Table 1 Intended learning outcomes and content for the eight intervention sessions
Week | Content | Intended learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|
1 | Introduction to Teamplay | • Introduce parents to the Teamplay course and create a safe, enjoyable and respectful environment |
PA: What is it & why is it important? | • Help parents to identify/understand the benefits of PA | |
2 | Physical activity recommendations | • Help parents to develop an understanding of what physical activity is. |
Active Play | • Introduce the value and importance of Active Play and support parents in identifying play ideas | |
Praise | • Introduce praise and facilitating the learning of effective use of praise | |
3 | Praise and criticism | • Help parents to recognize feelings surrounding praise and criticism and the impact upon behavior |
Screen-viewing (SV) | • Help parents look at SV in their household and identifying the pros and cons | |
• Introduce strategies and tools to help parents to reduce SV | ||
Boundaries and consistency | • Introduce concepts of boundaries and consistency | |
4 | Increasing ‘Inner motivation’ | • Introduce parents to ‘Inner Motivation’, and top tips to encourage children’s inner motivation |
Family agreement | • Support parents to implement a family agreement for behaviors such as reducing SV | |
Activity directory | • Help parents discover local activities that could contribute to their child’s PA | |
5 | Appropriate expectations | • Understand the impact of expectations on self-esteem and behavior |
Helping children grow up | • Support parents in offering an empowering environment for their child | |
Supporting children’s PA | • Support parents to discover ways to promote a fun and enjoyable PA environment | |
• Introduce key movement skills for PA and provide practical ideas to support their development | ||
• Help parents support their child to experience success in PA through adapting activities | ||
6 | Personal power | • Help parents to use personal power to make healthy choices and support their child to do the same |
Self esteem | • Help parents understand the relationship between personal power, choices and self-esteem | |
• Introduce the idea that PA can help improve self esteem | ||
Choices and consequences | • Introduce choices and consequences as a useful tool to reduce conflict | |
7 | Communicating feelings | • Provide tools for parents and children to help communicate feelings |
Nurturing and downtime | • Create an understanding of the importance of looking after oneself | |
Problem solving and negotiating | • Introduce problem solving and negotiation to help improve communication and reduce conflict | |
8 | Summing up: useful tools | • Recap parenting tools and useful ways that they can be used |
Summing up: getting active | • Reaffirm the benefits and importance of PA and the ways in which it may be increased | |
Continuing your journey | • Establish a family PA goal and signpost parents to more information and further support |