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.
Coach's role • "promoting reflection" • "consideration for participants" Start Schedule with • Videos the • Guest Health Professional • Exercises orientat Icons ion.
• Stoke conversation Staying on time • Use the break wisely takes finesse . • Reference the agenda • Manage different personalities
Coach Communication • 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? Exercises Planning Implementation Styles
Tips for Keeping Participants Focused 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, Cont. 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! •
Website: www.healthyagingnc.com Details about programs offered in North Carolina Ability to register for workshops on the website Tools and resources News about healthy aging
Where to find program overviews https://healthyagingnc.com/a-matter-of-balance-fall-prevention/ www.healthyagingnc.com
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/ 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.) www.healthyagingnc.com
The data you collect helps us to: Photo used with permission: healthyagingnc.com • 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 Talking points • 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 our services for others like yourselves. • It also helps our funding agencies show that they are spending their money wisely.
Paperwork Tips • 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
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
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