NERDC Early Childhood Protection Issues Curriculum Ages 0 – 5 Years. Birth Registration,, Child Responsibilities. Schemeofwork.com
Protection Issues Curriculum (0 – 3 Years)
Week 1
Topic: Birth Registration
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
1. Ensure that every child is given a name
2. Ensure that the child is registered at birth
3. Ensure that issued birth certificate is properly kept.
Performance Objectives – Child: Should be able to: By 24 months
1. Tell his/her name.
2. Identify his/her family name
3. Say his/her fathers/ mothers Names
Content:
Child Rights e.g. rights to a name, right to birth registration and right to National identity
Importance of Birth registration
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
Register the child at birth or at any other time
Obtain the Birth Certificate of the child and keep safe
Discuss the advantages of birth registration
Discuss the disadvantages of not registering a child
Assist in birth registration of children in especially difficult circumstances (CEDC)
Activities – Child:
1. Answer to his/her name
2. Tell his/her family name
Caring/Learning Materials:
. Posters/charts/books on birth registration
. Books/Posters on rights of child.
Evaluation Guide:
Child
- Knowledge of names
- knowledge of father’s mother’s name
Parent/Caregiver
1. Knowledge of the right the child to a name family and nationality
2. Knowledge of birth registration
3. Registration of children and collection of birth certificates.
Week 2
Topic: Child Abuse
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
- identify practices that violates the right of the child
- list various forms of child abuse
- discourage practices that lead to child abuse
- encourage child to interact freely with the physically challenged orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC)
Performance Objectives – Child: Should be able to;
1. Interact freely with other children
2. Report incidents of abuse to peers and older people.
Content:
- Rights of the child
2. Child abuse practices e.g. child trafficking, child labor, harmful traditional practices,
3. Forms of child abuse
. Child labor
. Begging
. Hawking
. Sexual exploitation
. Emotional abuse
. Battering
. Neglect
. Starving (In terms of care, good nutrition and medical attention)
4. Harmful effects of stigmatization e.g. Corporal punishment e.g. beating/battering, severe sparking with the palms E.g. ear slaps, knock on the heads etc., fowl abusive languages e.g. cursing
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
- Prevent child abuse practices
- Take appropriate action when abuse occurs
- Discourage stigmatization and discrimination
Activities – Child:
- Interact freely with other children
- Report incident of child abuse
Caring/Learning Materials:
Posters/Charts on child abuse
Newspaper cutting on child abuse
Evaluation Guide:
Child
- Free interaction
- Incident of abuse reported
Parents/Caregivers
1. Knowledge of rights of child
2. Knowledge of practices that constitute child abuse
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Week 3
Topic: Child Right/ Responsibilities
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
- identify the rights of the child to
. Survival
. Development
. Protection
. Participation
- State the effects of denial of parental care, love affection, proper upbringing and protection on the child.
Performance Objectives – Child: Should be able to: By 24 months listen to and obey
Parents/Caregivers and others in the Community.
Content:
- Child Rights to:
- survival
- development d c. protection
D. participation
- Harmful practices affecting children e.g. tribal marks, food tab female genital cutting
- Parental care and responsibilities
- Effects of denial of parental care to child
Responsibilities of the child.
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
- Create awareness on child rights by sensitizing parents and other community members
- Observe child rights in child. Management (e.g. Adequate meals)
- give quality meal to
Children.
Activities – Child:
- Listen to and obey simple instruction by Parents and caregivers
- Participate in events
Express his/her choice in any Situation.
Caring/Learning Materials:
. Posters/charts/books on
Rights of the child and violation of these rights
. CEDAW document
Evaluation Guide:
Child
. Simple instructions obeyed
. Free interaction with others
. Free expression of opinions
Parent/Caregiver
1. Knowledge of child rights and CEDAW
2. Child rights understand
3. Harmful practices eliminated
4. Clean, safe and child friendly environment Maintained.
Week 2
Topic: 4. Harmful Traditional Practices (HTP)
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
1. Identify harmful traditional practices
2. Advocate for eradication of all forms of harmful practice
3. Mention alternative healthy practices.
Performance Objectives – Child: Should be able to: l By 36 months.
Beware of harmful f Practices.
