thank you for continuing to watch our workout series
how to help improve the lives of individuals with autism spectrum
disorders
through exercise as you can see we're in a gym
environment and gym is truly the most
unsensory friendly environment in the entire school
now here it's pretty quiet but just imagine 30 kids
running around yelling screaming objects
foreign objects really balls football's
baseball's being thrown around our children or adults
on the autism spectrum may have no idea what that ball is
how hard or soft it is and that can be very frightening for them
and then the sound the screams the laughter
the bounces off the backboard things like that
all have an impact in our children's ability to perform successfully
in a gym class so structure
is key when you are setting it up
if you are paraprofessional or an adaptive physical educator
or physical educator we need structure for our children
that's how they will succeed and they will know of what's expected of them
each time they enter the gym class so
as I just mentioned it's not just for PE professionals
but para-educators, the individuals helping these children
day in and day out and when they come into your environment
this gym class they can now help the children
guid and navigate through
through the classroom and you can do that with setting up numbers
or stations as you see here
obviously if you've seen
throughout our other series we're talking and showing visual support cards or exercise
cards from our visual exercise system
very important
Timers. Countdown boards or timers can be
very important to help your children understand the expectation of how long
that they're gonna perform that exercise or that routine
countdown boards
you can use arrows
arrows can direct them from after station 2
follow the arrow to station 3 so
all these little things which might seem overwhelming now
once you get in a routine set the environment
its gonna it's going to be so much more easier for you as the educator to set up
but most important to help give success for our children
an adults and also
what we've seen over the years with
in the classroom environment or in the gym classroom is
this structure this routine could help peer
bodies and help these children build relationships so
sometimes our children don't always wanna listen to the teacher
or the coach or mom or dad but their peers
can really help to help improve their lives
build those social skills and ultimately help them
build a healthier lifestyle, so
again, structure, all these things
can help our children succeed in exercise
so if you have questions if you have comments
if you have structures and routines that you've used with your children
adults or your students please let us know Contact us at the exercise connection
contact us at NCHPAD and share this information so we can better help
educate
our children our adults and other professionals across the country
and don't forget challenge artisan with exercise
we'll see you next time