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ACSM/NCPAD Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer
(CIFT)
Certification Details: www.acsm.org/CIFT
CIFT Webinar Series 1 -6
November 02 - December 14, 2009
or
January 18 - February 22, 2010
SESSION 1
Disability Awareness and Americans with Disabilities
Act (ADA) & Facility Design
This is the first of six sessions of the ACSM
Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer webinar series. In this
session, you will learn basic disability terms, law, and etiquette as
well as how to adapt the
environment of your facility and provide appropriate community
resources.
Learning Objectives (90 minutes
total)
At the conclusion of this session, you will be
able to:
- Understand how to use appropriate
etiquette when interacting with clients with various disabilities or
health conditions.
- Understand how an individual's
disability interacts with the environment and the implications of
this.
- Identify barriers that prevent full
inclusion in exercise and physical activity programs.
- Identify common support mechanisms
available to people with disabilities in their communities that can be
used to facilitate participation in exercise and physical activity
programs.
- Understand common disability
definitions and terms.
- Be familiar with the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) and general guidelines and standards as related
to fitness environments.
- Understand the principles of
Universal Design
SESSION 2
Exercise Physiology and Related Exercise Science
This is the second of six sessions of the ACSM
Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer webinar series. In this session you will learn about characteristics of various
disabilities or health conditions as they relate to exercise including
altered physiology and anatomy of systems as well as altered responses
to exercise by various body systems.
Learning Objectives (90 minutes
total)
At the conclusion of this session, you will be
able to:
- Understand changes to anatomy and basic physiology of
body systems that may result from various disabilities or health
conditions.
- Understand alterations to biomechanics and
kinesiology that may result from various disabilities or health
conditions.
- Understand common secondary conditions of various
disabilities or health conditions as related to physiological responses
to exercise.
- Obtain knowledge of issues related to body
composition and disability.
SESSION 3
Health Appraisal, Fitness and Clinical Exercise
Testing
This is the third of six sessions of the ACSM
Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer webinar series. In this session you will learn the purpose of and procedures
for modified fitness testing and assessment techniques as they relate to
disabilities or health conditions as well as identify conditions in
which exercise may be contraindicated and require physician
referral.
Learning Objectives (90 minutes
total)
At the conclusion of this session, you will be
able to:
- Understand the potential limitations
and lack of relevance to using various assessment and testing methods as
related to people with disabilities.
- Understand the need for and be able
to use alternate forms of communication for informed consent,
assessment, testing, and exercise instruction according to
clients’ individual needs and abilities.
- Understand the limitations of medical clearance prior
to testing.
- Understand relative and absolute contraindications related to
neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, and cognitive disabilities.
- Understand characteristics of various
disabilities and health conditions that may affect testing performance
and assessment results.
- Learn additional reasons for
terminating an exercise test, other than traditional criteria, as
related to various disabilities and health conditions.
SESSION 4
Exercise Prescription and Programming
This is the fourth of six sessions of the ACSM
Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer webinar series. In this session, you will learn current guidelines for exercise
training with clients of various disabilities and health
conditions along with special considerations for modifying aerobic,
resistance, flexibility, and functional exercise
prescription.
Learning Objectives (90 minutes
total)
At the conclusion of this session, you will be
able to:
- Safely, clearly and effectively prescribe, monitor,
and modify an exercise program for individuals of varying abilities and
with various disabilities or health conditions who are medically cleared
to participate.
- Identify characteristics of various disabilities that
are contraindications to an exercise.
- Identify accessible commercial fitness equipment as
well as adaptive devices and methods to assist with exercise programs
based on an individual needs and abilities.
SESSION 5
Safety, Injury Prevention, and Emergency Procedures
and Clinical and Medical Considerations
This is the fifth of six sessions of the ACSM
Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer webinar series. In this session, you will learn clinical, medical, and
environmental considerations for various disabilities and health
conditions that will allow you to prevent, identify, and react to
medical emergencies specific to exercise programming.
Learning Objectives (90 minutes
total)
At the conclusion of this session, you will be
able to:
- Understand clinical and medical
considerations related to various disabilities and health conditions in
order to prevent overuse and other exercise related injury.
- Understand environmental
considerations that can affect the safety and effectiveness of an
exercise program for clients with varying needs and
abilities.
- Identify signs and symptoms of
medical emergencies as related to various disabilities and health
conditions, and learn to react appropriately.
- Recognize names of common drugs for
various disabilities and health conditions and be aware of corresponding
side effects and drug interactions as related to exercise.
SESSION 6
Human Behavior and Counseling
This is the sixth of six sessions of the ACSM
Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer webinar series. In this
session, you will learn how to apply and modify appropriate behavior
management interventions and communication skills as related to exercise
programming for persons with sensory, mobility,
cognitive and psychiatric disabilities.
Learning Objectives (90 minutes
total)
At the conclusion of this session, you will be
able to:
- Understand the fundamentals of
behavior management and how characteristics of various disabilities and
health conditions may require modifications to or individualization of
these skills.
- Understand the difference
between intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive &
learning disabilities.
- Understand how characteristics
of various intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive
disabilities & learning disabilities (including Autism) may impact
the learning of and adherence to an exercise program.
- Be aware of psychotropic medications
that may impact an individual’s understanding, communication, and
learning of an exercise program.
- Be able to identify and use alternative communication strategies for
persons with hearing and vision loss/sensory
disabilities.
System requirements for PC- Internet
Explorer 5.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 6.0 or later or Mozilla
Firefox 1.0 or later - Windows® 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server
or Vista - Stable 56k, cable modem, ISDN, DSL or better Internet
connection.
System requirements for MAC- Mac OS X
10.3.9 (Panther) or newer - Safari 1.3 or newer, Firefox 1.5 or newer on
PowerPC G3/G4/G5 or Firefox 1.5.0.2 or newer on Intel (JavaScript and
Java enabled) - Stable 56k, cable modem, ISDN, DSL or better Internet
connection.
If you choose to listen to the
webinar using VoIP (voice over internet protocol) it is an automatic
process. You will need to have external speakers for your
computer, have speakers built into your computer or have headphones that
work with your computer. A caller-paid phone number is available if you
cannot access VoIP.
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