Positive Deviance Tools

There are various tools available for applying the Positive Deviance (PD) approach, such as tips for facilitation, tips for identifying PD families, and sample focus group discussions.

Please refer to the list of tools below, which are organized by sector. 

Generic Tools

• PD Conceptual Games

• General Tips for Good Facilitation

• Tips for Asking Questions

• Discovery and Action Dialogue (DAD) Cheat Sheet

• Generic PD Presentation

• Feedback Questions after Discovery and Action

• Community Mapping

Generic Tools in Foreign Languages:

• Spanish

  • (8 Points for In Depth Interviews) 8 Puntos para Entrevista a Profundida de comportamientos del metodo de DP

  • (The 4 D’s of Postive Deviance) Las Cuatro D’s del enfoque de la Desviación Positiva

  • (Questions for Home Visit Discussions) Cuestionario para realización de discusión con Visitas Domiciliarias

  • (Focus Group Guide) Guía de Grupos Focales

  • PowerPoint: El Poder de la Desviación Positiva

• Arabic

  • Generic Presentation

• French

  • La Force de l’Approche de la Déviance Positive

• Chinese

  • Generic PowerPoint Presentation

• Bahassa

  • Kekuatan Positive Deviance Generic PowerPoint Presentation

Nutrition Tools

• Interviews of Caregivers During Home Visits

• Participatory Learning Activities (PLA) Tools for Nutrition Programming

Maternal & Newborn Care Tools

• Overview of PD Process Tools for Maternal and Newborn Care in Community Context

HIV/AIDS Tools

• Tools for PD in Condom Usage

Education Tools

• Sample Group Discussions

• Identifying Positive Deviants

• Household Visit and Interview Guide

Education Tools in Spanish

• (Education Questionnaire) Guía Para Visitar Escuelas