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<br> | == Learning Aims == | ||
#Gain sufficient knowledge and skills to support adolescents and their families in changing behaviours to increase physical activity to initiate and maintain weight loss. | |||
#<span> </span>To develop a set of competencies and skills and apply a variety of psychological techniques to foster patient centred behavioural change in adolescents | |||
#Demonstrate understanding and empathy of adolescents attitudes towards obesity, to build a rapport and raise the issue of weight loss sensitively | |||
#To ensure that the adolescent has sufficient information to allow them make an informed decision about the need to increase physical activity through a change in behaviour and awareness of the support options available | |||
#Be able to clarify your role as a physiotherapist and recognise the boundaries of your scope of practice in an at risk adolescent population<br><br> | |||
== Adolescent and Family Support == | == Adolescent and Family Support == |
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Learning Aims[edit | edit source]
- Gain sufficient knowledge and skills to support adolescents and their families in changing behaviours to increase physical activity to initiate and maintain weight loss.
- To develop a set of competencies and skills and apply a variety of psychological techniques to foster patient centred behavioural change in adolescents
- Demonstrate understanding and empathy of adolescents attitudes towards obesity, to build a rapport and raise the issue of weight loss sensitively
- To ensure that the adolescent has sufficient information to allow them make an informed decision about the need to increase physical activity through a change in behaviour and awareness of the support options available
- Be able to clarify your role as a physiotherapist and recognise the boundaries of your scope of practice in an at risk adolescent population