01Self-awareness
Mindfulness and Self-Awareness
We help people deepen self-understanding, self-acceptance, emotional intelligence, resilience, and empathy so they can lead more conscious and fulfilling lives.
A space tolearn together.
Discere Vivere is a Slovak non-profit helping young people and the adults around them build self-awareness, resilience, empathy, and the practical skills for a fulfilling life.
Our work reaches children, young people, educators, helping professionals, and parents across the Košice Region, combining experiential learning with psychology and social-work expertise.
Self-awareness, life skills, prevention, and stronger support.
We create practical learning environments that support mental wellbeing, personal growth, healthier relationships, and active participation in community life.
02Life skills
Essential Life Skills
Our programmes develop financial literacy, critical thinking, personal-development strategies, self-management, teamwork, goal setting, and confidence.
03Prevention
Prevention of Harmful Social Behaviours
Through direct and peer-led work, we address bullying, substance abuse, behavioural disorders, and related challenges before they take deeper root.
04Capacity
Professional and Parental Skills
We train educators, psychologists, social workers, and parents and develop practical publications and resources that strengthen their support for young people.
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Active collaborations
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Young learners engaged in 2023
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Professionals and parents engaged in 2023
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Partner secondary schools
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Core team, junior trainers, and youth leaders
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Erasmus+ KA2 initiatives
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Books and academic titles
The people behind the work.
Psychology, social work, education, facilitation, and international project expertise brought together around young people's wellbeing and development.
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Director, Expert and LecturerPhDr. Dana Rosová, Ph.D.
Dana is an expert in social work, emotional intelligence, communication training, behavioural disorders, career counselling, and the prevention of harmful social phenomena. Her career spans group work and counselling with children, young people, families, and at-risk communities. A former university teacher, she develops educational programmes, lectures internationally, and writes monographs, university textbooks, scientific studies, and books for young readers.
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Social WorkerEma Halászová
Ema is a social worker and the organisation's designated contact person, supporting Discere Vivere's work with young people, families, schools, and community partners.
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Project Manager, Trainer and FacilitatorMaria Larisa Giangkambozidou
Maria is an educator, trainer, facilitator, and project manager with experience in Erasmus+ cooperation, youth work, adult education, and cross-cultural dialogue. She designs learning programmes and educational materials, manages international partnerships, and facilitates work on soft skills, active citizenship, mentoring, mental health, sustainability, mindfulness, and social entrepreneurship.
European projects that turn ideas into tools.
Erasmus+ cooperation on literacy, confidence, creative storytelling, attention, memory, and practical support for educators and youth workers.
Reading for a Better YouTH
An Erasmus+ initiative that cultivates a reading mindset among young people through the connected practices of reading and writing.
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Overcoming Fear of Failure Through Comic Design and Digital Storytelling
An Erasmus+ initiative using comic design and digital storytelling to strengthen self-reliance and confidence among young people.
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mNEMOpower GO!
An Erasmus+ school-education project developing methods that strengthen attention, working memory, and thinking skills in primary-school learners.
ReadLearning that happens through experience.
Workshops and regular training sessions where young people practise self-awareness, teamwork, goal setting, confidence, and active participation.
Educational Workshops and Seminars
Experiential workshops that help young people deepen self-awareness, understand themselves, and apply learning in everyday life.
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Personal Development Training
Regular training with secondary schools focused on personal growth, goal setting, teamwork, self-worth, and belonging.
ReadOur mission, methods, and experience.
A closer look at the values, target groups, educational approach, and organisational foundations behind Discere Vivere's work.
Books and resources by Dana Rosová.
Monographs, university textbooks, and books for young readers, with purchase information to be added as it becomes available.
MonographMonographUniversity TextbookUniversity Textbook
Preventive Program for Students with Behavioral Disorders: Experience from the Program Implementation
Prevention in School Facilities: Examples of Good Practice
Selected Chapters from Prevention in Social Work
Strategy for Dealing with Bullying in Schools: Prevention Options
Moments from the field.
Workshops, training weeks, and community sessions captured across Slovakia and our European partner programmes.
Let's start a conversation.
Get in touch about workshops, school cooperation, professional training, publications, or European project partnerships.