Adolescent intervention
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Session 1: Adolescent development and diabetes management
| ● Adolescence: physical, cognitive and social changes during adolescence. |
● Challenges of managing T1D during adolescence. |
● Links to T1D management resources. |
Session 2: Connection between thoughts, feelings and behavior
| ● Understanding the relationship between thoughts, feelings and behaviors. |
● Recognizing signs of stress, anxiety and depression. |
● Recognizing and challenging unhelpful thoughts. |
● Accessing support. |
Session 3: Communication
| ● Communicating with parents and handling difficult conversations. |
● Importance of body language, assertiveness, and confidence. |
● Communicating when feeling angry and frustrated. |
Session 4: Building strong relationships
| ● Identifying values relating to relationships. |
● Relationships with parents and friends. |
● Steps to effective problem solving. |
● The effects of and managing bullying. |
Session 5: Staying healthy
| ● Finding the balance between diet, exercise, work, sleep and leisure time. |
● Barriers to a healthy balance: peer pressure, smoking, alcohol, and other drugs. |
● Maintenance: Setting goals and problem solving to maintain the balance. |
Parent intervention
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Session 1: Raising an adolescent with diabetes
| ● Adolescence: physical, cognitive and social changes during adolescence. |
● Adolescent cognitive processes and how they impact parent-adolescent interactions. |
● Challenges of managing T1D during adolescence. |
● Links to T1D management resources. |
Session 2: Strengthening the parent-adolescent relationship
| ● Parenting values. |
● Ways of connecting with adolescents. |
Session 3: Adolescent independence and safety
| ● A model for adolescent autonomy granting. |
● How to effectively use praise. |
● Demonstrating acceptance. |
Session 4: Communication and problem solving
| ● Listening and talking to adolescents. |
● Barriers to communication. |
● Problem solving. |
Session 5: Setting boundaries
| ● Limit setting and rules. |
● Characteristics of effective consequences. |
Session 6: Parent self-care
| ● Parent health and well-being. |
● Recognizing and accessing support. |
● Managing stress. |