PLH for Young Children Facilitator
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Parenting for Lifelong Health Programme for Young Children – Facilitator Manual Fifth Edition: March 2018 The Parenting for Lifelong Health Programme for Young Children was developed as part of Parenting for Lifelong Health, a partnership between the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the Universities of Bangor, Cape Town, and Oxford, and Clowns Without Borders South Africa. License for the Parenting for Lifelong Health Programme for Young Children is held by Lucie Cluver, Frances Gardner, Judy Hutchings, Jamie Lachman, and Cathy Ward via Creative Commons Attribution- NoDerivatives and NonCommercial 4.0 International Public License. Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under Creative Commons. 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The development and original studies of PLH for Young Children in South Africa were funded by Ilifa Labantwana, the World Health Organization, Rand Merchant Bank Fund, the ApexHi Charitable Trust, the John Fell Fund, the Clarendon Fund, and the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7-2007-2013) (Grant agreement No. 313421). Thanks to Judy Hutchings and the Children’s Early Intervention Trust for sharing the information and content from The Little Parent Handbook that was developed based on Judy’s 30+ years of clinical work with children and families. Hutchings, J. (2015). CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................................. 8 1 | PROGRAMME OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 9 2 | PROGRAMME CONTENT AND DELIVERY .............................................................................................. 12 3 | GUIDE TO FACILITATING SESSION ACTIVITIES ................................................................................... 23 4 | OVERVIEW OF BUILDING BLOCKS FOR EFFECTIVE FACILITATION ............................................ 48 SESSION 1: ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH YOUR CHILD ...................................................................................... 60 NOTES TO READ IN PREPARATION FOR SESSION ONE .......................................................................... 61 WELCOME ...................................................................................................................................................................... 64 CORE LESSON – INTRODUCE THE PROGRAMME ....................................................................................... 65 CORE LESSON – ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH YOUR CHILD ...................................................................... 70 HOME ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................................................................................... 80 CLOSING ......................................................................................................................................................................... 81 SMS REMINDERS ........................................................................................................................................................ 82 SESSION 2: SAY WHAT YOU SEE .............................................................................................................................. 83 NOTES TO READ IN PREPARATION FOR SESSION TWO ......................................................................... 84 WELCOME ...................................................................................................................................................................... 86 DISCUSSION ON HOME ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................. 86 MIRROR GAME – MODELING BEHAVIOUR ..................................................................................................... 88 CORE LESSON – SAY WHAT YOU SEE .............................................................................................................. 89 HOME ACTIVITIES ....................................................................................................................................................... 93 CLOSING ......................................................................................................................................................................... 93 SMS REMINDERS ........................................................................................................................................................ 94 SESSION 3: TALKING ABOUT FEELINGS ............................................................................................................... 95 NOTES TO READ IN PREPARATION FOR SESSION THREE ...................................................................... 97 WELCOME ...................................................................................................................................................................... 99 DISCUSSION ON HOME ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................. 99 CORE LESSON – TALKING ABOUT FEELINGS - PARENTS ...................................................................... 100 CORE LESSON – TALKING ABOUT FEELINGS - CHILDREN .................................................................... 104 ACTIVITY – BODY RELAXATION ......................................................................................................................... 109 HOME ACTIVITIES ..................................................................................................................................................... 113 CLOSING ....................................................................................................................................................................... 113 SMS REMINDERS ...................................................................................................................................................... 114 3 SESSION 4: PRAISING AND REWARDING OUR CHILDREN ....................................................................... 115 NOTES TO READ IN PREPARATION FOR SESSION FOUR ...................................................................... 117 WELCOME .................................................................................................................................................................... 121 DISCUSSION ON HOME ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................ 121 CORE LESSON – PRAISING OUR CHILDREN ................................................................................................ 123 BUILDING A NETWORK OF SUPPORT: PLH PARTNERS ........................................................................... 131 COMPLIMENT CIRCLE ............................................................................................................................................. 131 HOME ACTIVITIES ..................................................................................................................................................... 132 CLOSING ....................................................................................................................................................................... 133 SMS REMINDERS ...................................................................................................................................................... 133 SESSION 5: GIVING SPECIFIC, POSITIVE AND REALISTIC INSTRUCTIONS TO OUR CHILDREN . 135 NOTES ON SESSION FIVE ..................................................................................................................................... 137 WELCOME .................................................................................................................................................................... 139 DISCUSSION ON HOME ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................ 140 CORE LESSON – GIVING CLEAR INSTRUCTIONS ....................................................................................... 142 CORE LESSON – DEVELOPING CALMING STRATEGIES ........................................................................... 149 HOME ACTIVITIES ..................................................................................................................................................... 152 CLOSING ......................................................................................................................................................................