Action

Goal for Client Intervention:

Assist to set and meet daily goals.

Intervention Options:

ADVISE:

• Compliment decision and accomplishment of being more active.
  Being more active was a good decision for you.
  What activities are you doing?
• Emphasize benefits.
  Your risk for ___________ will be lower.
  Don’t you feel better?

ASSIST:

• Encourage rewarding self.
  What have you done to reward yourself?
  Have you had fun with friends or family or been to a new place?
• Encourage identification of what is working and existing barriers.
  What parts of your plan are working well? What is still a barrier?
  How could you plan to get around it?
• Promote self-confidence.
  You are making good progress.
  You should be pleased with yourself.
• Normalize relapse as part of the process – relapse is a learning experience.
  Don’t be discouraged if you slip a few days. Most people experience that.
  If you give yourself credit for coming this far, you’ll solve what is holding you back and get going again.

Resource Options (Click to order):

Ready to Explore! Loop Trails
Trail ideas in Simcoe County

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Simcoe Muskoka Trails

A country or urban trail is a window of opportunity for 101 activities such as walking, running, cycling, blading, snow shoeing, trail cookouts, wetland observation, historical exploration.

Future Intervention:

ASK:

• Are you active enough to get warm and breathe faster?

Click on Maintenance (or whatever stage they are at) below for examples of what the health professional might say to clients. These are suggestions to stimulate your thinking about what you want to say to that particular client.