COVER HINDI - Ministry of Women and Child Development

intervention with children and their families in different
settings. The course has been designed to enable the learner
to assess and plan preventive, promotive and therapeutic
need based and milieu specific mental health programmes
in schools and communities with Children and
Adolescents.
8.25 The first batch of the course was successfully
completed in August, 2006 graduating thirteen students.
A review workshop was held in May, 2006 with an
objective to review the structure and content of the course
to strengthen the transaction of the course. Based on the
recommendations of the workshop the course was made
more student-friendly.
8.26 The second batch of Advanced Diploma in Child
Guidance and Counselling commenced in August, 2006.
Eighteen students from the background of Psychology,
Social Work, and Child Development have been enrolled
after rigorous process of selection comprising entrance
examination and personal interview. The course is being
transacted with emphasis on ‘Development of Self’ and
‘Acquisition of Skills’ through experiential and action
learning.
Extension of Counselling Services for
Trafficked Children
8.27 Trafficking of children for exploitation is increasing
at an alarming rate. Rehabilitation of child victims is a
challenging process encompassing many facets including
overcoming trauma and reintegrating into the society.
8.28 Recognizing the need, at the instance of Ministry of
Women and Child Development, NIPCCD with financial
support of UNICEF has developed a training module and
facilitator’s guide to address long felt need of providing
comprehensive counselling services to child survivors of
trafficking in the country. This year the module was
finalized after three stage pre testing incorporating
feedback evaluation emerged at each stage of pre testing.
The outcome is a user friendly, skill and activity based
training module that would enable organizations to plan
systematic training for personnel to undertake counselling
interventions with trafficked children.
8.29 During the year the Institute has been organizing
training programmes at its Headquarters and Regional
Centres to build capacities of personnel already working
in the field of anti-trafficking. Till December 2006, three
courses were organised at Headquarters and its Regional
Centres.
Child Guidance Centre (CGC)
8.30 The Institute is running Child Guidance Centres
(CGCs) at its Headquarters and Regional Centres located
at Bangalore, Guwahati and Lucknow. These Centres
provide diagnostic, therapeutic and referral services to
children upto 14 years of age with developmental, learning
and behavioural problems including childhood disabilities.
Each Centre extends the services through a
multidisciplinary team comprising social worker,
psychiatrist, child development worker, special educator,
clinical psychologist and speech therapist.
8.31 During the year (April – December 2006), around
122 new cases were registered for assessment, counselling
and therapeutic interventions at the Headquarters and
Regional Centres. The dominant problems that were
diagnosed were: Learning Disability; Attention Deficit
Hyperactive Disorders, Childhood Autism and Asperger’s
Syndrome, Minimal Brain Damage, Developmental
Delays, Mental Retardation, Borderline Intelligence,
Speech and Language problems.
Adolescent Guidance Service Centre (AGSC)
8.32 In order to give impetus to the hitherto neglected
areas of planning for mental health of adolescents, the
Institute during the year 2003-04 started an Adolescent
Guidance Service Centre at its Headquarters with the
specific objective of reaching out to adolescents with
counselling and psycho-social interventions through a
comprehensive adolescent guidance programme.
8.33 During the year, the Adolescent Guidance Service
Centre continued to make progress to address the needs
of Adolescents in the age group of 10-19 years of age. On
one hand, the team of professionals ventured out to the
nearby schools to conduct need assessment study through
focused group discussion with the adolescents and on the
other hand the adolescents themselves reported on their
psychosocial competence and problems on the Youth Self
Report Inventory. During the current year, the AGSC is
using Total Quality Management (TQM) Exercise with
all the stakeholders to plan the school mental health
programme in the neighbouring government school.
Training under ICDS Scheme
8.34 NIPCCD is the apex Institute for training of
functionaries of Integrated Child Development Services
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