THE TRAINING THE TRAINER PROGRAMME

Curriculum

6 Sections
43 Lessons
Lifetime

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Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Older Adults
This training module focuses on understanding the relationship between social isolation and loneliness, using data and research to identify key risk factors. It provides an opportunity to discuss methods for identifying and addressing cases of loneliness, as well as strategies for mitigation across partner countries. The module also explores approaches to promoting interpersonal relationships among older adults. Additionally, it offers an introduction to the FRIEND Program, explaining its goals and how it aims to empower older adults to build meaningful and positive social connections.
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Social Interaction across the Life Course
This module explores how ageism shapes our views on ageing and affects older adults' friendship and participation in society. It also examines how social relationships evolve over time and highlights the importance of social connections for community well-being. Finally, it offers strategies facilitators can use to promote inclusion and encourage social engagement among older adults.
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How to become a FRIEND facilitator
The module presents the general structure of the FRIEND programme and the key skills to be a FRIEND Facilitator, by identifying strategies for group management, for dealing with sensitive situations and for retention of participants.
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FRIEND Programme: From theory to practice
This module 4 focuses on the presentation of the FRIEND programme for older adults. It encompasses the detailed description of the training sessions, their aims and the learning outcomes for the interactive activities.
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What is the FRIEND programme

THEORETICAL CONTENT

The FRIEND blended learning programme is organised in 7 sessions. The ideal scenario for implementation was developed based on the inputs from the iterative focus groups run during the research and development phase: groups of 8 to 12 older adults, delivered by 2 facilitators, over a frequency of 1 session per week (Figure 1).

Figure 1. Scenario for implementation of the FRIEND programme

Each meeting will last two hours, of which one and a half hours will be devoted to the course and half an hour to a recreational moment such as a snack to be eaten together.

Each session is organised with a similar structure:

By providing a similar structure, the FRIEND Programme promotes stability and confidence in knowing what will happen next, which may generate greater engagement of older adults.

Each of the sessions of the FRIEND learning programme has a specific topic to focus on and the programme provides ‘tips for home’ for participants to explore further that topic. The main attention of the 7 sessions is to encourage and stimulate experimental and interactive activities. The ‘Tips for Home’ consist of in-depth materials on the topic of each session and an exercise to be carried out between meetings to try out the skills discussed during the meeting in everyday life or to stimulate reflection in preparation for the topic to be addressed in the next session. The tips for home are available online on the FRIEND project platform or via mail/WhatsApp or can be printed out. Later in Module 4, there will be in-depth explanation of each of the 7 sessions, including the topic and the related session plan.

Introduction

THE TRAINING THE TRAINER PROGRAMME

Curriculum

What is the FRIEND programme

THEORETICAL CONTENT

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