A training strategy for personnel working in developing countries

Parents as Trainers About Disability in Low Income Countries

“…Realistically this can only be achieved by parents and community personnel working together, sharing experiences, and supporting one another. This has been well-evidenced by the experiences of the Guyana Community-Based Rehabilitation Programme (O'Toole & McConkey, 1998).…”

“…A training manual has been produced to assist with this and it is available for free downloading from the World Wide Web. Workshops for trainers, allied with ready-made training packages, have proved useful in Guyana in making training widely available to families and communities throughout a country (O'Toole & McConkey, 1998).…”

CBR Workers' Training Needs for People with Communication Disability

“…Thus, Thomas and Thomas (1999) indicate that curriculum content be contextualised to meet the needs of the workers in the community, and not be dependent on the perspectives of institution-based trainers and their curriculum that are far removed from the actual situation. Indeed, studies which created content curricula after identifying local needs and utilising local trainers, found these well-received by the community (O'Toole and McConkey, 1998). Hence, the present case study seeks to understand the needs of local Malaysian workers who manage people with communication disability, in order to enhance worker training and to add to the literature about CBR worker needs.…”

“…There have been earlier studies on worker training needs in developing countries (McGlade and Aquino, 1995;O'Toole and McConkey, 1998;Lorenzo, 2004;Raj et al, 2004;Deepak et al, 2011;Puri, 2011;Varma, 2011;Mannan et al, 2012), but most of them did not look specifically at worker needs based on types of disabilities. In one study however, workers described the need for training in sign language and the use of hearing aids in relation to people with hearing and speech disabilities (Deepak et al, 2011).…”

Rehabilitación basada en la comunidad (rbc): reflexiones, dificultades y controversias

“…Rehabilitación basada en la comunidad: guías para la RBC es el último documento editado por la OMS en 201028 .La RBC se define como «una estrategia dentro del desarrollo general de la comunidad para la rehabilitación, igualdad de oportunidades e inclusión social de todos/as los/as niños/as y adultos con discapacidad, que se aplica a través de los esfuerzos combinados de las personas con discapacidad, sus familias y las comunidades, y los apropiados servicios de salud, educación, formación vocacional y servicios sociales» 27 . A través de la RBC se realiza una atención integral a las PD de una comunidad a partir de un centro de rehabilitación, que realiza un papel de referencia y contrarreferencia para las PD, y se involucra tanto a sus familias como a los diversos sectores implicados, capacitando a un trabajador de la comunidad que ejerce de nexo2,4,5,17,29 . Los programas de RBC comparten los siguientes aspectos:-Programas basados en la comunidad: Se prioriza la participación de la comunidad en la planificación de estrategias, toma de decisiones y puesta en marcha del proyecto 2,4---6,8,10---16,23,27,30---32 .…”