Session 10 – Homework Summary
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Here is the whole assignment, step by step. Jump straight to any step below, or download the identical material as a printable handout.
Finished? Complete the session evaluation.
1. Review Handouts
New marks a handout you have not seen before; Shared earlier means it appeared in an earlier session.
Handout list
- Emergency Management Concepts New
- Connecting About IYCF-E Emergency Response New
- IYCF-E Preparedness Essentials New
- Emergency Plan IYCF-E Self-Assessment New
- Resource List Guide for IYCF-E Connections Shared earlier
- SAFE Support and Strategic Core (S3C) Meetings New
- Determining Need for SAFE Feeding Support Shared earlier
- Infant Feeding Support for Clients in an Emergency Shared earlier
Remember –
You can always revisit the recordings of this training series, or reach out to us at 828-809-3301 or safe@infantfeeding.org to discuss your training & support needs.
2. Find and connect with your county emergency planning manager or group, local healthcare coalition, and your state VOAD
If you have not already done so, reach out to local and state organizations that handle disaster response in your area. See the handouts for this month for questions to ask and more tips.
3. Ask for a conversation about infant and young child feeding in emergencies
Using the knowledge, concepts, and tips in this month’s handouts, ask if you can meet to learn more about how they support families with babies in emergencies.
4. Complete the Evaluation
Complete the Evaluation
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Handouts, Links & Resources
New this session
Emergency Management Concepts
The basic vocabulary and structures of emergency management — who is in charge of what, and where infant feeding fits. Read this before you walk into a coordination meeting.
New this session
Connecting About IYCF-E Emergency Response
The questions to ask, and the ways to frame the conversation, when you approach an agency about infant feeding.
New this session
IYCF-E Preparedness Essentials
One page of the abbreviations and essentials that come up constantly in this work. Useful to keep beside you early on.
New this session
Emergency Plan IYCF-E Self-Assessment
A short self‑assessment for emergency planners: does your plan actually account for infants and young children? Most do not, and this shows where the gaps are.
Shared earlier
Resource List Guide for IYCF-E Connections
How to build the list of people and organisations you can call on, and how to keep it current.
New this session
SAFE Support and Strategic Core (S3C) Meetings
Our quarterly support call for people preparing and running IYCF‑E work in their own communities.
Shared earlier
Determining Need for SAFE Feeding Support
When an emergency hits, the first question is whether an infant feeding response is needed at all, and at what scale.
Shared earlier
Infant Feeding Support for Clients in an Emergency
For small organisations and individual practitioners already serving families, who now need to support feeding in an emergency.
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