and we are back here to show you guys
little bit of dumbbell exercises and the reason why
we want to share this with you is because it's really important that
you start doing muscular fitness type activities
with your children or adults and
I started working with Roan as I've said before when he was three years old
what is so powerful
that I saw was he was able to really learn more
body activities his propria ception increased
and it was really important just to start
again with dumbbells and some basic activities, basic movements and
even his muscle tone increased and
which then I saw his coordination improve
so when we started again he was 3, 3 and a half and I gave him one pound weights
if you're doing this at home, as a parent or maybe even at the school
if you don't feel comfortable teaching dumbbell exercises, then don't
because we want to keep the kids safe most important number one
but if you do feel comfortable trying different things
then go ahead. Our kids put their bodies in so many
different and kinda wacky positions
they're gonna be okay but we want to start light lightweights
and these like I said are one pound weights and he's seven now
so we're gonna show you three exercises
and as you've seen throughout all of our segments we're showing
using different visual supports
but Roan what are we doing first? First
we are doing all of the dumbbell exercises
and we're gonna do how many? We are gonna do
15, 10 and 12
Alright so, he's found his visual schedule and how about we start
with the dumbbell press on the floor can you show them
15? Go ahead, lay on your back. I need someone to give me a tour
after this. I will get you a tour
Alright a tour
I will. But can you lay on your back?
Okay I will. Alright buddy
So, Roan's seven years old so I can move him
pretty easy. Alright ready? So show everyone
15 dumbbell presses. So you may have to prompt your kids
typically I would be here, have him touching
All the way down
10, 11, 12
13, 14
15. Hey nice job!
Hey can you tell everyone
what body parts you were using there when you were doing the dumbbell press?
When you're doing the dumbbell press
on the floor you should point your
your muscles up yes
and maybe you have to put them down and so you can
so everybody can know how to do
the double press on the floor. Great job
Alright so after we do the dumbbell press, again using our visual supports very, very key
when working with children
or adults on the spectrum. Then can we flip over and do
what's that say? We are going to teach you about the dumbbell
roll on knees. So you can do this one
on knees too. So we are going to show you
10. Very good! Alright let's flip over. Come on
and
remember when you're teaching or asking your students or your kids to do exercises
it's really important also to model those exercises, that's the way that they can
learn
and if you don't feel comfortable or can't model it yourself
then don't expect your children or adults to
Alright ready? Go ahead, let's go like this. Ready?
And now
Wait wait. What's last?
And the last one we could do
you can do this one
standing up. Very good and what's it called?
Standing? Up dumbbell press so you could do dumbbell
presses standing up. Here stand on your feet
It's really easy. And how many are we doing?
12. Alright let's do it, ready? Arms up
Go for it
you may have to prompt. Touch my hands!
Clap for me. Nice job!
So that was just one example or actually three examples
of dumbbell activities that I really think that you can do with your students, do with your
kids try
and remember start with lighter weights
and then gradually move towards
heavier weights when you feel comfortable or you see
don't worry about repetitions yet just get them moving
but if you have questions you can always contact any of us at the Exercise
Connection
or anyone at NCHPAD and we can give you the supports that you need
or to work with your children adults or your students
Roan you want to tell everyone goodbye? So if you want
to do dumbbell presses you can do them
on your knees or when you do dumbbell presses
you can switch to these ones because these are
these are really heavy, so we will see you next time!
Bye. Bye