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Family Spirit Nurture

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Family Spirit Nurture

Instructors: Sarah Vanegas, MS

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

7 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Beginner level

Recommended experience

7 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

How to have meaningful discussions with families to positively impact healthy infant feeding and growth.
The importance of sugar moderation in the first year of life and beyond.

Skills you'll gain

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Assessments

7 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

This course is designed for health educators and home visitors serving families with infants 0-6 months old. Learners will gain knowledge and skills to make a positive impact on healthy infant nutrition and growth as well as maternal and family nutrition. This course is uniquely tailored towards Indigenous families and approaches nutrition through a strengths-based lens connecting to Indigenous foods and Native Foodways.

How can health educators have meaningful discussions with families around nutrition and healthy eating? A careful approach that connects families to strengths and culture can open the door for success. We explore a strengths-based approach, connecting to Native Foodways and Indigenous foods, and four brief techniques of motivational interviewing specific to promoting healthy nutrition choices.

What's included

5 videos6 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt1 plugin

5 videos Total 27 minutes

Introduction to Family Spirit Nurture 3 minutes
Introduction to Promoting Nutrition and Healthy Eating with Families 4 minutes
Connecting to Native Foodways 3 minutes
Community Voices- Susan Ninham, Family Spirit Nurture Educator, Red Lake, Minnesota 3 minutes
Motivational Interviewing: Four Brief Techniques for Promoting Nutrition 13 minutes

6 readings Total 55 minutes

Family Spirit Nurture Curriculum Information 10 minutes
Family Spirit Text Messages- Sign up for texts! 10 minutes
Strengths-Based Approach 5 minutes
Health Educator Prayer 10 minutes
Optional Resource- All My Relations Podcast 10 minutes
Native American Motivational Interviewing 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 10 minutes

Motivational Interviewing (MI) Quiz 10 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

What Are Your Community's Strengths? 10 minutes

1 plugin Total 15 minutes

Traditional foodways -Mariah Gladstone 15 minutes

Everything a health educator needs to know about nutrients, food groups, and making sense out of nutrition facts labels. Also, the importance of moderating sugar intake and answers to some commonly asked questions around sugary drinks.

What's included

7 videos4 readings2 assignments

7 videos Total 52 minutes

Nutrients 11 minutes
Food Groups 11 minutes
Reading Nutrition Facts Labels 10 minutes
Naturally Ocurring Vs. Added Sugar 6 minutes
Finding Sugars in Foods and Drinks 8 minutes
The Trouble with Too Much Sugar 5 minutes
Healthy Drink Ideas and Setting a Healthy Example 2 minutes

4 readings Total 35 minutes

Resources: Nutrients 10 minutes
Food Groups- USDA My Plate 10 minutes
Reading Nutrition Labels - US Food and Drug Administration 10 minutes
Sugar: Commonly Asked Questions 5 minutes

2 assignments Total 10 minutes

Nutrients and Food Groups 5 minutes
The importance of moderating sugar intake 5 minutes

Why the first few months of baby's life are critical for establishing healthy feeding patterns. How to tell if a baby is hungry or full? Why breastfeeding is about more than just providing great nutrition. Tips and tricks on starting solid foods when baby shows readiness around 6 months and what caregivers can do to set a powerful healthy eating example (teaching their child to love healthy food and drinks).

What's included

6 videos4 readings3 assignments2 plugins

6 videos Total 49 minutes

Nutrient Needs 0-6 months 9 minutes
The Feeding Relationship: Responsive Feeding, Reading Cues and Feeding Roles 7 minutes
Breastfeeding: Nourishing Mind, Body, and Spirit 4 minutes
Introducing Solid Foods: Who, What, When, Where, How? 14 minutes
Food Safety 8 minutes
Healthy Food Routines for the Family 6 minutes

4 readings Total 40 minutes

Is Your Baby Hungry or Full- from the American Academy of Pediatrics 10 minutes
Resource- A guide to breastfeeding for Native American and Alaska Native Families 10 minutes
Your Voice Matters! Strategies to overcome family/social pressures 10 minutes
Beware of Toddler Milks- Sugary drinks in disguise 10 minutes

3 assignments Total 15 minutes

Nutrition for Infants 0-6 Months 5 minutes
Introducing Solids Around 6 Months 5 minutes
Healthy Feeding Routines for Infants 6+ Months 5 minutes

2 plugins Total 30 minutes

AAP video- introducing solid foods and division of responsibility 15 minutes
Four Tucson Families Healthy Eating Exampl 15 minutes

Understanding a baby's unique personality traits can help parenting go as smoothly as possible. How can we understand and work with each baby's feeding style? Also, we'll explore caregiver mental health and coping with challenges of parenting.

What's included

1 video3 readings1 assignment1 discussion prompt

1 video Total 4 minutes

Responsive Parenting 4 minutes

3 readings Total 30 minutes

Baby's Temperament 10 minutes
Mental Health, Self Care, and Coping With Challenges 10 minutes
FSN Course Survey- Please give us your feedback! 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 5 minutes

I Am Me! Baby Personalities 5 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Scenario: Baby Personalities and Feeding Style 10 minutes

Instructors

Sarah Vanegas, MS

Johns Hopkins University

1 Course 1,161 learners

Offered by

Johns Hopkins University

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