Certificate in Adolescent

Health and Counselling

 INTRODUCTION
Adolescents comprise a significant part of
today’s population: one in five persons is an
adolescent aged 10–19 years, with 85% of
adolescents living in developing countries.
 In some developing countries, adolescents

constitute over half of the population (WHO,

2000c).
 PHILOSOPHY
Adolescents can often make significant
contributions to their families and
communities and to their own health.
 An assets approach provides opportunities

for including them in the development and

implementation of health activities.
 AIM
 This programme has been developed to
prepare teachers and parents to help
adolescents to develop healthy life style.
 OBJECTIVES
 1. The programme will enable the learners to
 2. Strengthen their knowledge in
understanding needs and concern of
adolescent.
 3. Build knowledge on physical cognitive,
emotional and psychological changes in
adolescent.
 4. Develop skills in handling challenges
related to adolescents.
 5. Identify their role in life skills education
and counselling of adolescent .
ELIGIBILITY- Graduates
 THEORY COURSE
 UNIT 1 Fundamentals of Adolescence  

 UNIT – 1 Adolescence- An overview

 CHAPTER – 1 Introduction to Adolescence
 CHAPTER – 2 Needs and Concerns of Adolescents
 CHAPTER – 3 Policies and programme
 
 UNIT – 2 Growth and Developmental During
Adolescence
 CHAPTER – 1 Physical Changes in Boys and Girls
 CHAPTER – 2 Cognitive Changes
 CHAPTER – 3 Emotional and Psychosocial Changes
 UNIT – 3 Reproductive and Sexual Changes.
 CHAPTER – 1 Structure and Functions of Male

Reproductive Organ (Changes)

 CHAPTER – 2 Structure and Functions of Female

Reproductive Organ (Changes)

 CHAPTER – 3 Pregnancy

 UNIT – 4 Adolescent Sexuality.

 CHAPTER – 1 Sex and Sexuality
 CHAPTER- 2 Gender
 CHAPTER – 3 Myths and Misconception Related to

Sex and Sexuality

 UNIT – 2 Issues & Challenges during Adolescence

 UNIT -1 Health issues of Adolescents

 CHAPTER – 1 Health and Hygiene (Including
Menstrual Hygiene)
 CHAPTER – 2 Nutrition
 CHAPTER – 3 Substance Abuse

 UNIT - 2 Psychosocial Issues of Adolescence

 CHAPTER – 1 Adjustment and Conduct
 CHAPTER – 2 Peer Influence
 CHAPTER – 3 Stress
 CHAPTER – 4 Depressions and Suicide
 CHAPTER – 5 Media Influence (Pornograph)
  UNIT - 3 Reproductive &Sexual Health Issues
 CHAPTER – 1 RTI/STI and HIV & AIDS
 CHAPTER – 2 Sexual Harassment /violence
 CHAPTER - 3 Early marriage & Teenage pregnancy
 CHAPTER - 4 Unsafe Abortion & Contraception
 
 UNIT - 4 Teachers Role and responsibilities for
Adolescents
 CHAPTER – 1 Life Skills (Personality development)
 CHAPTER - 2 Communicating with Adolescents
 CHAPTER – 3 Guidance and Counselling
 CHAPTER – 4 Counselling strategies and skills
 CHAPTER – 5 Scholastic Issues (Career Plan)

 Total Theory Hours-108 hrs

 PRACTICAL –Total practical hours 126 hrs
 ASSIGNMENT
 For Theory-
1.Health Assessment of Adolescents
2.The Assessment of Specific Problems in
Problems Solving / Counselling With Adolescents
3. Assessment of issues and concerns of the
developmental stages
4. Helping the students to do Self-assessment
for self esteem
5. Assessing interpersonal relationship
6. Psychosocial assessment
7. Assessment for Emotional factor
8. Assessment for cognitive development
9. Assessment of adolescent for depression.
1o. Assessment of adolescent for any suicidal
ideation .
11.Assessment of adolescent for the Post
traumatic Stress Disorders .
12. Assessment of adolescent for the Phobic
Disorders .
13. Assessment of adolescent for the Sexual
Abuse & Harassment .
14. Assessment of adolescent for the Substance
buse Disorders .
15.Assessment of adolescent for the Eating
Disorders.
16.Classify the problems faced by at least 10
Adolescents and tabulate the measures
Required to solve their problems. Identify The best
suited measure among adolescents.
17. Assessment of issues and concerns of the
developmental stages
18. Psychosocial assessment
19. Assessment for Emotional factor
 
 FOR PRACTICAL
 1.Health Assessment of Adolescents.
 2. The Assessment of Specific. Problems in

Adolescents.
 3 Problems Solving / Counselling With

Adolescents
 4.Case Study
EVALUATION

 Continuous Evaluation for theory will be

through assignments and for practical’s
through self activities and supervised activities.
 Summative evaluation for theory will be
through Term End Examination and Viva voce
will be conducted for Practical Examination.
 Evaluation is through term end examination for
theory will be June and December every year,
assignment to be submitted by student at
study centre, practical activities in the form of
self activities and case study will be evaluated
by academic counsellor.
 CERTIFICATE
 This course is affiliated to Bharati vidyapeeth
deemed university, pune.
 The student shall receive a Certificate in
adolescent health & counselling, on completion
of the course.