Recently, I was speaking to my senior from college on the phone who has an 11 year old daughter. As we were chatting, the daughter (let us call her Arya) finished her online tuition classes. My senior took a break from our conversation, asked Arya to have her snacks and then sit down to complete […]
Life Skills Training: A sequential approach
It all began in 2016, when I was leading a needs assessment study for children in need of care and protection currently living in Institutions. The idea behind the needs assessment was to launch a Program catering to Emotional Health and Life skills needs of the children in need of care and protection living in […]
How to motivate children?
I have worked as an educator and education program management professional for the past 15 years and one of the most common questions that I have seen haunt all educators from time to time is on days when nothing goes well in a class. The children we are teaching seem disinterested, bored and totally disengaged […]
6 useful tips for a community visit!!
A social science student or professional is no stranger to community visits or field visits. Apart from providing insight on the lives of people that we are working with, they also serve in enriching our life by helping us capture some of the most intense humane experiences. But a field visit can also be unduly […]