Read the Lifestyle Fitness Behavioral Modification Plan. Summarize the article and list the key points that you learned.
How can you apply the same principles of this fitness plan/contract to another behavior targeted to be changed?
Can you see yourself using a similar type of plan when working with clients in the human services/helping field? How?
* Respond to at least 2 (two) of your classmates’ posts with your comments and any feedback.
Student one:
The lifestyle Fitness model focuses on health and exercising. Within this article the plan focuses on the stage of change which consist of Pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, termination/adoption, maintenance, and action. These six stages are proven to increase the success rate for change.
This same strategy can be applied to multiple behavior’s targeted to change by using the same format. Having to way out the pro’s and con’s of each individual targeted behavior is a must and following that you must go through the six stage’s of wanting and executing change. Making and setting goals is necessary for action to be made in your desired behavior. Preparation often has to take place in order to develop change.
I do feel as though I can apply this type of learning plan to working with clients. I feel I can help a client learn how to set forth goals and find a positive reinforcement to follow-through with said goals. Being able to plan out a desired behavior is the way in which I feel I can help someone develop a lifestyle plan.
Student two:
Most Americans recognize physical exercise to be beneficial. The science of behavioral therapy states that most behavioral changes we adopt are from our environment and social influences (Hoeger et al., 2018). Unfortunately, most of us come from a toxic environment while young as we are ferried by our parents and relatives everywhere. Some of the stages to change include pre-contemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, and adoption. Relatively the key points learned include the success of modifying behavior which is identifying what behavior is to be changed, accepting that there is an issue to be solved, identifying the pros and cons of changing the behaviors, setting a realistic goal, and defining your goal behavioral change plan.
These fitness plan principles can generally be applied by individuals in their behavior to target change. I would use the fitness plan principles to modify my behavior in my reading patterns as a student. I will first contemplate on what are my goals and conduct a self-analysis to fit the plan. I will then set my goals accordingly and later take into action my prepared plans. After that, I will monitor and evaluate progress on whether it has elevated my grades in the end.
Nonetheless, I see myself adopting the same plan while working with clients in the helping field or human services. If a client approaches me for a certain need in behavioral change, let us say drug abuse, I would take my time to identify their behavior pattern and what needs to be changed. I would also analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the change, develop a goal, plan the solution, and advise them on how to implement it. Ultimately, I will follow on progress and recommend necessary changes.
Reference
Hoeger, W. W., Hoeger, S. A., Hoeger, C. I., & Fawson, A. L. (2018). Lifetime physical fitness and wellness. Cengage Learning.
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