Child Status Index

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• Child Status Index
• Letsema Presentation
• Suzanne Penny / March 2009

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Child Status Index

• What is it?
• It is a straight-forward, child-centred
  assessment of the needs, status and outcomes for
  each child
• It is an international standard, supported by
  USAID and other NGOs. Already adopted in Rwanda
  and Ethiopia

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Child Status Index

• What does it do?
• Focuses on the child
• Records a childs progress as s/he grows up
• Helps to ensure that all areas of a childs life
  are monitored
• It is repeated, preferably twice a year, is
  consistent and can be used by all those providing
  services for children

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Child Status Index

• Is it the same as the Quality Assurance and
  Improvement Framework (QAI)?
• No it links closely with the QAI but does not
  duplicate it
• QAI is about the services that are provided
• Child Status Index is about the child

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Child Status Index

• Why use the CSI?
• It will help you evaluate each childs
  development
• Where a child is thriving, it will give good
  feedback to the staff, caregivers and families
• If a child is not making good progress, it will
  help to identify which areas are causing concern

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Child Status Index

• How does it work?
• There are 6 domains each with 2 factors covering
• Food and nutrition
• Shelter and care
• Protection
• Health
• Psychosocial (see next slides)
• Education and skills
• Each factor assessed on a scale of 1 - 4

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Emotional Health
Goal Child is happy and content with a generally
positive mood and hopeful outlook
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Social Behavior
Goal Child is cooperative and enjoys
participating in activities with adults and other
children
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Child Status Index

• How often should each child be assessed?
• Target is to assess each child every 6 months
• Create a record over time of each childs
  development
• Family, caregivers and others involved with child
  can contribute to the CSI

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Child Status Index

• Where can I find out more about CSI?
• Links will be put on Letsema website
• From the internet Google CSI and find lots of
  information
• Sentebale will have pilot sites with its partners
  and will feed back on progress to Letsema

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Child Status Index

• Summary
• Easy to use tool to help in your work with
  orphans and vulnerable children
• Helps to give feedback to staff and caregivers
  about each childs development
• You can share information on progress and
  problems with others
• Sentebale is piloting and will give feedback