Janette and Phyllis Kilbourn, Founder of Rainbows of Hope/Crisis Care Training (USA).
Crisis Care Training (USA) Manual: 'Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children' (written by Janette Pepall)
CCT's curriculum (www.crisiscaretraining.org), Offering Healing and Hope for Children in Crisis, is a flexible, multi-module curriculum for training caregivers working with children who have experienced trauma from crisis experiences such as physical, sexual or emotional abuse, abandonment and/or exploitation.
Written by experts in their field, the series of training modules provides practical and 'easy to read' lessons.
'Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children' consists of 14 lessons. It provides an overview of the situation of orphans and vulnerable children worldwide along with an understanding of how being orphaned or abandoned impacts their lives. Basic intervention strategies and successful alternative care programs will be explored.
The text is accompanied by a Visual Aids DVD, which contains slides for handouts, exercises and reflections.
Curriculum Description
Lesson 1: Understanding Children and Childhood.
Lesson 2: Who Are the Orphans and Vulnerable Children?
Lesson 3: Why Do Orphans and Vulnerable Children Need Care?
Lesson 4: The Needs and Rights of Orphans and Vulnerable Children.
Lesson 5: Trauma and Loss.
Lesson 6: Attachment Issues.
Lesson 7: The Stages of Grief.
Lesson 8: Models of Care: Foster Care.
Lesson 9: Models of Care: Adoption and Community Care.
Lesson 10: Models of Care: Small Homes and Institutions.
Lesson 11: Intervention Strategies: Setting the Scene.
Lesson 12: Intervention Strategies: Developing a Positive Self-Esteem.
Lesson 13: Transition to Independent Living.
Lesson 14: Care for Caregivers.
Modules can be ordered on www.crisiscaretraining.org/resources.html
Countries that have used 'Care for Orphans and Vulnerable Children' Module (training by Janette and others)
- Australia
- Cambodia
- Myanmar
- Poland
- Rwanda
- Thailand
- USA
- Zambia
The OVC module has been partly translated into Thai, Cambodian and Burmese. A Russion translation should be completed by mid 2012.
Please inform Janette if you are using the Module so this list remains up to date.
