Improving the Health of People With Intellectual Disabilities: How Fitness Professionals Can Make a Difference
People with intellectual disabilities (PWID) are motivated to improve their fitness. A 2020 Special Olympics survey found that among PWID who belonged to a gym, most attended regularly, with 74% attending at least twice per week. However, PWID continue to face many barriers to fitness participation, including lack of access and social support. This session features fitness resources that will equip attendees to deliver impactful fitness programming for PWID. Attendees will understand pathways for engaging PWID on an individual level as clients, on a community level through group coaching, and on a system level to improve fitness access for PWID.
Learning Objectives
- Describe current gym participation trends among people with intellectual disabilities, as well as barriers and facilitators of community-based fitness programming.
- Understand the health and wellness impact of fitness programming in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and tools you can use to promote continued fitness improvements.
- Identify opportunities to improve the health and fitness of people with intellectual disabilities, including involvement with Special Olympics and the fitness coach role.
Course Procedure
- Enroll in the course.
- View the course content.
- Take the test. (You must score 80% to pass. If you do not pass, you may retake the test.)
- Print your certificate of completion.
Course Content
- Improving the Health of People With Intellectual Disabilities: How Fitness Professionals Can Make a Difference Video
- Improving the Health of People With Intellectual Disabilities: How Fitness Professionals Can Make a Difference Exam
Available Course Credits
ACTION0.1
ACSM1
ACE0.1
AFPA1
AFAA1
BCRPA1
CHEK1
FAI/ISSA1
IFPA1
NASM0.1
NAFC0.1
NCEP1
NCCPT1
NCSF0.5
NESTA0.1
NETA1
NFPT0.2
NIEW0.1
NSPA1