Short Summary: This is an eLearning course for Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) counselors designed to equip learners with the knowledge and skills to remotely counsel clients to understand, adopt and sustain optimal IYCF behaviors and practices during infectious disease outbreaks and in other remote settings.
Course short name: IYCF Remote Counseling
Hide course from catalogue: No
Topic: Management Essentials, Technical Sectors
Management Essentials: Coaching and mentoring others
Safety and Security:
Programmatic Support:
Technical Sectors: COVID-19 (Coronavirus), Food security and nutrition, Health
Humanitarian Essentials:
Language: English
Format: Online self-directed
Provider: READY initiative
Region: Global
Compatibility:
Welcome to IYCF Remote Counseling: How to support caregivers during infectious disease outbreaks and other settings
This course is also available in: French, Spanish, Arabic & Indonesian
Is this course for me?This
course is designed for practitioners already trained in infant and
young child feeding (IYCF) counseling. If you are not a skilled IYCF
counselor, you should first receive training in IYCF counseling before
taking this course.
How will I benefit from this course?By
the end of the course, learners are able to remotely assess the
nutrition situation of their client and their child, analyze potential
feeding challenges, and act to address those challenges. The course also
provides additional considerations for IYCF counseling in specific
remote settings, including infectious disease outbreaks, conflict areas,
and during migration or displacement events.
How long will it take? This course will take less than 1 hour to complete.
How much does it cost? This course is free!
Will I get a certificate at the end? Yes - you will be able to download a certificate once you have have completed the course.
How do I start? Scroll to the top of the page and click on the I agree - join course button. This will take you through to the course content. You don't need to complete the course in one go - you can always continue later from where you left off.
If you have any questions about or issues with course content, please contact ready@savechildren.org
Acknowledgements
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READY
would like to thank the following individuals for their support in designing
and developing this course: Dr. Bindi Borg, Independent Certified
Breastfeeding Counsellor and Community Educator; Dr. Erin Boyd, USAID Bureau
for Humanitarian Assistance; Andrea García Charnichart, IBCLC, Save the
Children; Colleen Emary, World Vision;
Isabel Modigell, Save the Children; Armelle Sacher, Action Contre la
Faim; and Firda Yani, Save the Children.
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This course was developed
by the READY initiative. This course is made possible by the generous support
of the American people through the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID). The contents are the responsibility of the READY
initiative and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United
States Government.
Disclaimer
This course was made possible by the generous support of the American
people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
The contents are the responsibility of READY and do not necessarily reflect the
views of USAID or the United States Government. Led by Save the Children, the
READY initiative is implemented in partnership with the Johns Hopkins Center
for Humanitarian Health, the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs,
UK-Med, and the Humanitarian Leadership Academy. READY is augmenting global
capacity for non-governmental organizations to respond to large-scale
infectious disease outbreaks. For more information, visit our website at
http://www.ready-initiative.org.
Data protection and consent
This course was created and is
administered by Save the Children, the Humanitarian Leadership Academy,
and the READY initiative. By joining this course you are consenting to
these organizations being given access to your Kaya profile information,
including your name and email address, so that they can provide the
course. This may require them to contact you. Your data will be
anonymized before it is used for any analysis or reporting purposes. If
you have any questions about this, please email ready@savechildren.org
