Resources for Certified Facilitators

How to become a certified Living Well Iowa facilitator

Setting up a Living Well program

• Becoming a host site

• Choosing a location that is accessible, using this accessibility checklist.

Planning the course

• The Living Well Planner is a step-by-step, week-by-week checklist you can use to set up a Living Well course. It also walks you through each of the activities that make up the 8-week course.

Recruiting participants

• The Participant Recruitment Manual discusses who to recruit and provides information on best recruiting practices. Includes sample brochures and press releases. Sponsored sites complete Recruiting and Marketing Log as part of the evaluation process.
   

• Marketing Health Promotion for People with Disabilities

Materials

• Living Well Iowa health evaluation questionnaire (PDF) for participants in research component.

• Living Well with a Disability Manual: Living Well sponsored sites receive a full set of manuals in all formats for loan to participants. Extra manuals may be purchased from the University of Montana, Rural Institute on Disabilities.

• Living Well with a Disability Handouts: These supplement the manual; each participant should get a copy.

• Living Well with a Disability: Iowa Senior Supplement: Modifications that  make this course more meaningful for older participants.

• Continuing to Live Well course manual (in PDF or MS Word): Each participant should get a copy.

• Continuing to Live Well workbook (in PDF or MS Word)

: This supplements the manual; again, each participant should get a copy.

• Best Practices in Developing Peer Support: Peer support is the number one reason participants return to class. This offers strategies for building peer support within the class, and promoting ongoing peer support after the course is completed.

• Confidentiality Policy: For facilitators, for participants.

• CIL Invoice, in DOC or XLS format

Alternate formats
Whenever possible, Living Well Iowa makes information available in alternate formats, such as large print, Braille, audio, diskette. To request materials in an alternate format, please contact the Living Well Program Consultant.

Research and evaluation resources for sponsored hosts