Role play (scenarios):
One member acts as the parent and another member acts as the child.
SCENARIO
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Your child refuses to eat. What do you do?
You child tells you that he does not want to go to school, because there is another child who beats him. What do you say to
your child?
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Your child steals sweets from the shop. How will you handle this situation?
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Your child stays out late and doesn't let you know where he or she is. How will you address this?
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Your child doesn't want to do his or her homework? What will you tell him or her?
10 MINUTE BREAK
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Have a discussion on how to: "Identify and deal with problems".
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Let the group discuss possible problems that children might experience in their lives.
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Ask the group how they deal with these problems and how they help their children to deal with these problems.
APPLICATION IN PRACTICE
The facilitator needs to discuss and link the following session to today's session. Ask the group to think of ideas on taking care of and
communicating with their children, and ask them to prepare questions on this topic.
CLOSURE
After the feedback, the facilitator needs to thank the members for their active participation and then reflect on the themes that came
out, and then add the information that was left out.
The facilitator needs to discuss and link the following session to today. Ask the group to think of ideas on how to identify their children's
feelings, how to communicate better with the child and what it means to love and nurture a child. Discuss the way forward and
preparation for next session. Next week's session addresses parenting and how to identify a child's emotions. Discuss the children's
group session. In this session the children looked at effective communication skills.
CHILDREN'S HOMEWORK
The homework assignment this week is for the children to make a new friend, using the skills he or she learnt during the session. This
could be a very daunting challenge for some children, therefore please discuss the assignment with your child and give him or her
the necessary encouragement.
If your child does not succeed in this task, don't force him or her to do it. Remind your child that this is only an exercise to practise
their social skills and that they have a whole lifetime ahead of them to befriend other people.
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