Orphans and Vulnerable Children - CRIN

4 Review of the Home Visitor’s Handbook

In this activity, you will:

 Review the home visitor’s handbooks with participants

Facilitator’s notes:

You have now finished your first module of the home visitor training.

At this point it is a good idea to review the home visitor’s handbooks

with the participants to ensure that each participant has compiled all

the necessary pages. The home visitor’s handbook should now include

the following reference pages from the five topics discussed in this

module:

Activity 5

Home Visitor’s Handbook – Module One

Topic 1: Basic Information on HIV/AIDS

• What are HIV and AIDS?


• How is HIV Transmitted?


• Ways of Preventing HIV Infection


• Referral Information (participants’ own worksheet)

Topic 2: The Impact of HIV/AIDS

• Defining Psychologicaland Socio-economic


• The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Children, Families and Communities

Topic 3: National Frameworks for Supporting OVC

• Government Strategies on Children’s Rights


• Stakeholders’ Roles in the Support of OVC


• The Seven Components of OVC Support


• Elements of OVC Support (participants’ own checklist of questions)

Topic 4: Children’s Rights and how they apply to the Support of OVC

• The Meaning of Children’s Rights


• Categories of Children’s Rights


• The Abuse of Children


• Sexual Abuse of Children (three handouts)

Topic 5: The Implications of Gender-based Roles for OVC

• Gender Roles of Boys and Girls (two handouts)


• Actions to Support Girl OVC during Home Visits (participants’ own
  worksheet)

(^146) Unit 2, Module 1 Guide to Mobilising and Strengthening Community-Led Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children