1. Our Responsibility to Children Resilient Minds, Empowered Children
ORC – What , Why & How
Our Responsibility to Children
Resilient Minds, Empowered Children

2. Topic: ORC, What Why & How
Duration: minutes
Time allotted in the Core Team Training: 45 minutes.
Time allotted in the Teachers Training: 45 minutes.

3. Learning objectives To educate the participants regarding the
1. Vision & Mission
2. Origin
3.Background
4. Philosophy
5. Aims &Objectives
6. Problem – oriented solution focused approach &
7.Implementation strategy
8.Roles & responsibilities of the concerned functionaries Of ORC program.
9.To motivate participants to actively participate in the implementation
of the program.

4. Expected learning outcomes
The participants become aware about the Relevance, Vision, Mission and Aims &Objectives of ORC program
2. The participants understands the implementation arrangements
3. The participants become educated regarding their roles & responsibilities, with respect to the implementation of ORC
4. Participants takes up ownership and starts to actively contribute to the success of the program .

5. Contents Section

6. Vision : Resilient Minds, Empowered Children
Mission: Protection and Development of Children through Enhancing Life Skills, Nurturing Strengths, Addressing Vulnerabilities, and Promoting Mentoring and Good Parenting
Origin: Kozhikode city police in collaboration with civil society, in the year 2010

8. In 2010, Police arrested many teenagers (both boys and girls) involved in theft of motorbikes, gold, computers, mobiles and cash. A subsequent investigation revealed that:
Many young people were involved in crime-related activities, viz. theft, robbery and dealing in stolen goods and destruction of evidence.
Many teenagers were engaging in socially deviant behavior such as underage sexual activity, illicit use of drugs, etc.
Substance abuse among youngsters involves easily obtained items such as nail polish remover, petrol, etc.
Contraceptives were found in the schoolbags of girls in several city schools, indicating their involvement in sexual activity, either with peers or with adults.
Students were in the habit of using supposedly beauty-enhancing tablets, which were illegal and addictive drugs

9. Serious Concerns About Our Youngsters
Alcohol
consumption
Substance abuse
Alarming fitness levels
Unhealthy use of ICT
Sexting
Parents Nearby
FWB: Friends With Benefits
8: Oral Sex
Ignorance
Convenient/ junk food habits
Lust for material gains
Underage sex
Violent Acts

10. Alarming fitness levels
Ignorance
74 % (class viii students): Unaware of Constitution’s key components
50% of class viii students : Clueless about why oxygen is essential for life NCERT Survey
Alarming fitness levels
40% kids don’t have a healthy BMI or required endurance levels and this disturbing trend is on the rise – Edusports
Unemployable Educated Youth on the Raise
Poor knowledge, respect and & Compliance of the law of the land

11. Social deviance and juvenile delinquency
1. Widespread substance abuse and liberal consumption of alcohol
63.6 % of patients coming in for treatment were introduced to drugs at a young age below 15 years.13.1% of the people involved in drug and substance abuse in India, are below 20 years -Child Line
Average age of alcohol consumption in India has fallen by nearly nine years over the past decade, from 28 to 19, and this is predicted to fall to 15 in another 5-7 years NIMHANS

12. 2.Under Age Sex

13. 3. Increasing suicidal tendency among adolescents.
Suicide is the third leading cause of death among young adults worldwide
Suicide rate is highest in the years age group
(38 per 100,000 population) in India
(Indian Journal of Psychiatry)

14. 4. Major emotional, psychological and behavioural crisis
Up to 20% adolescents have one or more mental or behavioral problems – WHO
The prevalence of behavioral and emotional problems among 12 to 18 years school- going Indian adolescents was found to be 30.4%. - Australian medical journal

15. 5. Destructive use of ICT
India: largest mobile market
Warning signs that can serve to protect children in the
physical world are largely absent online
At-least 8% of 17-year-olds had sent a sexually
provocative image and 30 % received a nude or nearly
nude image. ---Unicef: Child Safety Online Global challenges and strategies

16. Punjab Acad Forensic Med Toxicol 2011; 11(1)
6. Indulging in violent criminal activities : Rape, Murder, Robbery etc
The top cause of adolescent male deaths : road traffic accidents at 14%, followed by violence and suicide.
Punjab Acad Forensic Med Toxicol 2011; 11(1)
Number of cases registered under various sections of IPC crimes against juveniles in have increased by 5.7 % over 201 3
– National Crime Record Beaurue

17. Who is at Fault?

18. What we are and what we become is not solely a function of birth and genetics, but rather shaped by family circumstances and personal experiences.
P=GE²

19. Due to lack of timely and constructive intervention from parents, teachers and society at large,
problems faced by our children are most of the times
unidentified, unreported and unattended.
Sometimes
Identified but not reported or attended
Identified and reported but wrongly attended

20. (Individual Care Plan by ORC District Team
Components of ORC
Strength & Problem Assessment through I Know my Student Card (IKMS Card)
Life Skills Education
Strengthening student forums/clubs
Parenting sessions
Universal support
for all children
Management of behavioral-emotional- learning – mental health – social issues
Mild Issues :Class room level by class teachers
Moderate issues – School level management by core team & SMART-40 activities
Professional help at district level through DCPU/ORC-District Resource Centers
(Individual Care Plan by ORC District Team

21. Institutional arrangements
Integral Component of Integrated Child Protection Scheme (ICPS) under Department of Social Justice
Partnering departments : Departments of Education, Health, Home, LSGD etc in collaboration with civil society
District level implementation arm: District Child Protection Units (DCPUs)
- District Child Protection Officer
- ORC Coordinator in charge
-ORC Project Assistant

22. ORC strategy plan for
Selection of School for the academic year : ORC DAGs
Formation of school level Core Team : School Heads, Nodal Teachers, School Counselor, School Health Nurse, PTA reps of all sections, Staff Secretary/Senior Assistant
Training of Trainers program
State Level ToT for forming District Level Trainers Pool.
Half day district level workshop cum ORC 2nd phase level: DCPU, DAG, ORC school level core team, district trainers, representatives from partnering departments, civil society representatives etc
2 day training for all teachers of the ORC schools

23. Strategy continued
3 day training for the core team members: School Nodal Teachers, School Counsellors & School Health Nurses
Identification of children facing, mild, moderate & severe behavioral – emotional – learning – familial/social issues with the help of ORC I Know My Student Card
Consolidation of I K M S card at class room level
Interventions by teachers at class room level for addressing mild issues
Consolidation of I K M S card at school level by core team
Individual therapy for children facing moderate issues : Core Team
SMART – 40
Severe Issues : Referral interventions by core team and ORC district team under DCPU by preparing Individual Care Plan
Mentoring
Parenting

24. Take home messages:
In today’s world, our children face complex behavioral-emotional-learning- mental health- familial/social issues
It is not their fault
Problems faced by our children are often not identified in a scientific and timely manner
Collective and capable responsibility by parents , teachers and society at large is the need of the hour
ORC is a problem oriented – solution focused partnership model

25. ORC trainer’s manual (Pages 5 to 9)
Referral Video/Audio/Texts/links for more information
ORC trainer’s manual (Pages 5 to 9)

26. “The world is as many times new as there are children in our lives”.
“The world is as many times new as there are children in our lives”.
Thank you!