Women be Healthy
Frequently asked questions and answers about Women be Healthy:
Q. What is the cost of the curriculum?
A. The facilitators manual is free
to North Carolina residents. Out of state residents may order one
free copy, each additional copy may be purchased at $3.00 each.
Q. Who should teach the curriculum?
A. A potential facilitator should
be female and must enjoy working with women with mental retardation.
She must be able to elicit participation of members, listen attentively
when others are speaking, and foster a supportive environment. It
is very important that the facilitator be comfortable discussing her own
body and health issues.
Q. Is there training available to
prepare facilitators to teach the curriculum?
A. Training is available. For more information
please contact Pam Dickens, 919-966-0871, pam_dickens@unc.edu.
Q. Who are the targeted participants
of the curriculum?
A. Adult women with mild to moderate
mental retardation who possess sufficient receptive and expressive communications
skills to comprehend the instructional material and participate in role-play
situations, and understand that the role-play situations are make-believe.
Q. What is the schedule for the curriculum?
A. The curriculum is divided into
eight weekly 90 minute sessions. Days and times for the meetings
should be scheduled to accommodate the participants as much as possible.
