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What is Individual Child Care Plan?

If you run a child care institution in India, by now, you may have heard of a phrase "Individual Child Care Plan (ICCP)" but do you know what it is?  It is a requirement under the JJ Act to comply with such a care plan.  


Let's look at what the JJ Rules says about this child care plan:  It says the following: 

"individual care plan" is a comprehensive development plan for a child based on age and gender specific needs and case history of the child, prepared in consultation with the child, in order to restore the child’s self-esteem, dignity and self-worth and nurture him into a responsible citizen and accordingly the plan shall address the following, including but not limited to, needs of a child, namely:- 

(a) health and nutrition needs, including any special needs
(b) emotional and psychological needs; 
(c) educational and training needs; 
(d) leisure, creativity and play; 
(e) protection from all kinds of abuse, neglect and maltreatment; 
(f) restoration and follow up; 
(g) social mainstreaming; 
(h) life skill training.

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Here is my interpretation:
  1. It is objective oriented:  Objective of this individual child care plan is to nurture a child into a responsible citizen.
  2. It is s a development plan:  As you may know DEVELOPMENT is one of the four fundamental rights of any child in this universe.  By developing such a plan, youre ensuring that the right of development of a child is been fulfilled.
  3. It is a comprehensive plan:  As you can see, this plan must include every aspect of development of a child (there are eight specific areas) including his age, gender, and specific needs such as academics, health, leisure, protection, restoration and life skills etc.
  4. It is a participatory plan:  In developing this care plan, case worker must ensure that the child actively participates in it because that's what the rule above states and also PARTICIPATION in itself is a one of the four fundamental rights of any child in the universe.
  5. It is a restorative plan:  "Restoration" means restoring the child back to his family/ community that he/ she belongs to.  Every child in the child care institution ought to have this plan developed in consultation with the child and his/ her family.  
What are your thoughts on this?  Write them in the comments section below.  
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