See Also:

Voluntary Counseling and Testing Toolkit

 View the companion publication HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing: Skills Training Curriculum Participant's Guide.

 

The publication VCT Toolkit: HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing: Skills Training Curriculum Facilitator's Guide was developed to guide the training of VCT counselors and is meant to be a VCT training curriculum. The Facilitator's Guide standardizes training in and provision of counseling services in various settings using a variety of service-delivery models.

 

 

The materials in this training curriculum were selected from a variety of HIV/AIDS counseling training manuals. Although no training curriculum can be exhaustive, this one attempts to outline the key activities and information necessary to train people to provide VCT services. Family Health International conceived this document recognizing the wide variability in the organization, infrastructure and capacity of VCT services in resource-constrained settings. FHI strongly encourages a flexible approach in using this training curriculum.

 

The training materials are generic documents intended to be liberally adapted to suit specific socio-cultural contexts. The guide should be seen as a living document to be revised as needed, ensuring that counselors have the most up-to-date information to deliver high-quality VCT services.

 

The intended users of this guide are VCT trainers at the national, district and facility levels who are beginning or expanding VCT services.