Download or read book Relations Between Physical Fitness and School Day Physical Activity Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder written by Kiley J. Tyler and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairments in social-communicative deficits and restricted and repetitive behaviors, interests, or activities (APA, 2013). While current estimates suggest 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with ASD, more alarming statistics indicate 1 in 50 school-aged children live with the disorder (Blumberg, Bramlett, Kogan, Schieve, & Jones, 2013). Recent empirical research indicates the amount of physical activity children between 9-17 years of age with ASD spend in physical activity is lower than typically developing peers (Tyler, MacDonald, & Menear, 2014) and sadly declines as children become older (MacDonald et al., 2011; Memari et al., 2013; Pan & Frey, 2006). While research indicates the importance of health-related physical fitness in relation to the physical activity behavior of children without disabilities (Chen, Welk, & Jones, 2014; Welk et al., 1999) research has yet to confirm this in children with ASD. In an effort to improve levels of physical activity behavior in children with ASD research would benefit from examining the relationship between health- related physical fitness and the amount of physical activity children with ASD spend in school-day physical activity. Whereas the majority of physical activity research reflects daily average levels of physical activity, this study is unique in that it investigated the children physical activity in the context of the school-day. This was in support to the need for school-based physical activity provisions specific to children with ASD (Pan et al., 2015). Purpose. Therefore, the purpose of this investigation was to examine relations between muscular strength and aerobic capacity and the amount of physical activity a sample of children, between 9-17 years of age diagnosed with ASD, accumulated in school. It was hypothesized that both aerobic capacity and muscular strength would have a significant positive association with the amount of school-day physical activity children with ASD accrued. Methods. Children with ASD between the 9-17 years of age (N = 48, M = 40, F = 8) participated in this cross-sectional descriptive study. Data analysis consisted of a multiple regression, which was used to understand the relationship between the amount of school-day physical activity accumulated (i.e., steps per minute accumulated over 4 days of wear time) and components of health-related physical fitness including aerobic capacity (i.e., distance in meters walked in 6 minutes), and muscular strength (i.e., upper body isometric strength measured through grip strength) and in children between 9-17 years of age diagnosed with ASD. Results. Results indicated that the combination of age, gender, aerobic capacity and muscular strength explained 4.83 % of school-day physical activity, R = 13.68. Although a Pearson correlation demonstrated a non-significant relationship between aerobic capacity and school-day physical activity, the multiple regression analysis revealed a significant relationship between aerobic capacity and time spent in school-day physical activity (B = 0.00, p = 0.02). Other variables (i.e. age, gender and muscular strength) in the model did not demonstrate a significant relationship to school-day physical activity. Conclusion. The health-related physical fitness components of aerobic capacity were found to be significantly associated with the amount of physical activity accumulated by children with ASD during school. While more research is needed in the examination of relations between school-day physical activity and health-related physical fitness in school-age children (i.e. 9-17 years of age) with ASD, this study provides an initial step forward in the identification of key physical activity determinants relevant to children diagnosed with ASD.
Download or read book Autism written by Michael Fitzgerald and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2017-04-12 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book opens with a discussion of neurodiversity and an elaboration of the diagnosis of autism. It then examines factors correlating with autism, including sex bias, month of birth, migration and impact of infant feeding. The next section is on the impact of autism. The neurobiology and genetic section deals with epigenetics and intracellular pathways associated with etiology. The development and behaviour section deals with proprioceptive profiles and joint attention in autism. The final section focuses on interventions including mindfulness, animal assisted activity, social/cultural perspective on autism intervention and physical activity. The book is relevant to all professionals and researchers working with persons with autism, including psychiatrists/psychologists, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, teachers, nurses and care workers.
