Table 1.

Intended learning outcomes and content for the eight intervention sessions

Week	Content	Intended learning outcomes
1	Introduction to Teamplay	• Introduce parents to the Teamplay course and create a safe, enjoyable and respectful environment
	PA: What is it & why is it important?	• Help parents to identify/understand the benefits of PA
2	Physical activity recommendations	• Help parents to develop an understanding of what physical activity is.
	Active Play	• Introduce the value and importance of Active Play and support parents in identifying play ideas
	Praise	• Introduce praise and facilitating the learning of effective use of praise
3	Praise and criticism	• Help parents to recognize feelings surrounding praise and criticism and the impact upon behavior
	Screen-viewing (SV)	• Help parents look at SV in their household and identifying the pros and cons
		• Introduce strategies and tools to help parents to reduce SV
	Boundaries and consistency	• Introduce concepts of boundaries and consistency
4	Increasing ‘Inner motivation’	• Introduce parents to ‘Inner Motivation’, and top tips to encourage children’s inner motivation
	Family agreement	• Support parents to implement a family agreement for behaviors such as reducing SV
	Activity directory	• Help parents discover local activities that could contribute to their child’s PA
5	Appropriate expectations	• Understand the impact of expectations on self-esteem and behavior
	Helping children grow up	• Support parents in offering an empowering environment for their child
	Supporting children’s PA	• Support parents to discover ways to promote a fun and enjoyable PA environment
		• Introduce key movement skills for PA and provide practical ideas to support their development
		• Help parents support their child to experience success in PA through adapting activities
6	Personal power	• Help parents to use personal power to make healthy choices and support their child to do the same
	Self esteem	• Help parents understand the relationship between personal power, choices and self-esteem
		• Introduce the idea that PA can help improve self esteem
	Choices and consequences	• Introduce choices and consequences as a useful tool to reduce conflict
7	Communicating feelings	• Provide tools for parents and children to help communicate feelings
	Nurturing and downtime	• Create an understanding of the importance of looking after oneself
	Problem solving and negotiating	• Introduce problem solving and negotiation to help improve communication and reduce conflict
8	Summing up: useful tools	• Recap parenting tools and useful ways that they can be used
	Summing up: getting active	• Reaffirm the benefits and importance of PA and the ways in which it may be increased
	Continuing your journey	• Establish a family PA goal and signpost parents to more information and further support