COUNSELING REPORT
A Synopsis of diversity & Types of cases of children in difficult situation, handled by Sathi
Prepared by
Dr. Rajan R Patil
For
S A T H I
Society for Assistance to Children in Difficult Situation
Bangalore
INTRODUCTION
The counseling report is an attempt to showcase 25 cases ( 15 cases from Sathi Shelter and 10 cases from CWC referred by Sathi) with their detailed analysis to give the feel of the variety and types of cases of children in difficult situation handled by Sathi Bangalore.
The Report has been divided in Three parts
Part-1.
This part consists of 15 cases counseled at the Sathi Shelter. In each of these cases, testimonials from the children were elicited for their reasons on running away from home, & the issues that are concerning them at home. After providing the due counseling to the child and depending on the overall assessment of child situation, a decision was made either to summon their parent or refer to the CWC or enroll them for the Sathi camp.
If the decision was made to Home place the child, an attempt was made to summon the parents and take their feed back on the child. Due counseling was provided to the parents before handing over the child to them, with a mutually agreed rehabilitation plan for child.
A psycho-social analysis of each of the 15 cases handled at the shelter was carried out. In this analysis, various factors related to the child are identified namely-the main problem of the child; Stressors faced by the child; Coping and defense mechanism employed by the child; emotional problem suffered by the child; type of counseling techniques applied for the child and mutually acceptable rehabilitation plan worked out for the child.
The 10 cases referred by sathi to CWC were analyzed to find out the reasons that could generally be responsible for failure of home placement in children. Issues that affect retention of children at home and their reasons