Nurturing Care for ECD Materials

Related program: Primary health care

PATH has developed and implemented—in Kenya, Mozambique, and South Africa—an integrated ECD model that integrates critical and contextually-relevant ECD messages and activities into maternal and child health service delivery “touch-points.” Given the general lack of counseling aids, reporting tools, and information, education, and communication materials required for integrating ECD content into maternal and child health services in these countries, PATH has developed and/or adapted materials for use in a variety of health facility and community settings.

PATH has adopted the Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses module on Care for Child Development (UNICEF, WHO), as its principal ECD capacity-building tool. Care for Child Development, endorsed by International Pediatric Association, was designed to support clinical and non-clinical health providers in ECD counseling.

Click on the materials below to download and print.

Early Childhood Development

  1. CCD Counseling Poster for ANC Touchpoints

    Amharic only

  2. CCD Counseling Poster for Child Consultation Touchpoints

    Amharic only

  3. CCD Counseling Poster for PNC Touchpoints

    Amharic only

  4. Child Development Milestones Monitoring Steps Kit

    English only

  5. Parenting Education Manual and Cards

    Portuguese only

  6. Community Preschool Manual and Guidelines

    Portuguese only

  7. Playbox Guide and Toy Catalog

    English, Portuguese

  8. Early Childhood Developmental Milestones Poster

    English, Amharic, Portuguese, Swahili

  9. Integrating ECD into a Daily Routine

    English, Portuguese, Swahili

  10. Recommendations for Care for Child Development Poster

    English, Portuguese, Swahili

  11. Responsive Caregiving Poster

    English only

  12. Na Consulta da Criança Sadia

    Portuguese only

  13. Community Health Volunteer Cards

    English only

  14. Health Committee Educational Cards

    Portuguese only

  15. Health Worker Counseling Cards

    Portuguese only

  16. Health Facility Counseling Cards

    English only

  17. Activist Cards for Home Visits

    Portuguese only

  18. Child Development Booklet

    Portuguese only

  19. Child Stimulation Booklet

    Portuguese only

Maternal Health

  1. Maternal Ward Posters

    Portuguese only

  2. Premature Birth Booklet

    Portuguese only

  3. Maternal Depression Booklet

    Portuguese only

  4. Maternal Depression Management Protocol and Counseling Cards

    Portuguese only

Nutrition

  1. Alimente Bem Sua Criança A Partir De 6 Meses

    Portuguese only

  2. Conseiller La Famille Sur Le Soin Du Développement De L'enfant

    French only

Community Health Worker Resources

  1. PATH's ECD Project Activity Structure

  2. Child Health Supervision Guide

    Portuguese only

  3. Well Baby Clinic and Sick Child Consultation Registers

    Portuguese only

  4. PATH's Playbox Register

  5. ECD Mentoring Standard Operating Procedure

Photo credit

Top of page: Conrad N. Hilton Foundation/Joop Rubens