AfriComNet

AfriComNet has developed an exciting new toolkit: A Training of Trainers' Kit Facilitation Guide on Strategic Communication and HIV and AIDS. This toolkit is designed to assist AfriComNet members and their partners to facilitate a five-day training which covers:

• the basics of strategic health communication
• the basics of HIV and AIDS
• the principles and practices of adult education
• facilitation skills

You can download session plans, handouts, and presentations from this website.

DOWNLOAD the Complete (ToT) Kit

TENTATIVE TIMETABLE FOR TRAINING

INTRODUCTION Setting the Workshop Tone, Icebreakers and Introductions, Warm-ups and Energizers, Assumptions

DAY ONE Session 1: Introductions Session 2: Overview of the Workshop Session 3: Workshop Expectations and Objectives Power Point Presentation Session 4: Administrative Issues Session 5: Basic Facts about HIV and AIDS, HIV Transmission and the Life Cycle of HIV Power Point Presentation Session 6: The Status of the Global Epidemic Power Point Presentation Session 7: The Demographic and Health Effects Power Point Presentation Session 8: Basic Facts about Abstinence and Being Faithful Session 9: Condom Use Power Point Presentation Session 10: Voluntary Counselling and Testing Power Point Presentation DAY TWO Session 11: The Magnitude of MTCT and Routes, Rates and Risks of Transmission Power Point Presentation Session 12: Strategies for PMTCT and Use of AntiRetroviral Drugs Power Point Presentation Session 13: Principles and Elements of Comprehensive Care, Treatment and Support Power Point Presentation Session 14: Home-based Care Power Point Presentation Session 15: Theories and Models of Communication for Behaviour and Social Change Power Point Presentation Session 16: Developing a Communication Strategy Power Point Presentation Session 17: Overview of the P Process in Health Communication Power Point Presentation DAY THREE Session 18: Analysis Using the P Process Power Point Presentation Session 19: Strategic Design Using the P Process Power Point Presentation Session 20: Development and Pre-testing Power Point Presentation Session 21: The Importance of Monitoring Communication Interventions Power Point Presentation Session 22: Indicators Power Point Presentation Session 23: Steps in Monitoring Communication Interventions Power Point Presentation Session 24: The Importance of Evaluating Communication Interventions Power Point Presentation Session 25: Types of Evaluation Power Point Presentation Session 26: Steps in Evaluating Communication Interventions Power Point Presentation DAY FOUR Session 27: Principles and Practices of Adult Learning Power Point Presentation Session 28: Participatory Methods of Facilitation Session 29: Principles and Practices of Curriculum Development Power Point Presentation Session 30: The Process of Materials Development Power Point Presentation DAY FIVE Session 31: Participatory Facilitation Techniques Session 32: Workshop Evaluation   GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS