Honestly, this is a real concern, most first aid courses here are conducted in English, so the language barrier is something you'd want to plan around carefully. Someone in my mum group mentioned that some training centres do offer basic infant and child CPR sessions with simplified demonstrations that are more hands-on and visual, which can help helpers who aren't strong in English follow along better even if the materials aren't translated. A few mums found it helped to sit through the course together with their helper the first time, so they could translate key points on the spot and reinforce things at home afterwards. It's also worth checking whether your helper's agency can arrange any supplementary caregiver training in Burmese before she arrives, since some Myanmar-based training centres do cover infant care basics as part of pre-deployment, so she may come with some foundation already. Overall, the hands-on practical courses tend to work better than lecture-heavy ones for this situation, so I'd lean towards finding something demo-based and then doing regular practice at home together to make sure the skills stick.
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