Healthy coping module

SECTION 2 - GROUP SESSION

For those clients going on to a group, the following is a guide for the module.

The module at a glance

Activity	Key content
1. Welcome	Self introduction Housekeeping
2. Overview of the education philosophy and group rules	Education philosophy Group rules
3. Introductions and burning issues	Group introductions and participant questions
4. Impact of diabetes	Diabetes and the wider context of people’s lives
5. Diabetes and well being	All participants should have been through the pre group assessment phase and identified these issues with you via the scales and/or open ended questions. You should therefore be aware of participant levels of wellbeing and diabetes related stress Small group discussion for 15 – 20 minutes using the exercise provided (discuss how they felt when diagnosed with diabetes and how they have dealt with diabetes since that time – have their feelings changed and if so what helped?) Facilitate the small groups while they are talking Ask each group to feedback to larger group any things that have helped to make diabetes part of their lives and record on whiteboard
6. Ongoing support – reinforcing what is available	The diabetes team (including Medicare rebated services (allied health and mental health), HMR Other health service programs Community based programs (including Diabetes Australia, Diabetes Counselling Online and other websites)
7. Communicating with health professionals	Being an active member of the diabetes care team
8. Self care goal	Designing a self care goal
9. Close	Burning Issues – did we cover them? Where to from here Options to attend other DSCP modules