Session activities | Individual and team goals |
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Session 1: Fruits and vegetables | |
• Barriers to eating fruits and vegetables | • Individual goal: tracking eating at least five servings each day or substituting for a sugary beverage each day |
• Serving size quiz | • Team goal: pedometer challenge (team divided into two squads) |
• Nutrition jeopardy | |
Session 2: Back to healthy postures | |
• Healthy spine (ship mast analogy) | • Individual goal: track neural spine position several times a day or attend relevant Oregon Home Care Commission (OHCC) class |
• Practice with partner finding neutral spine | • Team goal: all do neutral spine task tracking |
• Practice lifting postures | |
• Tools to avoid back strain | |
Session 3: Functional fitness | |
• Core strengthen | • Individual goal: pair with teammate to exercise or core exercises everywhere tracking |
• Sitting posture | • Team goal: repeat pedometer challenge |
• Practice do anywhere core exercises | |
• ABLE (abdomen, back and leg exercises) stickers | |
• Benefits of exercise quiz | |
Session 4: Take a load off with tools | |
• Traps that lead to injuries | • Individual goal: watch video or attend OHCC class on tools |
• Common injuries and how they occur | • Team goal: all assess hazards in consumer-employer’s home |
• Low tech tool show-and-tell and practice | |
• On tools | |
Session 5: Communicate for hazard correction | |
• Role play communicating with consumer-employer | • Individual goal: interview consume-employer about what makes good and bad days or use the PRAISE communication strategy with consumer-employer |
• Learn PRAISE (Plan, Respect, Ask open-ended questions, I statements, Simply listen, Express understanding) mnemonic | • Team goal: all talk with consumer-employer about hazard |
• Plan interaction | |
• Role play interaction | |
Session 6: Mental health | |
• Practice total body relaxation | • Individual goal: choose relaxation or three blessing activity |
• Three blessing activities | • Team goal: work on something from previous sessions |
• Review of session topics and progress on goals |