Every Child Deserves a Chance
Virtue
We are striving to prepare and teach
our children to discipline themselves by obedience to the right
principles.
Virtue
We are striving to prepare and teach
our children to discipline themselves by obedience to the right
principles.
A Developmental Approach: Why this approach?
In all countries and regions, boys and girls in all stages of development are orphaned or become vulnerable as a result of HIV/AIDS. When responding to the impacts of HIV/AIDS, KHI is aware of the developmental risks of each age group and tailor responses to minimize them.
Children respond very differently to their experiences at different ages, depending on their level of physical, cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial development. A young person stage of development will be a factor in determining the kinds of support and protection he or she needs to enhance the prospect of a healthy and productive future.
A) Infancy and early childhood
Tasks: Critical period for establishing survival, growth trajectory, and development of brain function; child establishes a sense of trust and belonging; language acquisition; curiosity and interest in experimentation; developing understanding of cause and effect; readiness to learn in a group setting.
Risks: Illness and death; stunting; lack of attachment; lack of curiosity and interest; emotional withdrawal or instability; fearfulness; reduced learning ability.
Program priorities: Ensuring good infant and young child feeding, health care, and growth monitoring and promotion; preserving sibling relationships (particularly when a sibling has been a primary caregiver); supporting consistent and loving caregiving; developing community child daycare and earlylearning options when needed
B) Middle childhood
Middle childhood tasks: Continued physical growth; developing understanding of rules and responsibility; developing healthy peer relations and family identity; developing skills for numeracy and literacy; increasing ability to express feelings; improving problem-solving skills.
Risks: Inappropriate demanding of attention; withdrawal; destructive and cruel behavior to self or others; lack of sense of morality and rules; difficulty learning.
Program priorities: Ensuring access to school; ensuring adequate nutrition; providing opportunities to participate in community life; supporting family connections and identity; providing opportunities to learn traditional skills and cultural behavior and practices; enabling siblings to remain together; providing opportunities to play with and participate in structured activities with age mates; increasing relationships with caring adults; providing information on death and HIV/AIDS.
C) Adolences
Tasks: Physical and sexual maturation; understanding of relationships (negotiation, resisting pressure, intimacy, sense of responsibility for others); navigating risk behaviors; developing image of independent self; exploring livelihood opportunities; improved problem solving; understanding of consequences of actions; identity development; cultural learning.
Risks: Lack of capacity for intimacy and responsibility to others; poor peer relations; lack of problem-solving skills; failure to recognize adults who may assist in problem solving; risky behaviors; emotions of anger, resentment, hopelessness, depression; social and cultural marginalization.
Program priorities: Ensuring ongoing access to school or skills training; providing opportunities to connect with adults and observe and learn about adult roles; providing access to youth friendly health services, including HIV prevention; protecting against abusive labor and sexual exploitation; ensuring adequate nutrition; providing opportunities to develop and maintain close peer relationships; providing adult support in decision-making.
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At Kids Home International we believe that quality child care promotes the developmental well-being of children and therefore we have set standards that are important to better cognitive and social development. Our staff provides positive caregiving that includes:
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