ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT OF ECCD PROGRAMMES

Lesson 14: National and Voluntary organizations working for ECCE

Indian Council for Child Welfare (ICCW) 1952

• It organizes the Balsevika training programmes and orientation courses in concept and practice of choice welfare services.
  
• Conducts demonstration projects on integrated Child Welfare Services.
  
• Keeps parents informed of all its activities through letters, periodicals, newspapers, journals (mass media) .
  
• It collaborates with the UNICEF in organizing programmes of educational, social and nutritional nature for parents and child care workers.
• Educates parents regarding issues related to the children
  
  • Disabilities, identification, prevention, and management.
  • Rehabilitation services.
  • Health and nutrition education.
  • Social and emotional problems of children.
  • Child development and child psychology.
  • Knowledge of child welfare services in the country.
• Child care workers are educated on
  
  • Infant care
    
  • Health care, preventive health, environmental sanitation and basic paramedical services
    
  • Setting up and running low cost day unit with available resources