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Connecting A Matter of Balance Coaches During COVID-19: Reminders for Running an Effective Class

Ellen Bailey, NC Center for Health and Wellness, Coach Megan Edwards Collins, Winston-Salem State University, Master Trainer Sarah Stamey, Western Piedmont Regional Council, Master Trainer Stephanie Stewart, Land of Sky Regional Council, Master Trainer

Objectives of today’s webinar:

• Discuss tips for planning an effective AMOB class
• Discuss coordination and communication between

coaches

• Share strategies for managing class discussions
• Review the importance of NC data collection
• Stay Connected!

Planning Tips

The better prepared you are the first session, the better your participant retention.

Start with the

• rientat

ion.

Coach's role

• "promoting reflection"
• "consideration for participants"

Schedule

• Videos
• Guest Health Professional
• Exercises

Icons

Staying on time takes finesse.

• Stoke conversation
• Use the break wisely
• Reference the agenda
• Manage different personalities

• Before the workshop begins
• Review the material and determine the sections each coach will

cover

• During the workshop
• Maintain open communication and continue to review sections

each coach will cover

• After the workshop is complete
• Recap the completed workshop with one another – What went

well? What can you improve at the next workshop?

Coach Communication

Exercises Planning Implementation Styles

• Talk with partners at community site
• Set clear expectations during the first MOB Session
• Do this in collaboration with participants
• Establish a signal/catchphrase that you and participants can all

use

• At the beginning of each session, define what the session’s

focus will be

• Establish clear transitions
• Make sure everyone has the opportunity to speak before

transitioning

• Establish time limits

Tips for Keeping Participants Focused

• Remind participants they can socialize/further discuss a topic

during a break or after class

• Redirect the conversation by restating the purpose/focus of the

session

• If able, connect what they are saying to the topic at hand
• Ask the participant to summarize their point and connect it to

MOB

• Speak with individuals 1:1 as needed, before/after a class or

during a break

• Review your Coach Manual for tips
• Remain calm!

Tips for Keeping Participants Focused, Cont.

Website: www.healthyagingnc.com Details about programs

• ffered in North Carolina

Ability to register for workshops on the website Tools and resources News about healthy aging

Where to find program overviews

www.healthyagingnc.com

https://healthyagingnc.com/a-matter-of-balance-fall-prevention/

How to register for a program

www.healthyagingnc.com

Where to find program details

www.healthyagingnc.com

How to register for a program

www.healthyagingnc.com

Where to find trainings

www.healthyagingnc.com

Where to find paperwork and resources

https://healthyagingnc.com/program-forms/ https://healthyagingnc.com/resources/leader-resources/

www.healthyagingnc.com

Where to find paperwork and resources

https://healthyagingnc.com/program-forms/

www.healthyagingnc.com

Use the NC Data Collection Forms found here OR those provided by your AAA health promotion specialist/ Master Trainer (NOT those in the Maine Health manual.)

The data you collect helps us to:

• Measure program effectiveness.
• Identify who is being served and where, and who isn’t.
• Identify current and new partners.
• Engage in better program planning.
• Show our funders what we have all accomplished.
• Show our funders where future needs still exist.

Photo used with permission: healthyagingnc.com

• Please know that your information is

very valuable to us.

• The information you share on program forms is confidential.
• We use it to learn who is being reached by this program and to improve
• ur services for others like yourselves.
• It also helps our funding agencies show that they are spending their

money wisely.

Talking points

Photo used with permission: healthyagingnc.com

• Confirm with your Aging Specialist/MT how they prefer to collect the

forms (via phone, Session 0 or Session 1?)

• Hold on to forms until the break during Session 1 to check-in with each

participant with any questions

• Consider literacy and/or vision issues
• Fill out attendance roster with participant Name/ID once you have

collected first session forms at the end of the first session

Paperwork Tips

Timed Up and Go (TUG) Online Training Video

Examples of Stories

http://healthyagingnc.com/healthy-aging-stories/

Covid19 Alternatives to AMOB

https://healthyagingnc.com/covid-19/

• Contact your Master Trainer/AAA/Senior Center – How can you help

participants stay connected? How can you stay connected to other AMOB coaches?

• From AMOB to CDSME Toolkit Phone Script
• AMOB Participant Manual – If completed Session 3 before postponement,

Handout 3.2 AMOB Exercises and/or 6.2 Home Safety Checklist

Covid19 Alternatives to AMOB – Home Exercise

https://healthyagingnc.com/covid-19/

• Go4Life – National Institutes of Health – National Institute on Aging;

Strength, Balance, Flexibility and Endurance Activities:

• https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/four-types-exercise-can-improve-your-health-

and-physical-ability

• Self-guided, self-paced program based on the Otago evidence-based falls

prevention program:

• https://givefit.org/otago-exercise-program-one-time

Contact Information

Ellen Bailey, NC Center for Health and Wellness: 828-255-7072 or ebailey@unca.edu OR healthyagingnc.com Megan Edwards Collins, Winston-Salem State University: 336-750-3178 or edwardsme@wssu.edu Sarah Stamey, Western Piedmont Regional Council: 828-485-4216 or sarah.stamey@wpcog.org Stephanie Stewart, Land of Sky Regional Council: 828-251-6622 or stephanie@landofsky.org