Content:
Harmful Traditional Practices e.g.
. Female genital cutting
. Tribal marks
. Tattooing
. Non-feeding of color to babies
. Forced feeding
. Early and forced mar etc.
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
Show examples of harmful traditional practices to child.
Activities – Child:
By 36 months give example of harmful traditional Practices.
Caring/Learning Materials:
Charts/posters on harmful traditional Practices.
Evaluation Guide:
Child
Examples of HTP mentioned
Parents/Caregiver
1. Knowledge of harmful traditional practices
2. Knowledge of harmful traditional practices Shared.
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Week 5
Topic: Care of children with Special Needs
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
- define and identify special needs
- Identify ways of managing child with special needs
- protect and support child requiring special attention
- Encourage Interaction with special need child.
- Discourage discrimination and stigmatization.
Performance Objectives – Child: Should be able to:
- Interact with other children
- Support children with special needs.
Content:
- Rights of the child
. Survival
. Development
. Protection
. Participation
- Needs of special children
- Care and support for children with special need Including OVC.
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
1. Encourage the child to use available facilities in the environment
2. Encourage child to child- child interaction
3. Support child to cope with challenging tasks and situations
4. Encourage participation in group activities
5. Obtain and display, poster’s pictures, and charts on the rights of the child
6. Discuss the effects of denial of care, love and affection.
7. Discourage any form of stigmatization and discrimination.
Activities – Child:
- Take part in group work.
- Use available facilities
- Mix freely.
Caring/Learning Materials:
Posters/Charts/Pictures, on
. Rights of the child
. Child with special needs
Evaluation Guide:
Child
- Free interaction with other children
- Cooperative attitude Exhibited.
Parents/Caregiver
- Knowledge of care and support for special needs Children.
- Improve management of special needs Children.
Protection Issues Curriculum (3 – 5 Years)
Week 1
Topic: 1. Child Right and Responsibilities
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
1. Identity child rights;
2. Recognize effects of denial and violation of child rights;
3. Discourage violation of child rights.
4. Create child friendly environment;
5. Encourage child to express views on issues affecting children;
6. Ensure provision of all the rights of the child.
Performance Objectives – Child: Should be able to:
1. Mention the right of the child.
2. Demand for their rights.
3. Carry out expected respected responsibilities
Content:
- Rights of the child.
- Denial and violation of child rights (i.e. traditional community practices that deny the child of rights).
- Denial of parent care and protection
- All forms of physical and mental violence injury, neglect, exploitation torture, cruel and inhuman treatment.
- Child Labor
- Sexual exploitation
- Child traffic king and sale
- Drug abuse
3. Child friendly environment
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
- Discuss child rights
- Discuss the harmful effects of violation and denial of child rights.
- Teach advantages of child friendly environment and adequate provision of needs of the child
- Encourage protection of child rights.
- Provide safe environment for play
Provide child rights
Activities – Child:
1. Ask question about child rights
2. Express opinion and understanding of child rights.
3. Run simple errands for parents/caregiver
Caring/Learning Materials:
- Child rights act (2004)
- CEDAW documents
- Books/pamphlet s/charts/posters on rights of the child.
- Broom, duster, mop, other cleaning materials,
- Disinfectants, water.
Food, safe water, snacks, drinks.
Evaluation Guide:
Child
1. Participate in acceptable cultural activities.
2. Express views about child rights
3. Examples of denial and violation of rights cited.
Parent/Caregiver
1. Knowledge of child rights and CEDAW.
2. Absence of harmful practices.
3. Clean safe environment provided and friendly sexes
Week 2
Topic: Birth Registration
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver:
Should be able to:
1. Ensure that every child is registered at birth and certificates obtained and kept safe.
2. Ensure that children can say their names, parent’s names etc.
3. Teach children about nationality.
4. Makes children about nationality.
5. Make children tell their dates of births
Performance Objectives – Child:
Should be able to:
1. Say his/her name
2. Identity family name
3. Write his/her names.
4. Tell his/her age and birth date
Content:
1. Child rights, e.g. rights to registration and right to identity.
2. Importance of birth registration.
3. National identity
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
- Register child at birth or any other time.
