PCC/ CCOG / PE

Course Content and Outcome Guide for PE 282B

Date:
06-DEC-2011
Posted by:
Curriculum Office
Course Number:
PE 282B
Course Title:
Pro Act: Special Populations
Credit Hours:
2
Lecture hours:
0
Lecture/Lab hours:
0
Lab hours:
60
Special Fee:
$24

Course Description

Explores fitness instruction and leadership for special populations. Provides tools and knowledge needed to design fitness training programs for special populations (individuals or groups). Explores the wide range of abilities and needs in individuals within special population groups and provides appropriate exercise program modifications when necessary through observation, participation, and service learning activities. Required: Current fitness technology student or instructor permission. Audit available.

Addendum to Course Description

This class may be selected by Fitness Technology majors as one of the two optional professional activity classes required for the certificate. It is a required class for the AAS degree. In the class students are required to observe or participate, within the Portland metropolitan area, in 7 to 15 different fitness programs or activities designed for special populations. Students also have the opportunity to talk with professionals who conduct such programs, watch videos available at the Sylvania LRC, and write analytical journal entries about their experiences. Students will learn and develop workout routines that have been modified for a special population of choice.

Intended Outcomes for the course

A. Explore employment opportunities for fitness instruction in special populations.
B. Apply knowledge about fitness assessments, fitness programs, and modifications for special populations to fitness program design for a special population client.
C. Implement quality and appropriate teaching methods when instructing fitness activities in a special population.

Outcome Assessment Strategies

  1. Class presentations
  2. Research Project
  3. Attendance and participation records
  4. Journals
  5. Examinations

Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)

SUBJECT MATTER: CONCEPTS, THEMES, ISSUES (TOPICAL AREAS)

 

  1. Special populations in the health and fitness industry
  2. Use of "special populations" designation in the Portland area
  3. Nationally recognized special populations and programs (Arthritis Foundation, National Osteoporosis Foundation, etc.)
  4. Fitness programs for special populations
    1. Use of Water
    2. Use of "packaged" programs (Silver Sneakers, PACE, etc.)
    3.  Architectural barriers
  5. Modifications needed to produce safe and successful fitness programs for special populations
    1. Instructor characteristics and qualifications
    2. Architectural barriers
    3. Level of assistance required
    4. Class size limits
    5. Adaptive equipment
    6. Progression
  6. Employment opportunities in fitness programs for special populations
    1. Interest and comfort level
    2. Additional necessary certifications



COMPETENCIES/SKILLS:

 

  1. Analyze characteristics needed for safety and success in fitness programs for special populations
  2. Describe and analyze the fitness programs for special populations visited during the class term
  3. Present research and exercise programs on specific, selected special population
  4. Gain familiarity with adaptive equipment used in fitness programs for speciaL populations