Disability-inclusive MAMI Training for Frontline Workers

The Disability-inclusive Management of small and nutritionally at-risk Infants under 6 months and their mothers (MAMI) Training for Frontline Workers training package provides resources for facilitators to train frontline workers on understanding, counselling, and managing disabilities in infants and their mothers, focusing on inclusion, feeding strategies, and effective communication.

This package is intended to be facilitated by a disability advisor or expert and/or a nutrition advisor with disability expertise. Co-facilitation with a representative from a relevant Organization of Persons with Disabilities (OPD) is highly encouraged.

It includes 6 modules, each with a facilitator’s guide and associated handouts. Below are the module titles and sections:

MODULE 1 Understanding Disability and Inclusion
1.1 Understanding Disability
1.2 Barriers and Social Norms
1.3 Promoting Disability-inclusive MAMI Services

MODULE 2 Disability, Feeding, and Nutrition in Infants
2.1 Common Disabilities and Conditions in Infants
2.2 The Link between Disability, Nutrition, and Feeding
2.3 The intersection of Disability, Trauma, and Feeding

MODULE 3 Feeding Difficulties in Infants with Disabilities
3.1 Developmental Feeding Skills in Infants
3.2 Types of Feeding Difficulties
3.3 Identifying Feeding Difficulties

MODULE 4 Strategies to Address Feeding Difficulties in Infants with Disabilities
4.1 Addressing Feeding Difficulties Before, During, and After Feeding
4.2 Strategies for Feeding Infants with Cleft Lip/Palate
4.3 Other Feeding Considerations

MODULE 5 Supporting Mothers with Disabilities and Mothers of Infants with Disabilities
5.1 Effective Communication with Mothers with Disabilities
5.2 Counseling Mothers Impacted by Disability

MODULE 6 Disability-Inclusive MAMI Scenario Role Play

Authors: Zeina Makhoul and Kate Miller, MS, CCC-SLP, CLC, Feeding and Disability Specialist, SPOON.

Technical review by Lori Baxter (Disability Inclusion), Fredrick Kianda (Disability Inclusion Technical Specialist, Save the Children Somalia), Mohamed Billow Mahat (Nutrition Technical Specialist, Save the Children Somalia), and Alice Burrell (Sr Humanitarian Nutrition Advisor – MAMI, Save the Children International)