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Application of the Concept of Health & Wellness to People  with Disabilities: 
From Academia to Real Life

 

SET SMART GOALS

Once you have made a commitment to changing a behavior, setting a goal will help motivate you to be successful in achieving that change.  Goals are most powerful when they are SMART goals: 

Specific:

"I will walk for 20+ minutes 3 times this week," instead of "I will exercise more this week."

Measurable:

In order to evaluate how you are doing, you need some measure of your success.  Miles?  Number of fruits and vegetables servings?  Consider developing your own measure (perhaps a 1-10 scale of how good you feel after you walk.)

Attainable:

The goal should be something that is challenging but also within your ability to achieve.

Realistic:

Running a marathon in February if you have never run before isn't likely.  Know your limitations and be realistic about what you can accomplish.

Timebound:

Set a start date and a completion date.  Then you can set another goal when you have accomplished the first one.

Provided by RRTC Health and Wellness Consortium  : (503) 494-3534

Support for this Web cast is provided by the National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) as part of its initiative to promote greater use of disability research findings by consumers, their families, service providers, and other non-researcher stakeholders.  Specific NIDRR project support comes from RIIL (Research Information for Independent Living), and RTC on Health & Wellness. NIDRR is part of the U.S. Department of Education, and no endorsement of the opinions expressed as part of this Web cast by the Department should be inferred.

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