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FCS Life Skills
FCS Life Skills
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Embracing Life as We Age (general)
Truth and Consequences: The Choice is Yours
Plate It Up! Kentucky Proud
People are living longer. Kentucky's current population of seniors is 13.3%, a number that is expected to double in the next 40 years due to the Baby Boomers.
The goal of Embracing Life As We Age Initiative is to develop programs and work with other FCS initiatives to help individuals, families and communities manage the challenges and discover the positive aspects of life transitions and growing older.The need to developing life skills in our youth has been made a priority by FCS and homemaker Program Councils and the County Extension Council. We will be utilizing the model though teaching skills under the category of Giving, Working , Being, Living, Thinking, Managing, Relating and Caring. Life Skills help youth become competent, capable and contributing individuals, while Practical Life skills help them in a competitive world.
Agriculture receipts are over $ 5 billion for the first time. Consumer and producers interest in rebuilding community food systems is significant. Our County Extension Offices can play a significant role in helping food producers, entrepreneurs, buyers and consumers work in rural areas. Strong food systems help everyone eat a healthier diet while benefiting the local economy and community. Teaching youth to give back to the elderly in a food situation would teach a multi of skills and life efforts.
Change in social, economic, and environmental issues related to healthy aging, independent aging and quality aging.
Improve healthy homes and communities.
Build strong KY families
Build interpersonal skills and knowledge.
Clients will practice safe cooking skills at home.
Clients will practice safety in their home against falls and injury.
Clients will become healthier with knowledge obtained.
Change behavior to decrease in falls.
Improve health and wellbeing.
Increase communication and enhance relationships and social support.
Work as a family to acknowledge and embrace aging issues.
Initial Outcome: Clients will practice life skills and knowledge gained through extension program
Indicator: Change habits and practice new skills learned.
Method: Participation in activities and survey.
Timeline: 2017-2018
Intermediate Outcome: Follow up surveys will be given at class or mailed.
Indicator: Will be measured through personal evaluation indicating their skills gained in leadership.
Method: Written evaluations
Timeline: 2017-2018
Long-term Outcome: Live longer, better health greater self-esteem.
Indicator: Knowledge obtained through classes and use evaluations.
Method: Evaluations sheets.
Timeline: 2017-2018
Audience: County Senior Citizens, youth, community helpers and extension.
Project or Activity: "Grow your Vitamins" for the Elderly. This summer Morehead State University, Maysville College and Technical Center, Public schools systems, Fleming County and Rowan County Extension are teaming up with a new ideal, "Grow your Vitamins" where youth will grow sweet potatoes and give to the elderly. This nutritious food will assist the elderly to meet vitamin needs.
Content or Curriculum: Plate it Up
Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension Service, FCS Agents, MSU, MCTC, Public schools
Date: 2017-2018
Audience: General Public and Homemakers
Project or Activity: Programs on Aging and Stand up to Falls
Content or Curriculum: Embracing Life as We Age
Inputs: UK Cooperative Extension Service, FCS Agents
Date: 2017-2018
Audience: Nine grade students
Project or Activity: Truth and Consequences
Content or Curriculum: UK program
Inputs: Public School, Legal authorities, Extension and Volunteers
Date: 2017-2018
Author: Peggy Jones
Major Program: Accessing Nutritious Foods (general)
~~Summer Fun in the Kitchen with Super Star ChefSUCCESS STORY: Once school is out for the summer most students like to learn a new skill, maybe try some cooking skills and make new friends. What a perfect reason to attend Super Star Chef Camp at Rowan County High School. Rowan County students are survey as being 100% free lunch in our school system. Therefore makes them the perfect candidate to attend our Camp. The FCS Agent offered Super Star Chef Camp for the first time in our coun
Author: Peggy Jones
Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
~~Draw String Back packs 4-H State Teen Conference 2017 4-H State Teen Conference has been held at the University of Kentucky for 93 years. In 2017, 4-H State Teen Conference attracted 536 high school 4-H’ers from 89 counties across the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Through 4-H Teen Conference high school 4-H’ers can develop leadership skills, improve communication skills, foster citizenship skills, expand skills & knowledge in specific subjects related to 4-H Core Content area
Author: Peggy Jones
Major Program: Family and Consumer Sciences 4-H Core Curriculum
Family Mealtime and MannersRowan County 61.4% of both parents of children under the age of 18, have one or more jobs outside the home.Rowan County also has 6.8% of their dads that stay home and 25.3% of their moms stay home while the other works and/or are unemployed. In today society, both parents are in the need to work to support their families. Family mealtime where everyone sets down at the dinner table and have their meal and a family conversation of “How was yo
Author: Peggy Jones
Major Program: Get Moving Kentucky (Physical Activity Based Programs)
Get Moving Kentucky Rowan County Middle SchoolRowan County has a rate of 33% of school age children are either overweight or obese. As part of a joint effort the Cooperative Extension FCS Agent in cooperation with the Rowan County Middle School and Rowan County Community Education, we decided to do an exercise/nutrition education with a target group. Get Moving Kentucky Program was conducted in a double PE Class that had 70 students, a mix of 6th, 7th and 8th graders. The FCS Agent ope
