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The Stanford Youth Diabetes Coaches Program

The Stanford Youth Diabetes Coaches Program. Welcome to the Stanford Youth Diabetes Coaches Program!. Thank you for taking your test online. . What is the Stanford Youth Diabetes Coaches Program ?. YOU help someone you care about live a healthier life by becoming a diabetes coach.

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The Stanford Youth Diabetes Coaches Program

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  1. The Stanford Youth Diabetes Coaches Program

  2. Welcome to the Stanford Youth Diabetes Coaches Program! Thank you for taking your test online.

  3. What is the Stanford Youth Diabetes Coaches Program ? • YOU help someone you care about live a healthier life by becoming a diabetes coach. • A doctor comes to your classroom once a week for 8 weeks. • The doctor tells YOU how to coach someone to become healthier. • You coach your diabetic partner once a week.

  4. Stanford Youth Diabetes Coaches Program: Class Rules • Doctors leave the hospital to come to your classroom. • Arrive on time. • Do not miss class. • Listen carefully to the doctors. • Complete your coaching assignment. • Ask Questions – It’s your chance get answers from doctors!

  5. Role Play: 2 student volunteers needed Student: “Hi Grandma. I am taking this diabetes class at school, and I am supposed to talk with someone every week who has diabetes. Would it be ok if I talked to you?” Grandma: “Sure, baby, but you don’t know anything about diabetes.” Student: “Well, doctors are going to come and teach us a lot of stuff that I can tell you about.”

  6. Count off • All Students Stand Up and Count Off By Fours • Number 1’s Keep Standing – Everyone else can sit down.

  7. almost one out of every four teens in the US has diabetes or pre-diabetes • 23% of teens in the US have diabetes or pre-diabetes • 26 million people in the United States have diabetes

  8. Role Play: 2 student volunteers to the front of the classroom Student: “Uncle, I am supposed to talk to you about diabetes for my class at school. Do you have time?” Uncle: “I don’t know why you are so worried about my diabetes. I don’t think it’s a big deal.” Student: “Well, diabetes can cause a lot of bad problems with your health. I care about you, so I don’t want that to happen to you.” Uncle: “What kind of bad problems?”

  9. Take One Minute • Get a partner. • Think of one bad problem that can happen because of diabetes. • Share your ideas with the class.

  10. Problems from Diabetes: • Heart disease • Blindness • Kidney disease • Amputations • Many Others...

  11. The Good News About Diabetes By keeping blood sugars in a normal range, people with diabetes can: • prevent the bad complications of diabetes • lead a normal, productive life • live a long life

  12. Role Play: 2 student volunteers to the front of the classroom Student 1: “Who are you going to coach for diabetes class?” Student 2: “Well, my mom has diabetes, so I think I will coach her if she will let me. How about you?” Student 1: “I don’t know anyone with diabetes.” Student 2: “It can be anyone who wants to be healthier. They don’t have to have diabetes.” Student 1: “I guess I’ll coach my grandpa because he has been trying to lose weight.”

  13. Who Will You Coach? Family Member or Friend Who: • has diabetes OR • would like to know more about being healthy

  14. Before the first class next week: Find a person to coach!

  15. See you in class next week!

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