Legazpi City – After the ECCD Phase 3 Training of Trainers conducted on 18-19 October at Villa Caceres Hotel, Naga City, 0-36 months old children in the Bicol Region will soon undergo assessment of their development milestones.

All the four (4) ECCD pilot areas had complete participants together with those from DOH, DSWD, NNC, NDAP CamSur, and those from the Provincial Nutrition Committee. Thirty (30) participants mostly from Bato, Libmanan, Sipocot, and Iriga City took their turn assessing children 0-36 months from Brgy. Pequeña, Naga City using the ECCD checklist. With various types of toys utilized during the practice assessment, many of the children present had fun playing with the ball, rattle, truck and other toys contained in the ECCD kit.  

Led by Ms. Henedina V. Betito, ECCD F1K Provincial Nutrition Coordinator in Camarines Sur and Cathy Austria, RNET member and representative of NDAP Camarines Sur, the third phase of the ECCD F1K Program was conducted to capacitate the local ECCD Technical Working Group on how to assess the developmental milestones of children using the ECCD Checklist. The said checklist was designed for ECCD providers like rural health midwives, child-development workers, and other health and nutrition workers to be able to determine if a child is developing adequately or is at risk for developmental delays.