WHO-Caregivers Skills Training (CST) – Train the Trainer
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Duration : Long Term
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Who can apply : Organisations (including schools) who have Professionals qualified to work with children with developmental delays (at least one year's experience of working with children with developmental delays on a full-time basis). The professionals must demonstrate competency while working with children with development delays, parent coaching and conducting group sessions. Applying organisations should be able to integrate WHO-CST in their existing intervention model, and would be required to recruit families and conduct parent mediated training on a regular basis (at least twice a year).
Course Overview
CST is a program developed by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with Autism Speaks. The training program is designed as a “Train the Trainer” model, where professionals working with children with developmental delays, will train parents and caregivers of children (2-9 years) with developmental delays and disorders. It imparts techniques to help the parents with communication, play and behaviour, and helps families to work with and manage their child better and handle their own mental well-being.
Format of Train the Trainer (TOT)
Phase 1
Training for five days for eight hours daily to teach group session and home visit
Three days site visit to teach home visit and working with children
Phase 2
Work on fidelity for two-three months before starting the training program at their sites
Supervision each week (one hour per facilitator)
Highlights:
Diagnosis not required
Can be delivered by non-specialists too
Can be adapted for use in low-resource settings
Evidence-based
Integrated into existing services
