School Readiness Initiative (SRI)

School Readiness Initiative (SRI)

The School Readiness Initiative works in partnership with the government of Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia, to promote evidence based early child care and education by providing a comprehensive, high quality pre-school program which gives the disadvantaged children of Ethiopia a chance to succeed at school.

Mission statement

SRI works in collaboration with the government and other stakeholders. By using evidence based knowledge and skills through employing capable individuals, SRI implements scaled activities to empower parents and teachers to optimally enhance their roles in early child care and education.

Summary of relevant work

  • Prepare training manuals for preschool teachers and conduct regular periodic trainings
  • Prepare training manuals to engage parents and conduct regular meetings between teachers and parents
  • Work with government to mainstream appropriate process follow up
  • Provide mental/behavioral health services to 11500 children and their families
  • Support poor mothers to start income-generating activities
  • Educate community to replace corporal punishment with positive discipline
  • Assess children and mothers for mental health problems
  • Conduct research to determine disciplining methods
  • Conduct research to determine stigma on the mentally ill

Details

Approach(es)
Detection and diagnosis
Empowerment and service user involvement
Prevention and promotion
Task sharing
Training, education and capacity building
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Disorder(s)
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Epilepsy/seizures
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Self-harm/suicide
Population(s)
Adults
Children and adolescents
Families and carers
Setting(s)
Community
School
Country(s)
Ethiopia