Early intervention programmes (EIPs) for infants with neurodevelopmental impairment have been poorly studied especially in low-income settings. We aim to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a group participatory EIP, the ‘ABAaNA EIP’, for young...
A programme of early detection and intervention for children with early developmental disabilities and their families was feasible and acceptable in a rural community-based Ugandan setting. Health care worker training positively impacted knowledge, confidence,...
Empowerment is an increasingly popular goal, considered core to a transformative agenda for children with disabilities and their families. However, it can still be a poorly understood concept in practice. This article is an empirical analysis of the ‘empowerment...
We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of a 10-week support group, ‘Juntos’, as a community-based intervention for parents of children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) in Colombia. We found that acceptability and demand for the intervention were high. ‘Juntos’ was...
A community-based family group program for caregivers of children with congenital Zika syndrome (CZS) was developed based on an existing program for families of children with cerebral palsy and pilot tested in Brazil. Program managers developing group initiatives...
Families play an important role in their care of children with developmental disabilities, yet their knowledge, experience and skills are rarely harnessed in existing interventions to best support these families. This study explores the use of mothers as facilitators...
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Baby Ubuntu is now available to downloadAugust 23, 2021
Launching Ubuntu and Baby UbuntuAugust 19, 2021
Ubuntu: Launching version 2 of ‘getting to know cerebral palsy’August 3, 2021
Handouts for parents and caregiversDecember 4, 2020
Animations: child development and developmental disabilityNovember 26, 2020