- Obtain birth certificate and keep safe.
- Discuss advantages and disadvantages of birth registration.
- Teach child how to write their names, parent’s names and nationality.
- Teach child the:
- National anthem
- Pledge
Color of Nigerian flag
Activities – Child:
1. Say your first name and last name.
2. Say your age and your birthday.
3. Write your names
Caring/Learning Materials:
Posters/charts/
Books on birth
* Registration and rights of the child.
* Admission and withdrawal register.
Evaluation Guide:
Child to:
1. Ability to say his/her first and last name.
2. Ability to write his/her name correctly.
3. Ability to say his/her age and dates of birth
Caregiver/Parent
1. Knowledge of child rights to a name, family and nationality.
2. Birth of child registered.
NERDC Early Childhood Protection Issues Curriculum Ages 0 – 5 Years. Birth Registration, Child Abuse, Child Right/ Responsibilities. Schemeofwork.com
Week 3
Topic: Child Abuse
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
1. Identity practices that violate the rights of the child.
2. List the various forms of child abuse;
3. Discourage practices that lead to child abuse;
4. Encourage child to interact freely with physically challenged, orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC)
Performance Objectives – Child:
Should be able to:
Express his/her feeling when abused.
Content:
1. Meaning of child abuse
2. Child abuse practices e.g.
• Child abuse practices e.g.
• Child trafficking
• Child Labor etc.
3. Forms of child abuse
• Child Labor
• Begging
• Hawking
• Sexual exploitation
• Battering
• Neglect
• Starving, etc.
4. Stigmatization of OVCs
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
Stigmatization and discrimination.
4. Encourage openness and curiosity in children
Activities – Child:
1. Avoid use of foul language.
2. Express curiosity and ask questions
3. Interact freely
Caring/Learning Materials:
Evaluation Guide:
Child to:
1. Situations of child abuse identified
2. Ask questions on child Abuse.
Caregiver/Parent to:
1. All forms of child abuse prevented.
2. Absence of child abuses practices
Absence of stigmatization and discrimination.\
Week 4
Topic: Care of children with special needs.
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
1. Define and identity special needs
2. Identity ways of managing children with special needs.
3. Protect and support child requiring special needs.
4. Encourage interaction among all children irrespective of their physical challenges.
5. Discourage discrimination and stigmatization.
6. Identity ways of protection measures to be used
Performance Objectives – Child: Should be able to:
- develop positive sell concept
- interact freely with other children
Content:
1. Rights of the child
• Survival
• Development
• Protection
• Participation
2. Needs of special children.
3. Care and support for children with special needs.
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
1. Rights of the child
• Survival
• Development
• Protection
• Participation
2. Needs of special children.
3. Care and support for children with special needs.
Activities – Child:
1. Play with other children.
2. Participate in group actives.
3. Obey simple instructions
4. Talk and ask questions
5. Mix freely
Caring/Learning Materials:
A. poster/charts and pictures on:
• Fights of the child
• Children in especially difficult circumstances
Evaluation Guide:
Child
1. Interaction with others children.
2. Participation in group actives.
Parent/caregiver
Improved handling of children with special needs.
Week 5
Topic: Care of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC).
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
- Identity OVC in their care
- Take special interest in such a child for counseling and home visits
- Assist child not to drop out of school
- Protect such child from all forms of abuse
Performance Objectives – Child: Should be able to talk frankly and freely with the teacher.
Content:
- Drug abuse
- Forms of drug abuse
- Effects of drug abuse preventions
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
- counseling
- Visitation Refers child to appropriate authorities’ e.g. social welfare religious leaders.
Activities – Child:
Participate in schools activities
Caring/Learning Materials:
Evaluation Guide:
Child Stable OVC
Parent/caregiver Teacher
1. Interest in OVC shown.
2. OVC assisted and protected
Week 6
Topic: HIV/AIDS
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
1. State the meaning of
• HIV
• AIDS
2. ENUMERATE MODE OF TRANSMISSION HIV/AIDS
3. Teach prevention of transmission of HIV/AIDS
4. Prevention stigmatization
Performance Objectives – Child: Should be able to:
1. State the signs and symptoms of IDS.
2. Say ways of preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS
Content:
1. Basic Facts about HIV/Aids:
• Meaning
• Mode of transmission
• Signs and symptoms
• Prevention
• Stigmatization
2. Living with people living with HIV and AIDS (PLWA)
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
1. Discuss the facts about HIV/AIDS
2. Teach how to live with and care for people living with AIDS
Activities – Child:
Mention ways of:
• Transmitting HIV/AIDS
• Not acquiring HIV/AIDS
Caring/Learning Materials:
• Charts/posters
• Films, video
• Television.
