KNH 403 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: The Counselor, Goal Setting, Mnemonic

• School: Miami University
• Department: Kinesiology and Health
• Course: KNH 403
• Professor: Nancy schmidt

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Chapter 5: developing a nutrition care plan: putting it all together. The counselor should communicate to the client: a variety of possible courses of action, you are the best judge of what will work, we"ll work together to review options and choose a plan. Explain goal setting basics: use the mnemonic smart, specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time based. Explore change options: work in partnership with your client to develop a plan. Define goals: determine achievable goals, goals should be realistic, reasonable, and desirable, define measurable goals. It should be clear when the goal is attained: set goals over which the client has control, reaching a goal should depend on the client"s actions, state positive goals, positive images have a better change of success. Design a plan to implement the goal. Investigate the physical environment: explore the environment to determine what could help or hinder achievement of the goal.