TRAINING MANUAL AND HANDLING GUIDE

FOR PROGRAMS/INTERVENTIONS ABOUT

PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

METHODIST CHURCH IN UGANDA

Plot 67 Magwa Crescent Road
P.O.Box 5278 Jinja-Uganda

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 BRIEFING

This manual and or guide was designed to facilitate understanding of what disability is and the most significant issues to
consider when handling, addressing, or training on/about issues relating to People with Disabilities (PWDs). The set-up of this
manual/ guide is therefore purposely selected to ultimately deliver on the need to have a universal manual and guide for the
Methodist Church in Uganda’s (MCU’s) community development officers and staff, as well as the religious leaders and
followers at the different levels.

Besides working with this manual or guide, the trainer or facilitator ought to have the following attributes if they are to
successfully make a good difference and delivery on the job!

Professionally empathetic
Carry no negative biases, judgments, and stereotypes about PWDs
Good interpersonal skills
Good speech and presentation abilities
Possibly be able to speak the language commonly known by the PWDs to interact with or train
Ability to make valuable and relevant analysis of the situational environment and when it arises especially doing the
training or interaction

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CONTENT OF THE MANUAL / GUIDE

Content Aspect Details

Pre-engagement Knowing the disability or range of disabilities you are to handle

Drawing training objectives

Planning the sessions and training or engagement coverage plus timelines

Establishing what the PWD(s) will need as aides or assistants and catering for them

Selecting an appropriate venue

Making an all-inclusive and sufficient budget (where necessary)

Knowledge base; Acquainting yourself with knowledge about the selected PWD(s) to
train/meet/engage

Pre-evaluation and checklist

During engagement Possible topics and issues of training/interaction/coverage with PWDs

Starting the session(s)

Key do’s and don’ts

Practicality of trainings and sessions/engagements

Assessments

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 PWDs advocacy and empowerment notes

Pre-evaluation and checklist

Post engagement Doing follow-ups with/on PWDs

Assisting PWDs form sustainable self-help and social linkages in their communities

Periodical follow-ups and boost of PWDs

Disconnecting from the engagement/direct support to PWDs

Institutional post-engagement profiling

Evaluation of the engagement/training/interactions and checklists.

Universal Issues Legal regime about PWDs

Cutting Across
Types of disabilities and their uniquely defining features

Breaking the social discriminations and inconsideration plus stigma

Gender and disability

The cob-web of challenges faced by PWDs

Wheelbarrow Concept of challenges faced by PWDs, solutions within communities and self, and most
notable resources needed.

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Glossary

Personal Check-out
for facilitators

PRE-ARRANGEMENTS

Professionally, training/presentations/engagements/interaction…depending on how you may prefer to refer to them start

way before the actual or physical trainings/presentations or engagements.

The pre-training period is what we are referring to as the pre-arrangement phase of the training/engagement/or interaction
in this manual and guide.

This phase of the training is perhaps the most important part, regardless of how senior, how academically qualified, or how
much you are an expert in the field that you intend to train. At the worst, one must be able to reflect and think through the
scheduled training or engagement. Exceptionally, impromptu engagements or interactions require an excellent acumen.

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