COURSE INFORMATION:

COURSE OVERVIEW

Graduates will be guided in the principles of adopting a healthy lifestyle. From the physical and mental to social and sexual, students will learn the concepts of health, including mind, body, and spirit to take charge of on one’s health. Students will also learn the skills and habits formed along with the choices made and the way to live day by day that shape one’s health and future to live a fulfilling life and apply the core principles when working with persons with developmental disabilities.

TRAINING LOCATIONS

North Bay Campus or Online – www.nativetc.com

Part 1: An Invitation to Health and Wellness

Part 2: Psychosocial Health 

Part 3: Personal Stress Management

Part 4: Physical Activity for Fitness, Health, and Athletic Performance

Part 5: Personal Nutrition

Part 6: Managing Your Weight

Part 7: Personal Relationships and Sexuality

Part 8: Birth Control Choices and Pregnancy

Part 9: Protecting Yourself from Infectious Diseases

Part 10: Lowering Your Risk of Major Diseases

Part 11: Drug Use, Misuse, and Abuse

Part 12: Alcohol and Tobacco Use, Misuse, and Abuse

Part 13: Traditional and Complementary Health-Care Approaches

Part 14: Staying Safe: Preventing Injury, Violence, and Victimization

Part 15: Healthy Aging

Part 16: Working toward a Healthy Environment

Part 17: The Spirit of Health and Wellness

Skill Competencies: Interpret compliance documentation and provide for the safety of people with developmental disabilities and for self and others in compliance with all applicable legislation, regulations and standards of practice. Demonstrate advocating support of health and well-being of people with developmental disabilities.

Knowledge Competencies: Outline and describe the safety and conditions of people with developmental disabilities, self and others in compliance with all applicable legislation, regulations and standards of practice. Recognize and indicate how to support health and well-being of people with developmental disabilities.