Table 2 Categories, subcategories and examples of self-help activities from child scenario (C) and adult scenario (italicized) (A)
Category (Total response count for category) | Subcategory | Examples and number of responses in subcategory | Response Counts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Child | Adult | |||
Environmental (Child scenario, 61) (Adult Scenario, 3) | Interaction | Try talking to him, asking him questions, following what he comes up with. (C) | 30 | 1 |
I will see if she/he will respond to a touch or throw something away and see if the child will talk or not, to prompt the child. (C) | ||||
If age related, I will interact more with him. (A) | ||||
Environment | Send the child to school. As the child mingles with other children he will learn from them. (C) | 6 | 0 | |
…changing the environment. Taking the child to a place where there are colours, pictures, toys, things that kids would like to play with to see and touch. (C) | ||||
Communication strategies | Make signs (participant gestures with hands) and see if the child will respond. (C) | 25 | 1 | |
Sign language; using audio-visual means It will help it stick in the person’s mind. (C) | ||||
Correction | When I am at home I will correct his speech. (A) | 0 | 1 | |
Skills development / curative (Child scenario, 26) (Adult Scenario, 8) | Specific teaching | I will use pictures also to teach the child. (C) Use sound and what the child likes to teach him. Make sounds and see if the child will imitate. (C) | 24 | 0 |
Home herbal remedy | I may find out herbs that may be helpful and prepare it. (C) I will try herbs or pray (A) | 2 | 4 | |
First aid | If I know of any first aid I will do it e.g. Pouring water on him or her (A) There is a first aid given for such ones. I will quickly find it and give him. (A) | 0 | 3 | |
Exercise | I will also encourage the person to exercise. (A) | 0 | 1 | |
Attitudinal (Child scenario, 25) (Adult Scenario, 0) | Attitude | More patience is needed first to handle such a person, to concentrate on him/her. (C) | 12 | 0 |
I would not associate myself to her like my other children who talk. (C) | ||||
Helplessness | I don’t think I can do anything. I don’t have any skill to help with talking. (C) | 9 | 0 | |
I don’t have any help for that child. (C) | ||||
Pressure to speak | Force him to talk so he will try to talk. (C) Every day we must force him to speak as it is our future. (C) | 4 | 0 | |
Further learning (Child scenario, 13) (Adult Scenario, 0) | Observation and assessment | If I have another child or there is a child of the same age, I’ll call the child, look through his mouth and see if there are differences. (C) Observe them, study them, discuss with my wife. (C) | 11 | 0 |
Self-education | I would learn about how to help, in that I buy books, read. (C) | 2 | 0 | |
Spiritual (Child scenario, 12) (Adult Scenario, 8) | Spiritual actions | Fasting and prayers (C) I’ll be praying or asking intercessors to help me with prayers (A) | 12 | 8 |
Resources (Child scenario, 11) (Adult Scenario, 3) | Funding and resources | I will provide food for the child. I will also provide money for school. (C) I will give the person some money (A) | 6 | 1 |
Educational aids | Provide materials that could help the child to talk - a state of the art aid to help the child to talk. (C) Looking for reading aids e.g. ABC chart (C) | 4 | 0 | |
Employ others | Employ the services of a teacher who will help with the talking. (C) I will employ a teacher to help him (A) | 1 | 2 | |
Care (Child scenario, 2) (Adult Scenario, 2) | Care given | Will pamper her. Make her happy always. (C) We need to pamper him. (A) | 2 | 2 |