PERSONALITY ENRICHMENT & COUNSELING
SERVICES FOR PSYCHOSOCIAL
REHABILITATION OF CHILD BEGGARS Empowering Skills for Effective Life Coaching
Backgrounder/ Vision
India has the largest population of young people in the world. India – youth &
adolescents constitute 45% of nearly 1200 million population. This young generation
India constitutes a precious resource characterized by growth & development and is
often a phase of vulnerability often influenced by several intrinsic and extrinsic factors
that affect their emotions and personality.
10-12 % of < 18 yrs suffer from disorders in behavior, learning and development.
ICMR - Mental & Behavioural Disorders in children – 12.8%
WHO – Serious Emotional Disturbances in young people – 15%
The early 21st century children bring a set of experiences, physical &
psychological challenges that may predispose them to dysfunctional states. It is
not unusual for a counseling center to come across children with anxiety, mood
disturbances, impulse control, personality issues, substance abuse related disorders
and other severe emotional disturbances.
Therefore, Adolescents & Youth Enrichment, Personality Development, Stress
Management, Motivational Enhancement, Family Life Education, Happiness &
Wellbeing Awareness Campaigns and Seminars are proposed as integral part of
Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Child Beggars. Intervention through structured
programs such as visits to flyovers and Mental Health Workshops on Personality
Enrichment shall be the central points for programming, dissemination and
counseling service.
Brief Glimpses and Efforts Of
Psychosocial Rehabilitation of Child Beggars
Children who become victim of the vicious cycle of role reversal are frequently
exposed to abuse because they have no social status and no adults to protect
them. Street children identify being physically threatened and intimidated by
adults as the one factor that contributes most to the misery of living on the
streets. While the majority of street children in India, have been found to use
maladaptive coping mechanisms to deal with the stress of their lives such as
drinking alcohol, using drugs, anti social and criminal behaviour, the cause for
this behaviour is frustration concerning living on the street or conflicts in their
family which caused them to leave home.
They indulge in habits such as substance misuse, and anti social and
criminal behaviour. Therefore, being Empathetic and Counseling for their
Mental Health Well-being is a crucial step towards their holistic development.
DAY-1 : (Moolchand Flyover)
Date: 2nd March 2017
Time: 10:30am-12:00pm
At the Moolchand Flyover, the Clinical
Psychologist Ms. Aprajita Dixit along with the
team of Counselors had an interaction with 10
children where rapport building was the prime
focus.
An Orientation Workshop took place with 8
children (age group: 7-15 year old) about their
lifestyle and wellbeing at the Mobile Mental
Health Education & Child Rights Van. Out of
them, one child shared her distress about the
family and will be taken into for counseling at
the Institute of Child Mental Health and
Wellbeing, Moolchand Medcity.
A Signature Campaign for Awareness at
Traffic Signals of Moolchand Flyover signed
and supported the initiative. For further follow
ups: Health, Screening and Counseling Support being planned for the
integration of children into the Local Education Institutions.
DAY-II (IIT FLYOVER)
Date: 3rd March 2017 Time: 10:00am -12:00pm
At the IIT Flyover, Clinical Psychologist Ms. Aprajita Dixit along with team of
Counselors had an Orientation Workshop with about 20 children (age group : 6-
18 years).
The Interaction focused on their Psychosocial Wellbeing at Mental Health
Education & Child Rights Van where 2 children were identified with speech
difficulty and few students with low cognitive ability.
A Continuous Campaign for Awareness & Sensitization at the Traffic Signals
took the pace with great enthusiasm. Further follow ups: Children who are
identified so far will be called to the Institute of Child Mental Health and
Wellbeing, Moolchand Healthcare for their assessment and counseling.
DAY-III (Munirka Flyover)
Date: 15 March 2017 Time: 11:30am-1:30pm
As per the schedule of Counseling
sessions for child beggars, Clinical
Psychologist Ms Aprajita Dixit along
with team of Counselors had an
Orientation Workshop for about 55
children (age group: 7 -17 years) at the
Mental Health Education and Child
Rights Van for their Psychosocial
Wellbeing.
Observations: During the orientation,
15 children were observed taking
Tobacco and were subsequently
trained about “Substance Use and its Effects”.
Amongst them, there were few students who are keen for regular school education.
They were trained to motivate their fellow peers and siblings for the same.
A Continuous Campaign for Awareness & Sensitization at the Traffic Signals took the
pace with great enthusiasm. Hygiene is the basic need and necessity which is missing
alarmingly in their lives. A Health Check-Up Campaign is the need of an hour which
has not happened for past 3 months and we look forward for the same as soon as
possible. Along with Heath check up, regular counseling for de-addiction will be our
next target.
Apart from the field visits, a 15 year old girl from Moolchand flyover was brought for
counseling at the Moolchand Medcity on 8 March 2017. She discussed about her
stressors and the Psychologist provided a Comprehensive Solution Focused Approach to
her in the presence of Educator Ms. Preeti.
As per the action plan, an orientation workshop was held for all Stakeholders
including NSS & IGNOU students at Ramanujan College on ‘Effective
Communication Skills with Children” for 2 hours.
THE TOTAL WORK DONE FOR THE PSYCHOSOCIAL
REHABILITATION FOR CHILD BEGGARS
(Feb – June 2017)
THERAPEUTIC COUNSELING CASES
S.no Name/Age Age CWC
Referred Date
Identification of
Problematic Behavior
1 POOJA 13 years CWC,
Kalkaji 1
st March
Behavioural and conduct
issues
2 NAMKEEN 17 years Chetna
NGO 8
th March
Family issues, lack of
self esteem
3 SHYAM 7 years Butterfly
NGO 9
th March
Behavioural issues,
Bullying behaviour,
Parental distress
4 KASIM 14 years Bal Sahyog 16th
March Run away behavior,
Selective Mutism
5 ANTHONY 14 Years Bal Sahyog 16th
March Profound Hearing issue,
low self esteem
6 KASIM 14 Years Bal Sahyog 20th
March Several threats at home
and Low confidence
7 ANTHONY 14 Years Bal Sahyog 20th
March Profound Hearing issue,
low self esteem
VISIT/PLACE DATE
MOOLCHAND FLYOVER 2nd
March
IIT FLYOVER 3rd
March
MUNIRKA 15th
March
IIT FLYOVER 26th
May
MOLCHAND 26th
May
MUNIRKA 26th
May
MENTAL HEALTH WORKSHOP
AT RAMANUJAN COLLEGE -
Effective Communication Skills With Children Held on 16th Feb 2017
8 NANDANI 17 years Prayas 25th
March Abused, Run away
behavior
9 SADDAM /12 years Don Bosco
Shelter 2
nd April
Habitual runner,
behavioural issues,
Abused
10 NANDANI 17 years Prayas 2nd
April Child Abuse
11 MANISHA 8 years CWC,
Kalkaji 30
th April Child Abuse
12 CHIRAG 8 years CWC,
Kalkaji 1
st May
Run away behavior,
Constant Lying &
Substance Use
13 MUNNI 10 years Khushi 24th
May Anger Issues, Domestic
Violence
14 CHIRAG 8 years CWC,
Kalkaji 24
th May
Run away behavior,
Constant Lying &
Substance Use
15 AJAY 6 years Samarpan 27th
June Behavioral Issues, Poor
Toilet Training
16 CHIRAG 8 years CWC,
Kalkaji 30
th June
Run away behavior,
Constant Lying &
Substance Use
The timing for each session was minimum 45 minutes which
varied according to the severity and therapeutic needs of
guidance and counseling.
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