Community Partners

Travel Reimbursement

OUHSC and other community partners along with SPTHB staff are eligible for mileage and travel reimbursement following federal guidelines. Those who attend WATCH meetings, trainings and other related events at the community sites are eligible for mileage reimbursement via monthly mileage documents or travel authorization forms. This paperwork will be completed by the Program Coordinator and partner and will be forwarded to SPTHB offices to process.

Incentives

During WATCH program implementation there will be many opportunities for incentives. Teachers are eligible for gift cards for pre- and post-surveys as well as weekly process evaluation surveys. To be eligible, a predetermined number of weekly surveys are to be completed to meet the completion goal based on the actual number of weeks curriculum was implemented. The incentives for Parents are awarded through participation in the WATCH parent/family nights. These family events empower parents and guardians to increase healthy nutrition and physical activity with their child as well as provide him/her with resources. Participation allows each family to be eligible for a crockpot giveaway at the end of the WATCH night. Names are drawn at random from participants who were determined eligible to receive the incentive item.

A special thank you is given to all the community partners that have not only been vital to program implementation but for allowing WATCH to be part of their respective communities. WATCH is a collaborative effort in which all community partners play a key role. Without the interest and continued efforts of community partners, WATCH would not be able to flourish and go on to other tribal communities.

Intervention Trainers

Ashley Weedn, MD, MPH

• Pediatric specialist from OU Physicians- Healthy Futures Clinic, will provide training that includes methods and strategies to aid our health care providers with motivational interviewing, obesity sensitivity, and clinic efficiency. Training typically lasts 3-4 hours.

Dipti Dev, Ph.D.

• Child Health Behavior Specialist from the University of Nebraska –Lincoln, leads our teachers through a module of the Ecological Approach To (EAT) Family Style Dining while feeding children at ECEs and Head Starts within the WATCH communities. She uses responsive feeding best practice and strategies for the ECE teachers and staff to use during mealtimes with the children. Trainings typically last 2 hours.

Michelle Lombardo, D.C.

• Creator of the OrganWise Guys curriculum. This curriculum supplies students in the ECEs evidence-based obesity prevention through lifelike characters that encourage smart decisions when it comes to nutrition and physical activity. The teachers receive the digital platform version that allows them to display lessons and videos on their smartboard or laptops within their classroom. This curriculum comes with a physical activity education component called Wisercise and added nutrition education through the Foods of the Months.

GO NAPSACC, Oklahoma State Department of Health

• Go NAPSACC is an online program with self-assessments and training modules to enhance the quality and health of early care and education programs. It is focused on the nutrition and physical activity environment. It has been developed by Dr. Dianne Ward at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Go NAPSACC is available through the Oklahoma State Department of Health. SPTHB WATCH staff are trained and served as consultants on the Go NAPSACC program. The WATCH staff can review the selfevaluations by the participating ECE programs, guide participation in learning modules, assist with goal development, and provide technical assistance and support to meet goals to enhance nutrition and physical environments in ECE. Go NAPSACC has numerous modules that focus on different ages of young children. WATCH programs can participate in any of these modules. However, the priority and role of the SPTHB WATCH staff will be to guide program through the preschool nutrition and physical activity modules before moving onto other modules of interest. The goal of the WATCH staff is to operate as a consultant to the ECE program and guide them through the selfassessment, goal setting, attaining and reflective self-evaluation, provision of resource materials within the Go NAPSACC library.

Learning Centers and Health Care Provider Partnerships

Bearskin/ Wyandotte Nation/ Eastern Shawnee Tribe community- Early Childhood Learning Centers the Bearskin Clinic (Spring 2018- Spring 2019)

Kelly Friend, Bearskin Clinic Director Stacie Frieze, Eastern Shawnee Early Childhood Learning Center Director Tammy Charles / Kristi Hudson, Wyandotte Nation Early Childhood Learning Center Directors Lindsay Cooper, Wyandotte Nation- Lead Teacher

Cheyenne and Arapaho community- Head Starts, Child Development Centers, and Clinton Service Units: IHS Clinics in Clinton, El Reno, and Watonga (Fall 2019- Spring 2020)

Carrie Whitlow, Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes (C&A Tribes) Department of Education Director Megan Hart, C&A Tribes Child Development Center Director Jeneice Hoffman, C&A Tribes Head Start Director Misty Corwin, C&A Head Start Education Manager Tara Conway, C&A Diabetes Prevention Program, Registered Dietitian Dr. Sarah Hartnett, Clinton Service Unit Medical Director Kristie Purdy, Clinton Service Unit Public Health Nutritionist

Comanche Nation Child Care Centers, Kiowa Tribal Head Starts, and Lawton Service Unit: Lawton Indian Hospital, IHS Clinics in Anadarko and Carnegie (Fall 2021- Fall 2022)

Carolyn Codopony, Child Care and Development Fund Director Desiree Devine, Comanche Nation Child Development Center – Lawton Manager Jennifer Kerr, Comanche Nation Child Development Center- Apache Manager Doah Do Hainta, Kiowa Tribe Head Start Director Lynn Munoz, Kiowa Tribal Head Start Health Manager Julie Miller, Lawton Service Unit Diabetes Program Director Dr. Nancy Collazo, Lawton Service Unit Chief of Pediatrics Dr. Brian Mauch, Pediatrician