Playful Strategies to Promote Physical Activity in Children and Adolescents with Special Needs

Course Description

This 2-hour webinar explores the factors involved in developing a sustainable movement regimen for individuals with special needs.  Children and young adults who have physical, intellectual, sensory, or self-care impairments often face barriers to movement-based activity choices.  These barriers contribute to a sedentary lifestyle which impacts multiple individual domains including physical, emotional, and social health.   Physical therapists, occupational therapists, and athletic trainers are integral to the support of individuals with physical and/or multiple impairments in meeting their optimal level of physical activity.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

• Distinguish between the terms Exercise, Physical Activity, Fitness, and Participation, and select the most appropriate measurement tool for the purpose intended.
• Describe common barriers and facilitators that impact exercise, activity, fitness, and participation in children and young adults with disabilities.
• Identify age-appropriate resources and strategies to support children and young adults with disabilities and reduce the barriers to exercise, activity, fitness, and participation.

• Educational Level

  Basic

• Other

  Satisfactory completion of this course will require the participant to respond to various polling questions asked throughout the webinar.