SIAAP was identified as resource agency to strengthen the adolescent mental health program in Tamil Nadu by building the capacities of counsellors working in the District Child Protection Units. As part of Phase: 1, the counsellors were given orientation to the concept of counselling and training on basic counselling skills and practices. It was a short term project and Unicef requested to SIAAP to provide advanced counselling skills as part of Phase: 2.
