Development of tools, scales and procedures
DEVELOPMENT OF SCREENING AND ASSESSMENT TOOLS; DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTION PROCEDURES AND STRATEGIES
(i) Screening Tools
FOR USE WITHIN: HOMES, COMMUNITIES, OR, CLINICAL SERVICES BY HEALTH WORKERS OR CLINICIANS
FOR: SCREENING FOR CHIDLREN AT-RISK OF DISABILITY
developmental screening questionnaire (dsq)
Ten questions (TQ) and ten questions plus (tqp)
(II) ASSESSMENT TOOL
TO OBTAIN A NEURODEVELOPMENT PROFILE OF CHILDREN
(III) DIAGNOSTIC AND INTERVENTION PROCEDURES AND STRATEGIES
A: TRAINING MANUAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND DISABILITY SERVICES IN BANGLADESH
LAUNCHING OF THE “TRAINING MANUAL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND DISABILITY SERVICES IN BANGLADESH” ON WORLD DISABILITY DAY, 3 DECEMBER 2021
(To obtain a full copy of the manual a dedicated email address is in progress)
B: WITHIN COMMUNITIES: HOME BASED REHABILITATION THROUGH
DISTANCE TRAINING PACKAGE (DTP) (প্রতিবন্ধী শিশুদের দূরবর্তী প্রশিক্ষন কার্যক্রম)
Validation Papers:
- A randomized controlled trial of alternative modes of service provision to young children with cerebral palsy in Bangladesh
- Difficulties for mothers in using an early intervention service for children with cerebral palsy in Bangladesh
- Predictors of Stress in Mothers of Children With Cerebral Palsy in Bangladesh
- Mortality of urban and rural young children with cerebral palsy in Bangladesh
(BPF school lunch program started based upon the findings of this publication)
DISTANCE TRAINING PACKAGE (DTP)
(প্রতিবন্ধী শিশুদের দূরবর্তী প্রশিক্ষন কার্যক্রম)
In the mid 1990s BPF undertook an international collaborative research to validate its Distance Training Package (DTP). This was a set of pictorial manuals which provided strategies to parents/other primary care-providers of children with disabilities to assist their development in the following functional domains: Gross Motor Skills, Fine Motor Skills, Speech, Cognition, Activities of Daily Living.