"How To"
If you would like to use the PD approach in your community or organization, we have many tools to help get you started. Below is a link to a simple guide which gives a brief overview about how to begin implementing the PD approach,
Click here to access: Basic PD Guide
There are also various tools available, such as tips for facilitation, tips for identifying PD families, and sample focus group discussions. To access tools that can help you apply the PD approach in various sectors, please refer to the list of tools below, which are organized by sector.
Tools
Generic Tools
- PD Conceptual Games
- General Tips for Good Facilitation
- Tips for Asking Questions
- Discovery and Action Dialogue (DAD) Cheat Sheet
- Generic PD Presentation
- Feedback Questions after Discovery and Action
Generic Tools in Foreign Languages:
- SPANISH
- (8 Points for In Depth Interviews) 8 Puntos para Entrevista a Profundida de comportamientos del metodo de DP
- (The 4 D’s of Postive Deviance) Las Cuatro D’s del enfoque de la Desviación Positiva
- (Questions for Home Visit Discussions) Cuestionario para realización de discusión con Visitas Domiciliarias
- (Focus Group Guide) Guía de Grupos Focales
- PowerPoint: El Poder de la Desviación Positiva
- ARABIC
- FRENCH
- CHINESE
- BAHASSA
Nutrition Tools
- Interviews of Caregivers During Home Visits
- Participatory Learning Activities (PLA) Tools for Nutrition Programming
Maternal & Newborn Care Tools
HIV/AIDS Tools
Education Tools
Education Tools in Spanish
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Quotes that embody the essence of PD:
"Learn from the people
Plan with the people
Begin with what they have
Build on what they know
Of the best leaders
When the task is accomplished
The people all remark
We have done it ourselves."
~Lao-Tzu Tao Te Ching
"We dance around in a circle and suppose while the truth sits in the middle and knows."
~Robert Frost