CBR Portage Training and Tools

Course Overview

Mobile App based Certificate Course for parents of pre-school aged children and professionals working in the area of Early Childhood Care and Education

 Offered jointly by

 CBR Network (South Asia), Bangalore

And

mSpark  App, A Technology Platform for Early Childhood Care & Development, developed by KritiDev Developmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore 

In Cooperation with International Portage Association, USA 

Children learn and grow at their own rate. When a young child has difficulties in learning and developing on par with age peers or is at risk for a developmental delay or has a known disability or a health condition, it is extremely important to identify early and provide the care and support to help the child get back on his development track.

The purpose of this training program is to provide quality home-based, app based training and awareness service to parents, teachers, and caregivers to  help support their children’s learning and development to reach their full potential using

• CBR Portage methodology. CBR Portage program is based on original International Portage Early Childhood care and Development Program and developed further by CBR Network.
• Focus is on the child’s learning in his or her natural environment .

Additionally, the child and family is BENIFITTED  in the following ways:

•         Your child  use locally available low cost materials.

·       Increase the child’s school readiness skills and inclusion into preschool and primary school

•         Reduce the cost of costly therapies and other support services

•         Prevent secondary disabling conditions in children diagnosed with developmental disabilities

•         Awareness and education on effective parenting

•         Stress reduction for parents and caregivers

What will you learn after completing this course?

•        To understand the child development milestones, deviations and gaps in the development

•        To understand the concept of holistic development

•        To be able to screen children to identify any gaps in the development

•        To assess the current levels of development To plan family based individual training programmes

•        To develop multi-sensory early stimulation materials

•        To develop multi-sensory preschool inclusive education materials

•        To organize counseling and workshops for parents

•        To identify medical intervention needs and do the appropriate referral

•        To understand the principle of the self-help mutual aids groups of families and apply the skills in the community/neighborhood

 •         To understand the principles of behavior modification skills and apply those skills in the teaching sessions