Identifying New Educational Materials
Below are some guidelines to help you and your staff negotiate educational material development issues that arise.
SMN Alternate Activities
At http://extension.missouri.edu/fnep/smnalternates.htm
is the process and template.
New Recipes
NPAs are encouraged to use recipes found in each curriculum. If these are not sufficient, submit new recipes to Candy Gabel.
Follow the following when submitting new recipes:
1) Does the recipe reinforce the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for
Americans/MyPlate?
2) Are the ingredients low cost?
Identifying new curriculum to submit for approval
We must submit any new curricula in our annual plan in order to begin teaching it. This means having the curricula titles by May/June of each year and waiting for plan approval the following fall/winter. Send suggestions for new curricula with descriptions and websites, if available, to Candy Gabel, gabelc@missouri.edu
It would helpful if the information you provide also includes how this curricula is different/unique from others we currently approve for teaching.
FNS guidelines about educational materials:
1) Nutrition messages are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines for
Americans and the goal and focus of SNAP.
2) Materials do not convey negative written, visual or verbal expressions about any specific foods, beverages or commodities. This includes messages of belittlement or derogation of such items, as well as any suggestion that such foods, beverages, or commodities should never be consumed.
3) Materials must be science-based and behaviorally focused.
3/2013