Download or read book 2000 CDC Growth Charts for the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Relationship Between Physical Activity and Verbal Behavior of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder written by Josiah Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between physical activity and verbal behavior of preschool children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) during applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy sessions. This study has two research questions: The first is, to what extent does physical activity influence the rate of manding of children with ASD during ABA therapy sessions? The second question is, to what extent does physical activity influence the variety of mands of children with ASD during ABA therapy sessions? The study took place at a university-based verbal behavior laboratory. Four preschool children with ASD received ABA therapy at the verbal behavior laboratory were recruited to participate in the study. The research questions were addressed using a single subject multi-element design (Barlow and Hayes, 1979) consisting of two separate treatment conditions. The first treatment condition consisted of discrete trial training and similar activities that promoted relatively sedentary behaviors. The children received most of their therapy at either a table or small area of the verbal behavior laboratory. The second treatment condition consisted of natural environment training that promoted more physical activity and encouraged children to explore the verbal behavior laboratory. Data on the rate of mands and the variety of mands were collected and analyzed. Three of the four participants had slightly higher rates of manding and manded for a greater variety of items or activities in the active treatment condition. The three children that displayed the higher levels of verbal behavior in the active condition displayed corresponding lower levels of verbal behavior as assessed by the VB-MAPP and VOA. Based on the findings of the study it is recommended that ABA providers employ activities that promote physical activity during ABA therapy for preschool children with ASD especially to those that have low levels of verbal behavior as assessed by the VB-MAPP and VOA.
Download or read book Physical Education for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders written by Michelle Grenier and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current estimates are that 1 out of 88 children will be diagnosed with some form of autism. Planning a curriculum that includes all students, including those with ASD, can be a challenging task but well worth the effort. This book identifies strategies that highlight students’ skills, interests, and abilities though collaborative practices, environmental design, and assistive technologies. Physical Education for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach • introduces the inclusion spectrum as a tool to help teachers analyze appropriate instruction for students, aligning abilities with curriculum and activity context; • provides information on tools such as scripts, video modeling, social stories, and choice boards to assist teachers in developing programs; • presents a variety of activities that teachers can choose from to help students with ASD develop social and motor skills; and • assimilates best practices from general and adapted PE as well as autism training and research that offer solutions for increased student engagement in physical education. Written by contributors with extensive experience in developing inclusive programming for students with ASD, Physical Education for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach is ideal for physical education and adapted physical education courses across the K-12 curriculum. Part I provides an understanding of students with ASD that offers insights from parents’ and teachers’ perspectives. From there, the authors examine the application of the inclusion spectrum that helps teachers plan for appropriate instruction. Readers will also find communication and social learning tools they can use to minimize the stress students may experience while optimizing learning experiences. Assessment protocols assist with the development of relevant IEP goals and objectives. Part II contains individualized and group games and activities that enhance lifelong learning for students with ASD. Physical Education for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach is a practical resource that helps teachers design optimal plans for including students with ASD in general and adapted physical education classes. The manual contains numerous strategies, tools, and resources that assist teachers with individualizing instruction in ways that foster positive peer relationships as well as development of social and motor skills. It’s a win-win situation for all—teachers, parents, and most of all the students.
Download or read book The Effects of Antecedent Physical Activity on the Academic Engagement of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders written by Heather Nicholson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessing Physical Fitness Components Obesity Motor Skills Health Outcomes and Academic Performance of Schoolchildren written by Souhail Hermassi and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-09-13 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Positive Behavior Management in Physical Activity Settings 3E written by Lavay, Barry and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2015-11-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Positive Behavior Management in Physical Activity Settings, Third Edition, offers creative ways to facilitate appropriate and responsible behaviors as well as to prevent and redirect disruptive behaviors.
Download or read book Sports Fitness and Motor Activities for Children with Disabilities written by Rocco Aiello and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-12-04 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended to provide guidance to parents, guardians, educators, and community recreation professionals regarding the importance of increased physical activity beyond the school day for children with disabilities. The book starts off by discussing early childhood development specific to children with disabilities and places emphasis on parents’ roles as their advocate in school and community sports, recreational, and leisure programs. The book highlights the legal rights of a parent, their child’s rights, and the equal rights that a child with a disability has when participating in interscholastic athletics and sports. Emphasis is placed on public laws that mandate educational opportunities for children with disabilities along with recent legislative updates regarding extracurricular school based activity. Finally, readers will learn how a child with a disability can be educated utilizing a variety of instructional strategies that can be helpful in the classroom and community setting. This book offers practical information on suggested activities, adaptations, and general considerations when teaching a child with a disability. The book’s appendices offers a wide variety of resources ranging from sports organizations and resources from around the country along with modifications and adaptations of a variety of sports a child with a disability can participate in.
