M6 Discussion Environment: Self-Assessment Tool

M6 Discussion - Environment
Prepare a brief paper that addresses one of the following discussion alternatives :
Use one of the three environmental assessment tools (listed below) to:
1.  Assess and rate a children's environment at a formal or non-formal educational or recreational program.  Highlight areas in which the program makes it easy for children to choose healthy, as well as areas in which they could improve their practices to make it easier and more convenient for children to develop healthy habits.  Give specific recommendations that would improve the health support the program offers to children.  Cite credible sources that support your recommendations for programs.
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2.  Assess and rate how your family or workplace makes it easy for you to make healthy choices. Identify real ways families and child-serving programs can practically encourage children to make personal choices that regularly meet the goals of at least two categories within the tool.  Provide ways families and/or programs can shift their environments to make it easier for children to meet behavior goals that lead to healthy habit development.  Share real food alternatives including recipe(s) that could help children and families to meet the goal.  Cite credible sources that support your recommendations for families and/or programs.
For either alternative, use the Module 6 Discussion Peer Review Rubric (link below) to guide your discussion submission (a brief paper of approximately 2 pages), and to assess the submissions of at least two other classmates.
Tools:
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1- Go NAP SACC
2- Cornell Healthy After-School Environment (CHASE) Self-Assessment Tool (MS Word file)
3- Healthy Kids, Healthy New York – After-School Initiative Toolkit (PDF file)
Please see attached lecture .
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