USAID Advancing Nutrition develops, curates, packages, and shares multi-sectoral nutrition knowledge to help you stay on top of developments and evidence in global nutrition programming.
Early Childhood DevelopmentInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Juntos is a program to help caregivers of children with congenital Zika syndrome understand their child and to build support networks that will improve their care in the community.
Caring for Children with Disabilities: Mini Parenting Master Class
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Behavior Change for NutritionBreastfeedingEarly Childhood Development
This video provides advice to parents of children with disabilities on supporting their children's development, including through feeding, communication, and play.
Training Manual for Caregivers of Children with Disabilities
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Early Childhood DevelopmentGrowth Monitoring and PromotionMental Health
This training manual equips caregivers of children with disabilities with the knowledge and skills to provide care for children to grow, develop, and become productive in society.
How to Approach Feeding Difficulties in Young Children
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Infant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This article provides classification guidance on identifying feeding difficulties and a systematic approach to the evaluation and management of feeding difficulties in young children.
Online Course: Introduction to Nutrition and Feeding for Children
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Complementary FeedingInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This course provides an introduction to the topics of nutrition, feeding, and healthy growth for infants, young children, and children with disabilities.
Working with Children with Developmental Disabilities and their Caregivers: A Training Programme for Non-Specialists in Low Resource Settings
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Early Childhood DevelopmentGrowth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
This training equips staff with an overview of childhood disabilities; an understanding of how to use daily activities to promote health, development, and well-being; and the skills to use the MAITS Guide for Parents.
Early Childhood DevelopmentInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
Caregivers can use "Your Baby's Developmental Milestones" to understand and recognize their child's social, emotional, linguistic, cognitive, and physical milestones in the first 1,000 days.
Monitoring Children’s Development in the Primary Care Services: Moving from a Focus on Child Deficits to Family-Centred Participatory Support: Report of a Virtual Technical Meeting
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Early Childhood Development
This report summarizes a meeting to agree on how best to monitor children 0–3 years of age for risk of developmental delay, disorder, or disability in primary care services.
Eating and Drinking Ability Classification System (EDACS)
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Early Childhood DevelopmentInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The EDACS aims to help speech and language therapists and parents to describe five distinct levels of ability of children with Cerebral Palsy using the key features of safety and efficiency.
Early Childhood DevelopmentGrowth Monitoring and PromotionInfant and Young Child Nutrition (IYCN)
The CCD Package guides health workers and other counselors as they help families build stronger relationships with their children and solve problems in caring for them at home.