Introduce this section. Distribute Handouts 6 and 7 (separate Review both handouts with participants. Handout 6 features counseling to be used by community health workers. Handout 7 includes the materials used to train community health workers to counsel mothers and family members on breastfeeding. Individual reading and discussion Invite participants to read Page 3 counseling skills” of Handout 6 “positive (counseling cards). Point out that this page reviews basic counseling skills (Listening and Learning Skills and Building Confidence and Giving Support Skills) along with three steps of counseling: Assess, Analyze, and Act. Small Group Task: Show the flip chart ( 4) with the small group task. Read the task aloud and give the end time. Ask if the task is clear. If not, clarify. If yes, let small groups start working. Group Debrief: Ask the person who acted as the community worker to share successes and challenges in using these materials and applying basic counseling skills. Note: Learning Objective 1 is assessed by observing small group role-plays and in the group debrief. Wrap-up by asking participants: are relevant times (across the continuum of care) to “When counsel the mother and influential family members for early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding?” Note: Let participants respond. They may mention during ANC visits (so mothers and family members can plan for this when discussing their birth and emergency plan), at birth (support by the skilled attendant to initiate skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding immediately after birth, family planning using LAM), postnatal period (mother can join breastfeeding support group, postnatal visits can help to address any problems and engage influential family members), etc. End by asking participants to share two ways they could adapt Handouts 6 and 7 in their work to support counterparts who do breastfeeding counseling. Application 50 min Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week In this section, participants think about how they could celebrate and amplify ongoing community and health facility efforts to protect, support, and promote breastfeeding by organizing a breastfeeding promotion fair during World Breastfeeding Week. Introduce this section, and distribute . Review the scenario with participants. Ask for any questions of clarification. Read the task aloud for participants. Give the end time. Ask if the task is clear. If not, clarify. If yes, let participants find a partner and begin working on the task.
Introduce this section. Distribute Handouts 6 and 7 (separate Review both handouts with participants. Handout 6 features counseling to be used by community health workers. Handout 7 includes the materials used to train community health workers to counsel mothers and family members on breastfeeding. Individual reading and discussion Invite participants to read Page 3 “positive counseling skills” of Handout 6 (counseling cards). Point out that this page reviews basic counseling skills (Listening and Learning Skills and Building Confidence and Giving Support Skills) along with three steps of counseling: Assess, Analyze, and Act. Small Group Task: Show the flip chart ( 4) with the small group task. Read the task aloud and give the end time. Ask if the task is clear. If not, clarify. If yes, let small groups start working. Group Debrief: Ask the person who acted as the community worker to share successes and challenges in using these materials and applying basic counseling skills. Note: Learning Objective 1 is assessed by observing small group role-plays and in the group debrief. Wrap-up by asking participants: “When are relevant times (across the continuum of care) to counsel the mother and influential family members for early initiation of breastfeeding and exclusive breastfeeding?” Note: Let participants respond. They may mention during ANC visits (so mothers and family members can plan for this when discussing their birth and emergency plan), at birth (support by the skilled attendant to initiate skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding immediately after birth, family planning using LAM), postnatal period (mother can join breastfeeding support group, postnatal visits can help to address any problems and engage influential family members), etc. End by asking participants to share two ways they could adapt Handouts 6 and 7 in their work to support counterparts who do breastfeeding counseling. Application 50 min Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week In this section, participants think about how they could celebrate and amplify ongoing community and health facility efforts to protect, support, and promote breastfeeding by organizing a breastfeeding promotion fair during World Breastfeeding Week. Introduce this section, and distribute . Review the scenario with participants. Ask for any questions of clarification. Read the task aloud for participants. Give the end time. Ask if the task is clear. If not, clarify. If yes, let participants find a partner and begin working on the task.
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