Kimberly Batko, Ma Email & Phone Number

Detroit, Mi, Us

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Coordinating and facilitating classes such as PATH (Personal Action Towards Health), Diabetes PATH, Kidney PATH, Hypertension Control, Chronic Pain Management and a Matter of Balance.

Greater Detroit Area

Living Wellness is my theme as a Health and Wellness Coach. I help clients with healthy aging, especially those 40 years and older. I am accepting clients seeking to increase their daily health and wellness in all aspects of their lives. I provide coaching sessions as well as classes in person or via the internet. Topics include stress reduction, Qigong, nutrition, exercise, balance, and maintaining Activities of Daily Living.

Various

Reaching out to the community to share information about healthy eating, exercise, diabetic classes and other health information.

Dearborn, Mi

Teaches community health promotion programs with the focus on National Diabetes Prevention Program. Follows technical protocols or program curricula, using presentations and couseling skills, adapting educational messages to a wide variety of audiences, entering program data, handling equipment and supplies and record keeping.

Southfield

Various

With six specialized nutrition curricula, Cooking Matters takes a cooking-centered approach to nutrition and household budgeting. Each class includes hands-on meal preparation teaching participants that cooking healthy foods can be simple, enjoyable, delicious, and affordable.The courses cover basic nutrition, food safety, and food budgeting so that participants are able to plan and prepare low-cost nutritious meals for themselves and their families.

Various

Cooking Matters at the Store is a guided, interactive grocery store tour that teaches low-income individuals and families how to shop for healthy, affordable food. Cooking Matters at the Store is part of the No Kid Hungry campaign, working to connecting kids at risk of hunger in America with the healthy food they need every day.During the tours, participants practice key food shopping skills like buying fruits and vegetables on a budget, comparing unit prices, reading food labels, and identifying whole grain foods.In addition, Cooking Matters’ adult participants receive groceries at each class session so that they can practice what they learned at home.

Southgate

I facilitate health realted classes, and coach participants so that they can reach their best health and wellness even with chronic conditions.

Greater Detroit Area

Assist members in reaching their full wellness potential by helping them set goals and develop self-management skills consistent with sustained health behavior change. Provide instruction to members on the proper use of free weights and exercise equipment. Developing and administrating lunch and learns, as well as special seminars. Maintaining databases for Engage and Next Steps, along with other files for the Wellness department. Making flyers for programs throughout the YMCA, and providing visual information on the department bulletin boards. Qigong class is designed to reduce stress, create balance, flexibility, mobility and strength. We also work on proper breathing and short meditations.Healthy Heart Ambassador Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring Program: Under the direction of the Program Coordinator(s), the Healthy Heart Ambassador (HHA) will enroll members and non-members of the YMCA to the Self-monitoring blood pressure program. Host weekly office hours which includes a ten minute consultation with the participant, assist the participant in identifying barriers, and enter readings into database within 24 hours. Responsible for properly measuring blood pressure, educate the participant about hypertension with provided material, weekly confirmations of office hours and host a monthly seminar (material provided). Build healthy relationships within the YMCA and the community. Develop self-management skills, create a positive experience and provide excellent member service.

Gilbraltar

The SilverSneakers FLEX instructor holds classes at locations outside of traditional fitness centers. There are more than 70 approved FLEX classes. I am available to teach Tai Chi, Qigong, Senior Stretch, Classic, Balance, and YoChi.

Woodhaven, Michigan

Greater Detroit Area

3rd degree black belt Chief Instructor, teaching Tae Kwon Do and Hapkido techniques to children, teenagers, and adults, ranging in age from 4 to 36.

Greater Detroit Area

I offered Reiki treatments to patients at a chiropractor's office. Patients could have a half hour or hour treatment. I also did some office work regarding patients files.

Greater Detroit Area

3rd degree black belt self-defense Chief Instructor, teaching Tae Kwon Do, Hapkido, and Judo techniques to children, adults, and senior citizens, ranging in age from 4 to 63. Directly supervised a 16-person team of volunteers, consisting of six Instructors, and ten Assistant Instructors. Led specialized classes for weapons, sparring, competitive sparring, forms, and breaking techniques. Organized and hosted special events such as Picture Day and Family Day; attended workshops for USTU Referee Certification, and judged at intramural and open tournaments. As open tournaments were public-oriented, I organized the volunteer instructional staff to manage the visitor accommodations (cash receipts, traffic flow, security, 50-50 raffle, and official event photography/videography services). Initiated and implemented a comprehensive direct-mail advertising program to attract visitors from the community to observe the aforementioned events.

Greater Detroit Area

Greater Detroit Area

I taught all the aquatic levels, including to special needs children. I worked with the children from the Pendrickton Center for the Blind children for several years, along with children that had autism, ADD and ADHD. I also lifeguarded at a local outside pool and the local high school pool in the summer. These programs were run through the YMCA at that time. They had the Red Cross Certification for swimming which was different but compatible to the one we taught at the YMCA.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Health And Wellness, 4.0 Gpa

The 30-credit program provides our coaches with the skills and expertise to build a rewarding coaching practice or work in an organization.

Post- Bachelor'S Certificate, Health And Wellness Coaching, 4.0 Gpa

The curriculum focuses on three primary goals. The first goal is the development of a wider view of the field of health and wellness.

Sign Language Interpretation And Translation

As a student in Madonna’s ASL Education program, you will be part of a community on the cutting edge of ASL Education and Deaf studies.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Psychology is the science that studies the behavior and experience of humans. Through psychology you will learn how we perceive the world.