By Tasneem Sara | Project Leader
MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELLING FOR ADOLESCENTS-ACTIVITY REPORT (APRIL TO JUNE 2018)
Work Area:
Bapunagar, Rakhiyal, Gomtipur, Saraspur and Ramolareas in East Ahmedabad, Gujarat
Objectives :
v To identify psychological problems prevailing among adolescents.
v To intervene with adolescents so that they develop better coping skills to lead a better quality of life.
v To provide psycho-education to parents where need arises.
v To train teachers of schools in Bapunagar in providing support to adolescents.
v To hold hands of teachers and monitor their performance.
Awareness Meetings
Awareness raising meetings with adolescents were held at the community and school level. These meetings primarily focused on their day-to-day issues that have to be faced by them effectively with more strength and courage. The counsellor made efforts to identify the problems of the adolescents by noting their shared responses during the awareness meetings.
36 awareness meetings were conducted at the community level covering 855 adolescents.
NB: In view of the summer vacation, awareness meetings were not held at the school level.
Number of cases handled
Once all cases approached the centre and intervened by the counsellor, a total of 8 cases were followed closely. The adolescents who approached the centre were provided with both counselling and medical help. Detailed assessment, intervention and follow up sessions within the community were held at the centre as per the requirement.
SUMMARIZATION OF THE CASES
To summarize, of the total of 10 cases, 8 cases fall under counselling category, while 2 cases fall under psychiatric category. They all are taking medical and counselling help. None of the cases fall under advice category which needed any kind of other investigations. All the cases that fall under the counselling category faced emotional/ behavioural/ personal problems.
Adolescents at the secondary stage (age group ranging from 16-22 years) seem to face more problems. Majority of them are school dropouts.
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