Clinical Weight Control
Level 3
 
Title of learning programme Clinical Weight Control
Programme level 3
Duration of learning programme 14 weeks x 10 hours
Total number of learning hours per programme 140 *

* Please note that this is only an approximate figure and is dependant upon how much time you can dedicate to your studies and also how well you grasp the learning concepts in the course material. Furthermore, at the end of each module there is a question paper which needs to be completed and returned to your personal tutor.

Structure
 
Module Module Title
1

Body image
2

Lifestyle

3

Transactional analysis
4

Responsibility
5

Creative visualisation
6

Addiction
7

Symptoms
8 Nutritional needs
9

Eating for healthy life
10 Anorexia nervosa
11 Bulimia nervosa
12

Binge eating
13

Basic counselling
14

Basic counselling

15

Setting up a practice
 

Learning Outcomes
 

Module 1 – Body Image.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Identify the rules in understanding the diet mechanism.
LO2 Analyse the five facets of self-image.
LO3 Discuss the following terms:
Pseudo self esteem
The approval seeker
 

Module 2 – Lifestyle.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Examine the two categories into which dieters fall.
LO2 Identify five of the dietary misconceptions.
LO3 Discuss the concept of chunking up and chunking down, with examples.
 
Module 3 – Transactional Analysis.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Evaluate the following terms:
Transactional Analysis
Life Scripts
The Success Mentality
 

Module 4 – Responsibility.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Define the issues an overweight client will have regarding food
LO2

Discuss the effects of a low self-esteem in relation to an overweight client.
 

Module 5 – Creative Visualisation.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Identify the four activity levels of the brain with a description of each.
LO2

List the three levels that hypnosis may be divided into showing what percentage of people reach that level.
 

Module 6 – Addiction.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Summarise the parts of the body an allergen will attack giving symptoms which will occur.
LO2

Examine the five stages of allergic reaction.

LO3

Discuss an elimination diet as well as giving recommended food examples.
 

Module 7 – Symptoms.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Identify fat soluble vitamins and where they are found.
LO2

Discuss the importance of Vitamin A to the body.

LO3

Summarise the importance of Vitamin C to the body.
LO4

Define water-soluble vitamins and where they are found.
 

Module 8 – Nutritional Needs.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Discuss the importance of water to the body.
LO2

Identify the importance of Calcium and Phosphorus to the body.
LO3

Analyse the importance of Sodium to the body.
LO4

Define the uses, deficiency indications and food sources of the following:
Magnesium
Potassium
 

Module 9 – Eating for Healthy Life.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Summarise your understanding of the following:
Carbohydrates
Starch
Glycogen
Fibre
LO2

Describe Protein and mention the five Amino acids.

LO3

Identify your understanding of Cholesterol.
 

Module 10 – Anorexia Nervosa.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Summarise a brief outline on Bulimia Nervosa
LO2

Define briefly but concisely, Binge Eating Disorders.
LO3

Discuss five eating disorders which do not meet the criteria for a specific eating disorder.
LO4

Analyse the steps of therapeutic treatment.
 

Module 11 – Bulimia Nervosa.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Examine self perception listing the types of emotional abuse.
LO2

Identify the meaning of self-esteem.

LO3

Explain what will happen if a person suffering from a disorder has a low self-esteem.
LO4 Summarise what happens to a person with critically low self-esteem.
 

Module 12 – Binge Eating.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Discuss your understanding of Anorexia.
 

Module 13 – Basic Counselling.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Define the ‘aim’ of counselling.
LO2

Describe the following:
A conditioned response
A block
Reflecting
LO3

Explain what ‘active listening’ gives the counsellor the opportunity to do.
LO4

Identify how a counsellor would utilise his powers of recall and give rules on what listening skills should include.
 

Module 14 – Basic Counselling.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Examine the ‘objective signposts’ that help guide the counselling process.
LO2

Summarise what a combination of empathy and respect allow.
LO3

Define how you would elicit a self-motivating statement from a client.
LO4 List what are considered to be the ‘roadblocks to communication’.
 

Module 15 – Setting up a practice.
On successful completion of this module the candidate will be able to:
  Learning Outcome
LO1

Analyse the respondent’s strengths and growth points and recommend strategies that could be employed to develop the growth areas.
  

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