With the aim of raising the awareness of young people about the thinking process that they need at this age, and introducing them to how to use the six thinking patterns to deal with life events, such as the use of neutral thinking when dealing with conflicts, creative thinking when creating new things, and emotional thinking to stimulate good communication.

The psychosocial support team conducted a session entitled (The Six Thinking Hats) at the Mosaic Community Center in Aleppo, in cooperation between the Syrian Society for Social Development and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

During the session, a variety of activities were applied for each type of thinking, such as competitions, theatrical performances, telling an imaginary story, and embodying a silent painting by young people.

The interaction was reported as very large within the session, as the adolescents expressed their thoughts, saying:

“I was glad that I got to know the patterns of thinking, and I want to start to pay attention to make a balance between neutral, critical and emotional thinking, because as I now think of my personality and how it must seem to others, I think I’m seen as biased and cruel.”

"I was having fun while I was getting to know the patterns of thinking. I always thought that I loved being creative, but it was the first time I learned how."

After the end of the session, the parents of the young people expressed the positive change they witnessed in their children, which motivated the rest of the parents to send their children to attend these sessions.