — via the Internet — is a recent form of it.

Bullying is thus not simply aggression or conflict, since those do not necessarily involve repetition and a dominant-dominated relationship.

“Chute libre” (Free Fall)

The “tale” underlying the programme presents five young people who, after repeated absenteeism, exclusion for problematic behaviour, or voluntarily dropping out of school, have joined a re-engagement class (“Classe relais”).

The class signed them up for a paragliding course, during which the facilitator met and filmed them.

A programme for the prevention of school drop-out.

“Non, c’est non !” (No Means No!)

By saying “this is how it is, and not otherwise”, the adult sets the frame that will allow the young person to find their own path. Provided the “NO” is educational, motivated and understood; that the adult can explain the reason for the limit; that the “NO” is positive — accompanied by an alternative proposal; and finally, that the “NO” is legitimate.

“NON C’EST NON” allows parents and educators alike to analyse and compare their behaviour in familiar situations; as for the young, they come to see how a “NO” rightly spoken is a mark of respect and love.