Download or read book In High School Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Does Physical Activity Influence Functional Capacity written by Kaelyn Beach and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Background: Teens diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are at an increased risk of developing comorbidities associated with a sedentary lifestyle. Alongside obesity, a decrease in physical fitness and delays in motor skill acquisition impact functional capacity and ability of the child to participate in society. The purpose of this literature review was to determine if physical activity impacted the functional capacity in high-school aged children with ASD.Methods: A comprehensive search strategy using MEDLINE Complete, CINAHL, Cochrane, SPORTDiscus, APA PsycInfo, socINDEX, ERIC, and Rehabilitation & Sport Medicine was completed. Search terms included: “autism spectrum disorder,” “exercise,” “rehabilitation,” “physical therapy,” and “functional activity.” Inclusion criteria included: application of a physical activity intervention, a sample diagnosed with ASD, and implementation of either intervention, cohort, systematic review, or meta-analysis study designs. Exclusion criteria included: an outcome that focused only on the cognitive, behavioral, or sensory domains, a sample diagnosed only with Asperger’s syndrome, studies not written in English, and a sample that only included adults over 22 years of age.Results: After a thorough review of the literature, seven articles were selected for inclusion in this review: 1 meta-analysis, 1 systematic review, 4 intervention studies, and 1 feasibility study.Discussion: Though strong evidence is lacking in this area of research, results from this review indicate a positive correlation between physical activity and improvements in functional capacity. Future research should include physical therapists as keystone providers for children with ASD and guidelines made to assist therapists in the prevention of secondary impairments and improvements in physical functioning of children with ASD.
Download or read book The Autism Fitness Handbook written by David S. Geslak and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is for parents, educators, therapists and anyone involved in the lives of children and adults with autism spectrum disorders. It gives over 30 exercises that can help to improve the health, motor planning and cognitive ability of children and adults. Each exercise has a visual support, "How To," and "Coaching Tips" for the reader. Exercises are challenging and fun!
Download or read book Meeting the Physical Education Needs of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder written by Melissa G. F. Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meeting the Physical Education Needs of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder offers PE teachers practical strategies and activities for working with students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in inclusive class settings. Strategies include: communicating with children with ASD, behavior management, class management, creating visual systems, sensory needs, creating and enforcing rules, and modeling skills.
Download or read book Physical Activity and Learning After School written by Paula J. Schwanenflugel and published by Guilford Publications. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Subject Areas/Keywords: academic enrichment programs, academic skills, after school activities, after school programs, children, elementary schools, exercise, games, health promotion, high poverty schools, interventions, kinesiology, literacy, mathematics, obesity prevention, physical education, physical fitness, public health, reading, social studies, struggling learners, students DESCRIPTION Every school day, more than 10 million children attend after
Download or read book Autism Innovations and Future Directions in Psychological Research written by Emma Gowen and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-02-14 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developing Motor and Social Skills written by Christopher Denning and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-05-18 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on motor and social skills development for young children with autism spectrum disorder and is geared toward special education teachers, general education teachers, and related personnel. This book will outline what we now know about how physical activity impacts children with Autism and how classroom teachers can use physical activity programs in their classrooms.
Download or read book Rehabilitation Research E Book written by Russell Carter and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2010-10-07 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unique! New Evidence-Based Practice chapter provides an overview of the important concepts of EBP and the WHO model of health and disease. Discussion questions on the companion Evolve website provide you with ideas for further study. Unique! Research article analyses on Evolve provide more in-depth analysis and promote the writing style you should employ. New authors Russell Carter and Jay Lubinsky bring an interdisciplinary focus and a stronger emphasis on evidence-based practice.
Download or read book Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018 2030 written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2019-01-21 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regular physical activity is proven to help prevent and treat noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease stroke diabetes and breast and colon cancer. It also helps to prevent hypertension overweight and obesity and can improve mental health quality of life and well-being. In addition to the multiple health benefits of physical activity societies that are more active can generate additional returns on investment including a reduced use of fossil fuels cleaner air and less congested safer roads. These outcomes are interconnected with achieving the shared goals political priorities and ambition of the Sustainable Development Agenda 2030. The new WHO global action plan to promote physical activity responds to the requests by countries for updated guidance and a framework of effective and feasible policy actions to increase physical activity at all levels. It also responds to requests for global leadership and stronger regional and national coordination and the need for a whole-of-society response to achieve a paradigm shift in both supporting and valuing all people being regularly active according to ability and across the life course. The action plan was developed through a worldwide consultation process involving governments and key stakeholders across multiple sectors including health sports transport urban design civil society academia and the private sector.
