Training of Trainers for Mother-to-Mother Support ... - Linkages Project

18. Field Practice in a Community Setting: Breastfeeding
Mother-to-Mother Support Groups
Objective/content/messages
Learning objectives:
By the end of this session, participants will
be able to:
• Co-facilitate a breastfeeding mother-tomother
support group in a community
setting.
• Share experience with other trainees.
Time:
2¼ hours
Materials/times/activities
Activity:
In pairs, ask participants to co-facilitate a
mother-to-mother support group with an
attendance of at least six community
pregnant women and breastfeeding
women. The support group should focus
on one of the themes covered in the
practice support groups (early days,
difficulties and how to overcome them,
complementary feeding).
The optimal number of participants at a
mother-to-mother support group is 6–12.
Whenever possible, two facilitators are
recommended.
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Materials:
• Flipchart paper, markers
Time:
2¼ hours
Activity:
Ask each pair of co-facilitators to share
their experience facilitating a MtMSG:
strengths, weaknesses, difficulties,
satisfaction:
1. How did it go
2. Do you feel good about the
experience
3. Do you feel you can do this yourself
4. How much more help do you need
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