AUTISM AND CHILD DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDERS IN AFRICA

Child Health Improvement Program (CHIP) International holds autism spectrum disorder (ASD) awareness events and organizes and participates in seminars in communities in Senegal and Ghana with attendees from all over Africa. Furthermore, we conduct workshops to train health-workers, teachers, parents and volunteers in the identification and management of the effects of developmental or intellectual disabilities. We employ a pyramid training model; training professionals and parents in learning disabilities, speech and communication therapy, applied behavior analysis, and other management methods for developmental/intellectual disorders in children. These key trainers can then in turn educate others who would also be able to pass the training on.