Program Staffing HOST: Lifestyle Coaches Staffing will vary based on your organization’s also collect critical capabilities weight and physical activity data. Larger organizations may have roles If possible, you may want to divided among different staff add a specific data preparer to your staff to Smaller organizations may have a single record and submit these data. In larger organizations, person for all roles roles can be divided among different staff members, and in smaller organizations a single person may handle every role. Always align your staffing with the goals and strategies of the lifestyle change program and your organization's capabilities. For instance, you may need staff with specific expertise, such as speaking another language. MIRIAM: As part of the training Lifestyle Coaches for our Lifestyle Coaches, you know, Are nonjudgmental they're expected to meet people where they are Treat participants with dignity and respect and to just listen Adapt program for other languages, depending to the information on demand that they're sharing in a nonjudgmental way. We treat all of our members with dignity and respect. Unfortunately, we do not have a session that is all in Spanish. We just have not had that demand just yet, but we do have Lifestyle Coaches that are bilingual. And so if that need ever arises, if we ever get a critical mass of members who would prefer for the [National] DPP to be provided in Spanish, we could.
Program Staffing Staffing will vary based on your organization’s capabilities Larger organizations may have roles divided among different staff Smaller organizations may have a single person for all roles HOST: Lifestyle Coaches also collect critical weight and physical activity data. If possible, you may want to add a specific data preparer to your staff to record and submit these data. In larger organizations, roles can be divided among different staff members, and in smaller organizations a single person may handle every role. Always align your staffing with the goals and strategies of the lifestyle change program and your organization's capabilities. For instance, you may need staff with specific expertise, such as speaking another language. Lifestyle Coaches Are nonjudgmental Treat participants with dignity and respect Adapt program for other languages, depending on demand MIRIAM: As part of the training for our Lifestyle Coaches, you know, they're expected to meet people where they are and to just listen to the information that they're sharing in a nonjudgmental way. We treat all of our members with dignity and respect. Unfortunately, we do not have a session that is all in Spanish. We just have not had that demand just yet, but we do have Lifestyle Coaches that are bilingual. And so if that need ever arises, if we ever get a critical mass of members who would prefer for the [National] DPP to be provided in Spanish, we could.
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