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Training Guide for HIV Counseling and Testing for Youth: A Manual for Providers

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This guide is designed to train providers to use HIV Counseling and Testing for Youth: A Manual for Providers. The guide emphasizes an integrated approach to counseling youth during HIV testing. The training features interactive exercises, participant practice sessions, PowerPoint slides, and other training tools. This guide is intended to be used to train experienced HIV counselors how to offer counseling and testing specifically for youth and how to integrate HIV counseling and testing and other reproductive health services. The guide is also available in French (PDF, 1.3 MB).
A copy of the HIV Counseling and Testing for Youth: A Manual for Providers will be needed for each training participant, and a copy of the Training Guide is recommended for each training facilitator. 
 
This 140-page guide provides:
  • An introduction to integrated counseling and testing services
  • Clinical and non-clinical models of counseling and testing
  • Major steps in providing integrated counseling and testing
  • An overview of sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy prevention methods
  • Social marketing and community support for integrated youth services
  • A detailed curriculum for each training day, with handouts, exercises, and suggested length of time for each component
  • Copies of all handouts and learning tools, including PowerPoint slides
 
Download the full guide (2009, PDF, 919 KB) or sections of the guide below. To obtain a hard copy of the manual, please send us an email.
 
This section includes:
  1. An introduction to the training guide
  2. A detailed agenda that provides the time and materials required for each session, and
  3. All the sessions for the three-day training
Part 2: Handouts & Appendices (2009, PDF, 122 KB)
This section provides the handouts and appendices, including pre- and post-course assessments, resources on youth-friendly services, role-play exercises, energizers, and other materials.
 
Part 3: Training Supplement (2009, PDF, 324 KB)
This section provides printed copies of 43 PowerPoint slides and speaker notes for use throughout the training.
 
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