Training on Parenting for Lifelong Health Programmes

Clowns Without Borders South Africa (CWBSA) is currently the main disseminating and capacity-building agency for PLH for Teens and PLH for Young Children. The Children's Early Intervention Trust (CEIT) in Wales is also disseminating and capacity-building agency for PLH Children.

Community-based paraprofessionals and volunteers are trained and provided with coaching support from CWBSA or CEIT to support the delivery of the programme. The trainings are provided to organisations and are facilitated by Master Trainers as well as certified CWBSA or CEIT Trainers. There are three types of trainings that are currently being offered to organisations interested in implementing the programme:

Facilitator Training

The Facilitators Training is a five-day intensive workshop on how to deliver the programme. Training of PLH Facilitators is provided by certified PLH Trainers and PLH Master Trainers.

Coach/Supervisor Training

The Coach/Supervisor Training is a three-day workshop that is designed to help participants develop the skills and strategies that they will need to provide on-going coaching and programme delivery support to facilitators within their organisation. Coach/Supervisors assist facilitators with week on week support to help them prepare for their parenting programme sessions. Training of PLH Coach/Supervisor is provided by certified PLH Trainers and PLH Master Trainers.

Trainer Training

This five-day Train-The-Trainer workshop is designed to equip trainers on the core skills on how to design and deliver training to PLH Facilitators and Peer Coaches. The training is specifically designed to equip the participants on how to prepare for training workshops, structuring sessions and how to provide ongoing mentorship and sustaining capacity building support within the organisation. Training and certification of PLH Trainers is provided by PLH Master Trainers. 

Currently, certified trainers include the following persons and groups:

PLH for Teens
- Clowns Without Borders South Africa
- Oxford's Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention

PLH for Young Children
- Clowns Without Borders South Africa
- Centre for Evidence-Based Intervention, Oxford University

Shared Book Reading
- Institute for Life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch University
- Mikhulu Trust

Thula Sana:
- Institute for Life Course Health Research, Stellenbosch University
- Parent Centre
- Alex Harrison

PLH Certification

CWBSA and CEIT provide certification for trained personnel by assessing their skills and competencies to deliver the programme. The certification process ensures that service providers maintain quality assurance and implementation fidelity of PLH Children and Teens to maintain programme impact. Assessment requires submission of video recordings of key activities linked to quality assurance (often accompanied by transcripts translated into English). 

For more information on training on PLH for Teens or PLH for Young Children, please contact CWBSA at info@cwbsa.org.