This page contains the resources to complete the VENA Training. If you have questions, please contact your Regional Nutritionist Consultant.
To help ensure a successful learning experience, prework (below) must be completed before training. Trainees who have not done so may be asked to cancel their registration and re-register once complete.
1. Watch four informational webinars
- Part 1: Introduction (18 Minutes)
- Part 2: Webinar: Assessing Protective Factors and Nutrition Risks (20 minutes)
- Part 3: Sensitive Topics and Topics for Nutrition Services (21 min)
- Part 4: Family Assessments and Moving from Assessment to Nutrition Services (15 minutes)
2. Please print/access the Using VENA to Guide WIC Services: Activity Workbook
a. Complete the activities listed below before the live training (trainer will ask you to reference these during the training)
- Activity: 1A Focus on Strengths, Not deficiencies (8 minutes)
- Activity: 2B Probing for Further Information (5 minutes)
- Activity: 3A Crafting Strong Affirmations (5 minutes)
- Activity: 4A Avoiding the Expert Trap (5 minutes)
- Activity: 5A Asking About Sensitive Topics (8 minutes)
- Activity: 6A Connecting the Dots (7 minutes)
- Activity: 7A Family Based Springboard Questions (8 minutes)
Additional Counseling Resources
Dawn Clifford’s MI Tips - YouTube
USDA ‘VENA Guided Goal Setting’ Training: Log into your WIC works Percipio account to access.