Fitness Training for children and adults with special needs is a
needed component to maintain the health and fitness of this
population. While the need for fitness programming should be of
higher priority, the availability is very limited. I believe a big
reason is the individuals who are trained as personal trainers do
not know how to work with kids/adults with special needs. On the
other end is the clinical staff that is not trained in the area of
fitness programming. Finally, parents with children with special
needs require more help with establishing in home fitness programs.
I have designed two programs to teach the trainer the behavioral
aspect, the clinician the fitness component and the parents the
family based fitness program. Through these programs called
"Behavioral Fitness Training" and "Trigger the Trigger Fitness
Therapy" I plan to expand the fitness opportunities for children
and adults with special needs.
Behavioral Fitness
Training.