Table 1.

Staff Training Activities About Feeding Children and Children's Gross Motor Activity, US Head Start Programs, 2008 (N = 1,583)

Activity	% of Programs Offering Activitya
Feeding children (n = 1,576)b
An experienced staff member verbally explains practices and routines that apply to feeding childrenc	92
Staff attend a workshop or training session about feeding children	60
Staff are asked to read books or articles about feeding children	14
Staff view videotapes about feeding children	13
No training for new staff about feeding children other than observing what the most experienced staff do during meals and snacks	3
Gross motor activity (n = 1,574)d
Experienced staff member verbally explains practices and routines for encouraging children's gross motor activityc	87
Staff attend a workshop or training session about children's gross motor activity	63
Staff are asked to read books or articles about children's gross motor activity	25
Staff view videotapes about children's gross motor activity	18
No training for new staff about children's gross motor activity other than observing what the most experienced staff do during children's gross motor activities	6

^a Percentages do not total 100 because programs were allowed to report more than 1 activity.

^b Seven programs that did not respond to the question were excluded.

^c In addition to reporting which of the listed activities were used, programs reported on which one was the most commonly used. For feeding, 69% of programs reported that the most common training activity was verbal explanations of the practices and routines; for gross motor activity, 66% of programs reported that this was the most common training activity.

^d Nine programs that did not respond to the question were excluded.