SEMPI teaches community members the steps to take if someone is not OK in that very moment. The ‘SSCM’ teaches adult community members how to easily move into deeper, more empathetic conversations, enabling everyone to feel heard & understood, through the acronym known as SEMPI. Each letter within the acronym SEMPI covers all aspects of daily mental and physical health in an easy to use system.
It is suggested that the question ‘HOW IS YOUR SEMPI?’ is offered as an alternative question to ‘Are You O.K?’
SEMPI can be taught in under 20 minutes. Members may experience the development of closer communal bonds, reduced loneliness and depression, heightened feelings of inclusion, and higher values of self-worth. This may have a positive impact on community member’s levels of empathy and happiness. It may also influence communal policing budgets, resources allocated to health care programs, and professional community workers burn out rates. Money saved can be used to improve communities health and wellbeing overall.
The 'SSCM' is created to be an aid for the community (not a replacement for professional help). There is a HUGE gap in the area of self-care in the community due to escalating living costs and cuts to social services. This model is created with this in mind, to assist the community to work with their difficulties together, and be able to identify them early, so that their problems don't escalate to higher unmanageable levels, and community money can be better spent.
It is very clear, that mental and physical illness has become more prevalent in today’s society, and community resources are now at breaking point. Every day, there are extreme levels of loneliness, low self-esteem and loss of hope. There is class division, segregation, judgmental behavior, inequality, stigma, and discrimination. The ‘SSCM’ has been designed as a preventative measure, so that we as a society, can start to empower our community members to have deeper levels of conversation, so that more of us do not become mentally or emotionally unwell, and we can combat the stigma head on from a strong standpoint.
Imagine if people could learn to speak freely and honestly with a strong voice, about why they feel the way they do and what their individual needs are, while also believing that they will be heard when they do this.
The SEMPI Social Communication Model has been released as of 22.2.2018 and available for viewing at www.sempi.net or
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sempi+social+communication+model
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