Structural Information

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Orphanage Date RespondentPosition

(day/mo/yr)

Ward1 (Youngest to Oldest Ave. Age Up to 6 Yrs.)

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Y/N / Y/N / Y/N / Y/N / Y/N
Y/N / Y/N / Y/N / Y/N / Y/N
  1. Is this a Regular (R) ward1 or a HTS

Supplemental (S) ward?

  1. Number of children currently in residence
  2. Age range of most children (in mos.)
  3. Number of children with disabilities2
  4. Is ward homogeneous for gender?
  5. Number of caregivers3 assignedto ward

per week

  1. Number of caregivers at one time during

most waking hours

  1. Number of aides4 assigned per week
  2. Number of specialists5 who regularly see

some children in a typical week

  1. Number of other adults in regular, direct

contact w/children on wardsin a typical

week(e.g.,volunteers; specify )

  1. Number of other adults who regularly

provide care or service outside the

wards(in school, sport)

  1. Are specific individuals assigned to be caregiver substitutes for this particular ward?
  • If Yes, how many are assigned to this ward?
  • How many substitute caregivers, assignedplus others, worked in this ward in the last year.
  1. How many newreplacement directcaregivers for children birth through6 years of age did you hire in the past 12 months? ______
  1. Are children typically moved to a new ward/group with different caregivers andpeerswhen they reach a certain

age or developmental level? ___Y/N.

  • If yes, at what ages (or age range in months) does this occur?

A.______; B.______; C.______; D.______

Definitions

1A “ward” is a group of children who are cared for as a group. It may be a regular (R) residential group in the orphanage or it may be a Half the Sky supplemental (S) group housed within or outside the orphanage.

2A child with a “disability” includes a child whose physical or mental functioning is sufficiently impaired so that he or she needs special attention or help on a daily basis to perform common daily functions typical of children of similar chronological age. Some professional diagnoses automatically qualify (i.e., Down syndrome), and some children could have diagnoses but are not impaired in a way that needs special attention and are not counted as a “disability”

.

3”Caregiver” is a person whose primary responsibility is to provide care directly to children during most of their hours of employment to serve children’s health, education, and wellbeing.

4”Aides” support caregivers by cleaning the ward, preparing and serving food, changing bedclothing, etc. They spend less than one quarter of their employment hours directly caring for or in interactions with children; if more than quarter time is direct care, count them as caregivers.

5”Specialists” provide a specific service or experience often of a professional nature to children, and interact with children primarily when providing that service either on the ward or in special rooms assigned or designed for that purpose. The service must be provided regularly (e.g., at least once per week) for at least one child in the group; “on call” or “as needed” professionals (e.g., a doctor who visits only as needed) are NOT counted (but a doctor who regularly visits ward once per week is counted).

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