During 2025, the National Council for Early Childhood, Children, and Adolescents (CONAPINA), continued to implement the ICDP programme “También Soy Persona” (“I am a person too”) in all three modalities of the programme:
1) ICDP for early childhood/for parents of young children,
2) ICDP in the modality adapted for parents of adolescents, and
3) ICDP for adolescents, who receive training from their peers trained as ICDP facilitators.
The implementation of the three modalities is taking place at national level.
Within the framework of the National Play Strategy, CONAPINA incorporated an additional session as part of the roll out of “Tambien Soy Persona” – it is a session on the importance of play at each stage of life. The play session has been added to each of the three modalities of the programme mentioned above.
During 2025, for the first time in El Salvador, the ICDP programme “Tambien Soy Persona” was also used with mothers deprived of liberty, and with families of children who are under the care of the National Protection Board.
CONAPINA’s observation of the effect of the programme convinced them of its positive impact on families, children, and adolescents.