• Newspaper cuttings
Evaluation Guide:
Child
1. Meaning of HIV and AIDS recalled.
2. Modes of transmission and prevention of HIV and AIDS listed.
Caregiver/parent to:
1. Stigmatization prevented.
2. Love and care for children orphaned by HIV/AIDS expressed.
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Week 7
Topic: Harmful Traditional Practices (HTP)
Performance Objectives – Parent/Caregiver: Should be able to:
1. Identity harmful practices.
2. Identity and mention effects of harmful practices.
3. Discourage all forms of harmful practices
4. Mention alternative healthy practices.
5. Improve child care practices.
6. Identity the harmful effect of female genital cutting
Performance Objectives – Child: Should be able to:
Mention harmful traditional practices
Content:
1. Harmful practices
• Female genital cuttings
• Gender discrimination
• Tribal marking
• Tattooing
• Neglect
• Forced feeding
• Fowl language
• Burning of body parts
Use of cow dung and etc.
2. Dangerous effects of harmful practices
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
1. Obtain and display posters picture/charts showing harmful practices and their dangerous effects.
2. Discuss the dangers of harmful practices
3. Discourage all forms harmful practices and their effects
4. Tell stories about harmful practices and their effects
5. Teach songs on harmful practices
6. Discuss dangers of female genital cutting (FGC) and other cuttings
Activities – Child:
1. Sing songs on harmful practices and their effects.
2. Role-play situated of harmful practices
Caring/Learning Materials:
1. posters/charts/pictures on harmful practices and their effects
2. films/TV/radio programs showing Healthy practices against harmful practices e.g. FGC
3. Story books
Evaluation Guide:
Child Harmful practices mentioned Parent/caregiver
1. Knowledge of harmful practices and their effects
2. Knowledge of healthy practices as alternatives to harmful practices
3. Child care practices improved.
4. Close relationship with the child
5. Free communication with the child.
6. Practices of female genital cuttings eliminated
• Eyes
• Ears
• Nose
• Mouth
• Teeth
• Hands
• Legs/feet
• Skin etc.
2. Care of the body using various cleaning materials
3. Dangers of eating too much sweet
4. Correct technique of teeth/oral cleaning
5. Ear cleaning using appropriate cleaning materials such as cotton bud.
Activities – Parent/Caregiver:
1. Demonstration to child proper care of different parts of the body
2. Check different parts of child’s body regularly
3. Teach body parts to children through
• Games, songs, pictures, drawings
• Question and answer sessions
4. Supervise child’s use of cleaning materials
5. Provide opportunities for children to engage in role play using dolls and themselves.
6. Teach child to brush teeth and rinse mouth after eating sweet things, correct oral hygiene procedure
Activities – Child:
1. Wash hands and legs after play
2. Brush teeth
3. Role play care of the body
4. Help younger siblings to keep their bodies clean.
Caring/Learning Materials:
• Toys
• Dolls
• Soaps
• Tooth
• Brush
• Tooth paste
• Basin
• Bucket
• Sponge
• Body cream
• Oil
• Lotion
• Powder
• Towel
• Cotton wool glycerin
• Water
• Song books
• Charts
• Posters
• Games
• Paper
Model of teeth
Evaluation
Child
Harmful practices mentioned Parent/caregiver
- Knowledge of harmful practices and their effects
- Knowledge of healthy practices as alternatives to harmful practices
- Child care practices improved.
- Close relationship with the child
- Free communication with the child.
- Practices of female genital cuttings eliminated.
NERDC Early Childhood Protection Issues Curriculum Ages 0 – 5 Years. Birth Registration, Child Abuse, Child Right/ Responsibilities. Schemeofwork.com
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