Health Coaching Certification Sections 4-6

Question 1

What are the 3 styles of learning?

Answer 1

Auditory, kinesthetic, visual

Question 2

True or False: Some research shows that visual images are advantageous to all learners

Answer 2

True

Question 3

An adult learns best through a blend of what?

Answer 3

hearing, touching, seeing

Question 4

One quick way of identifying how your client learns best is to do what?

Answer 4

ask how they assemble an item with multiple parts. Pictures (visual), have someone read the directions (auditory) figure it out as go along is kinesthetic

Question 5

An appropriate example of engaging a client in Teach-Back is:

Answer 5

Describe how you check your blood sugar

Question 6

What are the advantages of Teach back?

Answer 6

immediate clarification, improved adherence to treatment plans, enhanced client accountability, better recall, ID barriers to communication, supports learning process

Question 7

Are yes/no questions a benefit of Teach-back?

Answer 7

No

Question 8

Is the Teach Back method difficult for the patient to understand?

Answer 8

No

Question 9

What is the Butterworth Survey?

Answer 9

Study done to determine reasons why people don’t change

Question 10

What are the reasons for not changing according to the Butterworth Survey?

Answer 10

don’t think it’s important, values don’t support it, they don’t think they can, they haven’t worked through ambivalence, they aren’t ready, they don’t have a plan, they don’t have support

Question 11

What reason is NOT given according to the Butterworth Survey

Answer 11

They don’t have knowledge to change

Question 12

When a client is not interested in changing, he/she is in what stage?

Answer 12

Pre-contemplation

Question 13

A client who is regularly checking blood sugars is in what stage?

Answer 13

Action

Question 14

To determine how ready an individual is for change it is important to do what?

Answer 14

Identify what stage of change the person is in

Question 15

A person who says “I’ve talked with my spouse about meal planning” is at what stage of change?

Answer 15

Preperation/Determination

Question 16

RESPECT is an acronym for what?

Answer 16

consider ethnicity and culture in plans for change

Question 17

“I might try not adding salt for 30 days” is in what phase?

Answer 17

Contemplation

Question 18

Being culturally competent as a health coach indicates that you are what?

Answer 18

Non-judgmental of a client’s beliefs, values and culture

Question 19

The most important aspect of assisting a client who has experienced a relapse is to tell them what?

Answer 19

That it is common

Question 20

A well defined goal statement includes

Answer 20

specific actions, measurable outcome, time of completion

Question 21

What are the goal setting steps?

Answer 21

1) Establish desired end result
2) identify specific actions
3) write goal statement
4) prioritize each step
5) set reasonable deadline

Question 22

What does SMART stand for?

Answer 22

Specific, Measurable, Agreed Upon, Realistic, Time-Sensitive

Question 23

What does specifying goal details do?

Answer 23

Enhance success

Question 24

What is a goal?

Answer 24

What the client hopes to attain

Question 25

Your client comes to you for help with weight loss. You ask how many pounds they want to loose. What part of SMART is that?

Answer 25

Measurement

Question 26

You’re guiding a client to set goals for quitting smoking. You ask “By what date would you like to quit?” What part of SMART is this?

Answer 26

timeframe

Question 27

Guiding the agenda implies that the health coach

Answer 27

helps the client safely prioritize topics