Topic | Participant Objectives | Activities |
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Program Introduction & Focus Areas | · Learn about the program focus areas and their related behaviors: Food and Nutrition, Physical Activity, Body Image, and Active Parenting | · Program focus areas and motivation activity · Active Parenting introduction and Worksheet · Introduction to website and participant/preteen home cooking assignments |
Parenting Styles & Food and Nutrition Basics | · Explore different parenting styles and how they support preteen health · Learn about nutrition basics (MyPlate and nutrient-rich foods) · Create SMART Plans for each program focus area | · Parenting Styles introduction and activity · Basics of nutrition presentation · SMART Plan introduction and goal setting activity · Take-home food and nutrition environment assessment |
Stages of Child Development & Physical Activity Basics | · Compare the stages of child development and how to effectively parent the preteen stage · Learn about physical activity basics for preteens · Adapt and continue with SMART Planning | · Stages of child development information and activity · Basics of physical activity presentation · SMART Planning follow-up, additions, and adaptations · Take-home physical activity environment assessment |
Family Communication & Mealtime | · Learn about effective family communication and the FRIDGE curriculum · Consider current family mealtime practices and discuss how best to enhance them · Adapt and continue with SMART Planning | · Family communication and FRIDGE curriculum information and discussion · Dinnertime activity · SMART Planning follow-up, additions, and adaptations · Take-home grocery store scavenger hunt |
Beyond the Basics of Food and Nutrition | · Learn about and discuss further food and nutrition topics · Consider how portion choices have changed over time and how we make decisions about serving size · Adapt and continue with SMART Planning | · Beyond the basics of nutrition information and breakout discussions · Portion distortion presentation and activity · SMART Planning follow up, additions, and adaptations · Take-home internet recipe activity |
Body Image – The Basics & Beyond | · Learn about body image and discuss situations that affect preteens · Understand the impact of media messages on preteens and how to proactively address the messages · Adapt and continue with SMART Planning | · Minimize media impact activity · Body image information and discussion · SMART Planning follow up, additions, and adaptations · Take-home body image environment assessment |
Beyond the Basics of Physical Activity | · Learn about and discuss further physical activity topics · Consider motivations and barriers to physical activity in their family · Adapt and continue with SMART Planning | · Motivations and barriers activity and worksheet · 100-Calorie health information and activity · SMART Planning follow up, additions, and adaptations · Take-home family physical activity worksheets |
Moving into the Teen Years & Food and Nutrition Skill-Builders | · Learn tips and techniques to help preteens make a healthy transition into teen years · Apply the concepts of satiety and energy density to family food choices · Learn how to help preteens use the nutrition food label · Adapt and continue with SMART Planning | · Moving into the teen years information and discussion · Satiety and energy density information and activity · Nutrition Tool: Label reading activity · SMART Planning follow up, additions, and adaptations · Take-home label reading and hunger and satiety activities |
Parents as Community Change Agents & Physical Activity and Body Image Skill-Builders | · Examine communities and what parents could do to promote healthy changes · Use scenarios and discussion to determine how best to address body image issues with preteens · Participate in a circuit course activity · Adapt and continue with SMART Planning | · Community change activity · Body image how-to’s activity · Circuit training exercise and take-home activity · SMART Planning follow up, additions, and adaptations · Take-home preteen community change worksheet |
Moving Forward with Healthy Habits | · Reflect on the progress made throughout the program · Learn strategies to keep up with behavior changes made throughout the program · Plan for continuation of SMART Planning | · Healthy preteens reflection activity · Moving forward with healthy habits presentation · Keeping up with SMART Planning information and activity · Final program evaluation |