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.