6. Herramienta informática a desarrollar
6.2. Parametrización
Learning Objectives Methodologies Training Aids
1. Practise facilitating an action- oriented group or Support Group.
Practise Participant Materials 12.1:
Observation Checklist on How to Conduct an Action-oriented Group: Story, Drama, or Visual
Participant Materials 12.3:
Observation Checklist for IYCF Support Groups
If time permits:
2. Practise IYCF 3-Step
Counselling by conducting an
IYCF Assessment with mother/father/caregiver of a child from birth up to 24 months.
Set of Counselling Cards
Key Messages Booklet Set of Take-home Brochures
Participant Materials 9.2:
IYCF Assessment
Participant Materials 9.3:
Observation Checklist for IYCF Assessment
3. Reflect on strengths and weaknesses of counselling field practise.
Feedback exchange IYCF Community Worker Tool 5: Monthly Activity Log:
IYCF Support to Pregnant Women and Mothers-Children (0 up to 24 months)
Materials:
Set of Counselling Cards
Advance preparation:
Make an appointment at the health facility a week ahead to do the field practise during sessions where many mothers with children under 24 months will be present (for immunization, GMP or other services)
Make an appointment with the community “leader” a week ahead for village visits Prepare groups, give instructions the day before
If individual counselling cases are to be presented, add that information to the Summary Chart prepared for Field Practice #1.
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Learning Objective 1: Practise facilitating an action-oriented group or a Support
Group
Methodology: Practise
Suggested Time: 3 hours (including travel)
Instructions for Activity:1. Pair (or group) the participants depending on local language skills and number of community participants
2. Ask half the pairs (or groups) to practise facilitating an Action-oriented Group using a story, mini-drama or visual
3. Ask Observer Participants to fill-in Participant Materials 12.1: Observation Checklist on
How to Conduct an Action-oriented Group: Story, Drama, or Visual after the Action- oriented Group session
4. Ask the other half of pairs (or groups) to practice facilitating a Support Group. Choose a generic theme: ‘your experience with infant and young child feeding’.
5. Ask Observer Participants to fill-in Participant Materials 12.3: Observation Checklist
for IYCF Support Group after the Support Group
6. If time permits, pairs or groups can facilitate both an action-oriented group and a Support Group
Key Information
: In IYCF Support Groups, cross-talk should occur among Support Group Participants rather than most conversation being directed toward Facilitator.
Action-oriented Groups: use Counselling Cards to illustrate a point, but not to lecture.
If time permits
Learning Objective 2: Practise IYCF 3-Step Counselling with mothers/fathers/
caregivers of a child from birth up to 24 months
Methodology: Practise
Instructions for Activity:1. In large group, review IYCF 3-Step Counselling
2. Divide Participants in pairs: one will counsel, problem solve, reach-an-agreement with the mother/father/caregiver of a child (0 up to 6 months) while the other follows the discussion with the observation checklist in order to give feedback later
3. Ask the counsellor to use the Participant Materials 9.2: IYCF Assessment
4. Ask the counsellor to share age-appropriate Counselling Cards and Take-home
Brochures with mother/father/caregiver
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6. Pairs switch roles: the other Participant will counsel, problem solve, reach-an-agreement with the mother/father/caregiver of a child (6 up to 24 months) while the Participant who
previously counselled now follows the discussion with the observation checklist in order to give feedback later
Learning Objective 3: Reflect on strengths and weaknesses of counselling field
practise
Methodology: Feedback Exchange
Suggested Time: 60 minutes
Instructions for Activity:
IYCF Support Groups and Action-oriented Groups
1. Ask Facilitators of IYCF Support Groups and Action-oriented Groups:
What did you like about facilitating the action-oriented group and facilitating the IYCF Support Group?
What were the challenges?
Fill-in the sentence: I feel confident to facilitate an action-oriented group or Support Group because...
2. Ask Observers of Action-oriented Groups and Support Groups to comment on the facilitation of the groups, the Observation Checklist, Attendance form, and discuss the challenges? 3. Discuss and summarize
Individual Counselling
1. At training site, in large group, ask each pair of Participants to summarize their counselling experience by filling-in the Summary Chart for visits, attached to the wall or on the mat, and used after 1st Field Practice: Session 11
2. Participants receive and give feedback
3. Facilitators and Participants identify key gaps that need more practise/observation time at site 4. Discuss and summarize
Tally
1. Distribute and explain IYCF Community Worker Tool 5: Monthly Activity Log: IYCF Support to Pregnant Women and Mothers-Children (0 up to 24 months)
2. Ask Participants to fill-in IYCF Community Worker Tool 5: Monthly Activity Log: IYCF Support to Pregnant Women and Mothers-Children (0 up to 24 months) based on their IYCF activities during both days of field visit
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Community Worker Monthly Activity Log:
ALL Community Workers who provide IYCF support to pregnant women andmothers/caregivers with children from 0 up to 24 months, including both those CWs who are assigned specific mother/child pairs to follow and those not following particular mother-child pairs, will complete the following form. Use this form to report the types and frequency of IYCF support activities performed during a month’s reporting period.
IYCF Community Worker Tool 5: Monthly Activity Log: IYCF Support to Pregnant Women and Mothers-Children
(0 up to 24 months)
District (facility, supervision area or other identifying information: adapt as appropriate): ____________________ Name of Community Worker: _______________________________
Month: _____________
Date of Activity Individual Counselling Pregnant Woman (# of women, mark with a /)
Individual Counselling Child 0 up to 24 months (# of caregiver-child pairs) IYCF Support Group (# of groups facilitated) Action-oriented Group (# of groups conducted) Referral (# of referrals)
First visit Repeat visit (record # of women counselled, not # of
counselling sessions)
First visit Repeat visit (record # of women counselled, not # of
counselling sessions)
Total for the month:
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