We develop and provide training courses to equip therapists, midlevel workers, care workers and parents with the skills to have a positive and sustainable impact on children with CP and their families. We believe that by equipping all those who play an important role in the life of a child affected by CP, we can create a sustainable, long-term approach to treatment, and ultimately help more children with CP benefit from quality rehabilitation services and excellent daily care.
Therapist Courses
Our Practical Course on CP for Therapists is a five-day intro course for physiotherapists, speech therapists and occupational therapists working with children affected by CP in under-resourced hospitals. It aims to equip therapists to effectively and competently deal with large numbers of children in areas where there are few resources. The course is balanced through a combination of teaching strategies including lectures, clinical supervision, hands-on therapy sessions, facilitation practical sessions, workshops and reflection sessions. Not only do therapists leave with the knowledge of where to start and how to treat children according to their CP subtype, but they become aware of the difference they can make in the life of a child with CP and are ultimately equipped to treat them holistically, with a long-term impact in mind.
Apart from our Intro Courses, we also offer an Intermediate Practical CP Course for therapists who have previously completed an Intro Course as well as a number of one-day workshops on various topics that relate to treating a child with CP. You can download the information and application forms below.
Parent Courses
The Carer-2-Carer Parent Facilitator Course is aimed at parents/primary caregivers of children with CP who want to run workshops for other parents and caregivers as part of the Malamulele Onward Carer-2-Carer Training Programme. Over the course of three weeks, participants are trained to facilitate a series of five workshops on CP for other parents/caregivers in their community or district. Training on facilitation, record-keeping as well as monitoring and evaluation is included in the course.
With the help of our training assistants, the course is run in all languages and therefore the ability to speak English is not a requirement for the course. However the parents should be reasonably literate in their own languages.
There is no course fee for the Carer-2-Carer Parent Facilitator Course, however, where an organisation makes an application on behalf of a parent, we request that a donation be made towards the cost of the respective training. The cost of training a pair of parent facilitators totals more than R20 000, which we cover by means of fundraising each year. Therefore, any contribution that can be made towards these costs is greatly appreciated.
Course Info & Application Form
Careworker Courses
We receive many requests to run courses at day care centres for children with disabilities and as a result developed a course to meet this growing need.
Our Course on CP for Careworkers is a five-day course for all workers involved in the care and support of children, and their families, living with CP in low-resource settings. It aims to empower care workers to effectively and competently assist children affected by CP in growing, playing and learning within a supportive environment.
This course is balanced through a combination of teaching strategies including workshops, facilitated practical sessions, group problem-solving sessions, role plays and active reflection. During the course, the participants gain practical skills that enable them to offer more effective and comprehensive care to children affected by CP and are ultimately equipped to care for them holistically, with a long-term impact in mind. If you are interested in attending a Careworker course please download the information below.
Course Info & Application Form
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