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Train in Dallas or Toronto in August

Experience an interactive, information-packed event at an Active Living Every Day training workshop in August. You’ll learn the hands-on skills for facilitating Active Living Every Day classes. Join us at one of the following workshops.

  • Thursday, August 12, 2004 at The Cooper Institute in Dallas, Texas
  • Thursday, August 19, 2004 at the Can-Fit-Pro conference in Toronto, Ontario
We will roll up our sleeves and practice some of the most important facilitation strategies used in the Active Living Every Day course:
  • Understand the unique philosophy and principles behind the Active Living program.
  • Learn how to apply the latest behavior change theories in your classes.
  • Explore the Active Living Every Day curriculum up close.
  • Learn the importance of self-monitoring and how to introduce step counters to your classes.
  • Experience an actual Active Living session.
  • Learn to administer the walk test.
  • Learn about group dynamics and practice group facilitation skills.
  • Role-play behavior change coaching techniques.
  • Learn how to increase Active Living program retention.
  • Meet and network with other Active Living facilitators.
How Do I Sign Up?
If your organization is already a licensed Active Living provider, call or e-mail Michelle Maloney at 217-351-5076 ext 2522 or michellem@hkusa.com to register for training. If you’re not yet licensed, follow the instructions below.

  1. Contact Active Living Partners at Human Kinetics at 800-747-4457 x2522, or michellem@hkusa.com. We will walk you through the steps to becoming an Active Living Every Day provider.
  2. Sign the Active Living Every Day license agreement. Licenses are good for one year, and they allow you to teach Active Living Every Day classes in your community and to use the Active Living Every Day name. The license is affordable. The first-year fee includes the cost of the training workshop for one person (travel excluded). The fee is reduced in subsequent years, depending on how many participants you have in your program.
  3. Complete the Active Living Every Day facilitator training. The online facilitator course provides you with the background information that you need in order to facilitate and implement Active Living courses. You then attend the one-day, hands-on training workshop to learn how to apply the information you learn in the online course. The workshop teaches you the skills you need for teaching Active Living Every Day in a group or one-on-one setting.
  4. Start providing! As an Active Living Partner, you will have access to our state-of-the-art support network, linking you with Human Kinetics, The Cooper Institute, and other Active Living Every Day providers around the country. We hope to see you in Dallas or Toronto this summer!





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