1. Little Voices for Healthy Children Minerva Medellin Minerva Medellin March 8 2009 March 8 2009 3332 Project 2 3332 Project 2 Design Plan Design Plan

2. Little Voices for Healthy Choices Assessment Promoting Healthy Choices : Choosing to Nourish Pregnant Women Choosing to Nourish Pregnant Women Feeding and Family Feeding and safety Feeding and Child Development Feeding and Culture Feeding and Nutrition Choosing to Nourish Infants Choosing to Nourish Infants Choosing to Nourish Toddler Choosing to Nourish Toddler The promoting choices are all the same and the ones that will be filling in the gaps are the parents, toddlers, and infants. in the gaps are the parents, toddlers, and infants. Just add the main things but all others are the same too. Just add the main things but all others are the same too. Note: You may want to list each of these on a separate screen.

3. Little Voices for Healthy Choices My Goals Goals are teaching families to: Goals are teaching families to: a.) Nourish children with healthy choices from the start. b). Explore cultural expressions, attitudes and beliefs about food. Supporting children to: a). Establish healthy preferences early in life. b). Experience healthy foods without hassles. c). Enjoy positive eating patterns. The families will learn to give the children healthy foods and a good balance meals. Choosing the right kind of food from different kinds of cultures.

4. Little Voices for Healthy Choices Performance Objectives: After completing this training, learners will be able to  Nourish on demand  Nourish with energy  Nourish with interaction Example: –Children have different needs at different times of the day –The developing brain requires more oxygen. –Interactive experiences help oxygen to the developing brain.

5. Little Voices for Healthy Choices Learning Outcomes The Parents will be able to express what they learn.  Describe how early childhood development is positively impacted by healthy nutrition.  Demonstrate how physical, sensory, language, cognitive and socio-emotional development of every day moments.  Demonstrate how interactive nutrition experiences for expectant families, breastfeeding women, families with infants and toddlers, and family values and their beliefs.  They will also learn to support and practices traditional songs, music, and story-telling.  Describe strategies for establishing relationship with community nutrition services, educational resources and promote lifelong health.

6. Little Voices for Healthy Choices Learner Characteristics: Cultural Expressions, Attitudes, & Beliefs Cultural expression is the new way to show different kinds of ethics in our world. Show the different foods that we share with on another. Cultural expression is the new way to show different kinds of ethics in our world. Show the different foods that we share with on another. Attitudes is how one feels against each others and the difference we share with one another. Different opinions. Beliefs is what one thinks and the faith that one has in one another. The trust that is giving in the parent in what we believe in and their cultural expression. My audience for this training would be the parents, caregivers, and infants & toddlers. Strategies for educating adults to identify hunger and safety cues to support infant and toddler experience within the context of family and culture, educational resources and coalitions to promote lifelong health Strategies for educating adults to identify hunger and safety cues to support infant and toddler experience within the context of family and culture, educational resources and coalitions to promote lifelong health

7. Little Voices for Healthy Choices Learning Context :  The Family is the one that decides – what, when, and how their children eat.  Parents will be provided with different areas of instructional information in regards to nutrition. They will receive this training in a classroom setting and also during their monthly parent meetings because there they will be able to work and hold discussion in groups.

8. Little Voices for Healthy Choices Instructional Strategies  Promoting Healthy Choices: (a) Better the parents with good skill for then to learn (b) Nourish children will healthy choices from the start (c) Explore cultural expression, attitudes, and beliefs about food.  Topic 1 (a) Choosing to Nourish pregnant women (b) Choosing to Nourish infants (c) Choosing to Nourish toddlers  Topic 2 (a) Nourish on Demand (b) Nourish with energy (c) Nourish with interaction

9. Little Voices for Healthy Choices Instructional Strategies  Cont. Assessment  The promoting choices are all the same and the ones that will be filling in the gaps are the parents, toddlers, and infants.  Just add the main things but all others are the same too.  The families will be able to learn the concept of nutrition and healthy food at an early age.  The Parents will decide what kind of food will be provide to better the child at an early stage.

10. Little Voices for Healthy Choices Resources Learning materials: 1.Little Voices for Healthy Choices C.D. 2.Informational hand-outs:  Advocating for families and children  Choosing to nourish  Physical Activity & Nutrition 3.(3) Food Experiences 4.Plan for “Creative Connections through Nutrition”

11. Little Voices for Healthy Choices Training Module Blueprint:

12. Little Voices for Healthy Choices Blueprint cont.  The white bar is how many moms breast –feed their newborns. Every Qtr. it changes and the percentage. The 3qtr. it was a high percentage.  The light green bar is the infants either breast-feed or take regular baby bottle.  The dark green bar is of the toddler that drink from a regular baby bottle and up to 4 years or older. It’s possible that at 6 year old still drinks from a bottle

13. Little Voices for Healthy Choices Work Shop Evaluation Please circle the number that best describes how you feel about the statement below Number five (5) is the highest and number (1) is the lowest The overall quality of the session was. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 The goals and objectives of the session were stated. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 The choice of topics was beneficial. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 The presenter demonstrated good skills. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Presenter provide ample time for discussion. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 Presenter answered all question asked. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 The Work Shop evaluation will help determine the level of my performance that an individual has attained a results of instruction. My evaluation is based on directly on my goals and objectives

14. Little Voices for Healthy Choices Summary The children who have learned to be comfortably dependent can become not only comfortable with having people depend on them. They can lean, or stand and be lean comfortable with having people depend on them. They can lean, or stand and be lean upon, because they know what a good feeling it can be to feel needed.  Families have learned about their roles and responsibilities to enable them to reinforce healthy and nutritional patterns. It is the role of the informed adults to offer a variety of healthy foods and to create a calm and nurturing environment. A positive feeding relationship supports good nutrition, food acceptance, developmental eating skills, self- regulation of intake, and socialization.