The Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association will be providing Complimentary HIGH FIVE® Sport Courses in Saskatoon and Regina on May 29 and 30, 2012. Please register early to guarantee a spot! Click here for more information.
HIGH FIVE® is a quality assurance training standard that provides recreation program staff and supervisors with the knowledge and skills to implement quality and developmentally appropriate programming to children ages 6-12.
Through HIGH FIVE® training courses, front line recreation, sport and after school leaders learn how to incorporate the Principles of Healthy Child Development into their everyday programming. The following HIGH FIVE® Principles emphasize the social, emotional and cognitive needs of children to help front line leaders engage participants, build relationships and resolve conflict:
1. A Caring Adult
2. Friends
3. Play
4. Mastery
5. Participation
Each of these Principles plays a part in providing children with quality recreation experiences. The programming that youth ages 6-12 experience has a direct link to their participation level in recreation and physical activity programs in the future. Positive interactions fostered by the HIGH FIVE® Principles help to ensure that all youth grow to be involved in lifelong recreation activities.
HIGH FIVE® Training Workshops
SPRA primarily offers two HIGH FIVE® Workshops – Principles of Healthy Child Development
(PHCD) and QUEST.
Principles of Healthy Child Development (PHCD)
This one-day workshop provides front-line leaders with skills to improve the quality of their youth programs. It provides in-depth training in the Principles of Healthy Childhood Development in order that front-line leaders understand how to ensure that each child’s social, emotional and cognitive needs are met. Leaders learn activities and gain knowledge, tips and resources to enhance their programs, as well as their relationships with children and other staff members.
The leaders are provided with an extensive overview of each of the HIGH FIVE® Principles as well as provided teachings on how to incorporate a conflict resolution model, decrease bullying within programs and plan activities and programs to encourage the HIGH FIVE® guidelines.
HIGH FIVE® Healthy Minds for Healthy Children
HIGH FIVE® National recently released an additional training opportunity that teaches engagement strategies for nurturing resiliency in children. It also provides insight into common mental health distress or disorders that children could be experiencing. This is an online training initiative that will be made available to all participants of HIGH FIVE® Principles of Healthy Childhood Development and HIGH FIVE® Sport Courses.
QUEST
This one-day workshop will help supervisors improve the quality of their children’s programs by learning how to measure it with the HIGH FIVE® Quality Experience Scanning Tools. This workshop provides practical training on the use of the QUEST Evaluation Tools to evaluate current children’s recreation programs.
At the completion of this workshop, learners will be able to define HIGH FIVE® and apply the Principles of Healthy Child Development, use the QUEST quality measurement tools for observing and evaluating children’s experiences in programs and acknowledge the crucial role of supervisors in setting the tone for healthy child development in an organization
Further information on the PHCD and QUEST courses may be found within the HIGH FIVE® Program Outline.
Other Workshops Available
HIGH FIVE® Sport
HIGH FIVE® is aligned with Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L) and is helping to promote Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) among sport and recreation providers. HIGH FIVE® focuses on the emotional, social and cognitive development of children, while CS4L focuses on physiological development.
HIGH FIVE® Sport is a 5 hour training designed for coaches who work with children aged 6 to 12. It allows coaches to have a better understanding of children’s mental health and emotional needs in a sport environment.
HIGH FIVE® Sport Brochure
QUEST 1 Online Training
The new QUEST 1 Online Training is designed for managers who oversee children’s programs. It allows them to develop, adopt, and measure, the effectiveness of child-focused policies.
QUEST 1 Online Training Brochure
Hosting a HIGH FIVE® Course?
At Least 6 Weeks in Advance:
At Least 2 Weeks in Advance
- Order the HIGH FIVE® manuals for your session.
Upcoming HIGH FIVE® Workshops
Please visit the Saskatchewan HIGH FIVE® Workshop Calendar to view all upcoming courses.
Contact Information
For more information on HIGH FIVE®, please contact Karen Thompson or Kelly Wood, Provincial Coordinators of HIGH FIVE® in Saskatchewan.
Karen Thompson, SPRA Consultant - Leadership and Evaluation
(306)780-9389
kthompson@spra.sk.ca
Kelly Wood, SPRA Field Consultant – Physical Activity
(306) 778-1095
kwood@spra.sk.ca | 
