2 Remind participants that many of the signs of a child’s distress may not be immediately obvious
during a home visit to OVC. For example, behaviours that indicate emotional stress may need
to be viewed over time. One way to get information is to ask questions of caregivers or siblings
about the OVC.
3 With the group, go through the indicators of possible problems from the two handouts.
Then hand out sheets of blank paper and ask participants to write up their own checklist of
questions to ask when making home visits, based on the indicators. The questions they ask
caregivers or siblings of a vulnerable child (or the children themselves, if they are old enough)
will help to determine how well the child is coping and developing. These will help them
to assess the children in their own CCC.
Some examples of questions, based on information in this topic, could be:
Does this child have friends that he or she plays with?
Does this child sleep well at night?
Is this child often sad and depressed?
Does the child bully other children and act aggressively?4 Get the group to share their ideas. You could write them up on
the flipchart, and participants can add questions to their own lists.
They will put these into their home visitor’s handbooks and refer
to them when preparing to make home visits.
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