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Can You Float? Part I - Perceptions And Practice Of Unsupported Flotation Competency Among Young Adults, Kevin Moran Ph.D.

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

The capacity to maintain the airway through buoyancy control when immersed in water is critical in preventing drowning (Stallman, Moran, Quan & Langendorfer, 2017). In this first phase of the Can you Float? study, perceived and real unsupported flotation competency of a group of students (n=37) with known water proficiency was examined. Using a modified version of Borgs Rating of Perceived exertion (RPE), participants were asked to estimate exertion levels before and after a practical test of five stationary floating tasks of increasing difficulty ranging from treading water to motionless floating. Most participants (82%) were able to tread water for …

Parents Of Children With Significant Disabilities Describe Their Children’S Eating Habits: A Phenomenological Study, Brianna M. Grumstrup, Maryann Demchak

The Qualitative Report

This qualitative phenomenological study, through interviews, aimed to understand the experiences of parents of children with significant multiple disabilities about their children’s eating habits. Review of literature indicated disparities in health between people with significant disabilities (SD) that include intellectual disabilities (ID), intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD), or multiple impairments (MI) and people who are typically developing. People with significant disabilities are at a higher risk for obesity, future weight gain, underweight and/or malnutrition, adherence to a less-healthy diet, and problem behaviors during meal time. Semi-structured initial and follow-up interviews used general questions to gather data, which were subsequently coded and examined …

Supporting Therapy In The Classroom : Strategies For Occupational, Speech/Language, And Physical Therapy, Laure Elise Recoder

Graduate Student Independent Studies

With so many developmental differences early in life, it is important for early childhood educators to be just as supportive as therapists, and possibly more so, because they spend more time with children. This guide is intended for early childhood educators working with young children who receive services in occupational therapy, speech- language therapy, and/or physical therapy. When children receive therapy services, they are often removed from the classroom setting and are seen privately by a therapist, or with a small group, in a separate room. However, intervention strategies are also effective when implemented in the child’s natural environment, such …

Designing Sport Specific Physical Fitness Programs For Students With Developmental Variations, Brian Levine

Graduate Student Independent Studies

This research examined existing options for students with disabilities in the realm of organized physical activity. Findings suggest that children with physical disabilities resulting in wheelchair use and students with the cognitive disability Autism Spectrum Disorder, referred to in this paper as ASD, have limited access to organized physical activity programs, after school sport programs, and physical education. This paper explores the importance of participation in sport for all children, the various barriers to participation for children with disabilities, and the effect on inclusive physical education and organized physical activity for all students. Finally, this paper provides recommendations on how …

Balancing Push Up, Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Begin on all fours. Extend your legs behind you one at a time, feet hip-distance apart (push up position). Lengthen through the crown of your head. Balance on your hands (placed under your shoulders) and balls of your feet. Maintain a strong powerhouse. Slowly extend your right arm and lift the left leg until both are hip height. Refrain from shifting your hips from one side to the other. Hold. Lower the extremities and repeat with the opposite arm and leg.

Half Roll Back, Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Begin in a seated position with your legs bent at the knees so that the feet are flat. Hold onto the back of the thighs. Inhale to prepare, and exhale as you start to draw the lower abdominal region in and curl your tail bone under. Continue to roll backwards as you feel your tailbone roll under you and roll down onto your lower back. Hold the position when you are half way down. Inhale. Exhale and scoop the abdominals in more as you come forward rounding over your knees. Inhale and straighten up the spine, one vertebra at a …

Frog, Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Begin lying on your back with legs extended up towards the ceiling. Align the ankles over the knees and hips. Engage your abdomen towards your spine and maintain the imprint. Draw the heels together and point the toes. Inhale and bend your legs at the knees while bringing your knees close to your torso. Strive to bring the soles of the feet together when in the knees are near the shoulders. Exhale as your extend your legs at the knee, returning to the original position. Keep the heels together throughout the exercise. Inhale as you lower, and exhale as you …

Hundreds, Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Begin in table top. Inhale to prepare. Extend the legs to the ceiling. Maintain the legs perpendicular to the floor. Lower your legs only as far as you can control, keeping the back flat (imprinted). Maintain the imprint throughout the exercise. Inhale and lift the head and shoulders off the mat until the bottom of your shoulder blades are pressing into the mat. Head looks into the abdomen. With the arms straight, pump them up and down, approximately 6 inches off the mat, inhaling for 5 counts and exhaling for 5 counts. Repeat 10 times.

Side-Lying Front And Back Kicks, Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Begin lying on your side with the torso and head lined up along the back edge of the mat. Flex the hips slightly so the feet line up with the front edge of the mat. Support the head on the hand with the arm on the mat and the other hand in front of the chest. Keep the shoulders and the hips stacked on top of each other and the spine straight. The bottom leg can be parallel or turned out with the bottom foot flexed and the toes tucked under. Maintain this position throughout the movement.

Lift the top …

Shell, Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Begin in table top. Shift hips towards heels and draw head to mat. Extend arms overhead.

Rolling Like A Ball, Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Sit tall on your sit bones. Form a bracelet grip with one hand around the other wrist, and hug your lower shins to your body. Look down to your navel, and maintain your back in an even C-curve. Concentrate on an even C-curve rather than maximally bending your back. Scoop your abdomen in and up. Squeeze your gluteals and roll your shoulder blades away from your ears. Breathe in to roll back. Breathe out to roll up. Keep your curve! Stay zipped! Keep your eyes on your abdomen!

Saw, Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Begin in a seated position with the legs extended straight on the mat and spread more than hip-width apart, knees pointed to the ceiling and feet flexed. Inhale and sit tall on your sits bones with your back against an imaginary wall. Extend the arms out to the sides and parallel to the floor at shoulder height. Palms face the floor. Lift the chest and bring the shoulders back and down. Exhale while twisting to the right and bending forward, reaching toward the foot on that side with the opposite hand. Reach with the fingers toward the outside edge of …

Single Leg Circle (Supine), Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Begin in a supine position with the arms at the sides of the body. Keep the back flat (imprinted) throughout the movement. Lift the right leg up toward the ceiling while maintaining a level hip (hip bones should be level with each other). Anchor the lower leg to the mat. Inhale and circle the leg in the air to the side, then down, (exhale) other side and up. Inhale first half of each leg circle, exhale second half of each leg circle. Breathe in and cross the leg over the body to the opposite shoulder. Breathe out and circle the …

Stress Management, Mary Myers

Stress

Knowing what causes it and how it can affect you is only part of the story. Do you know what to do to manage the stress you experience so it doesn't make you ill or harm you in other ways? Let's find out.

Movement And Relaxation: Comprehensive Course Syllabus, Mary Myers

Course Information

Movement and Relaxation is a semester long course that will allow students to explore and practice various methods of movement which produce and promote relaxation. Students will discuss stress, its causes, its signs and symptoms and will learn methods for preventing, coping with and/or relieving stress. Popular mind-body fitness methods such as Yoga, Pilates, Qi Gong, and Tai Chi will be examined and performed within this course. Movement origins and historical foundations will initiate each movement method explored. Student will individually perform activities, occasionally assisting each other for correct posture and form. Video analysis will be used for assessment. This …

Introduction Sheet, Mary Myers

Assignments

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Pyramid, Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Begin in Mountain. Step the left foot back about 3/12 to 4 feet. Turn the foot out 45 to 60 degrees. Align the left heel with the front heel and press the soles of your feet firmly to the floor. Firm the thighs. Exhale and rotate your torso to the right, squaring the front of your pelvis as much as possible with the front edge of your mat. As your left hip point turns forward, press the head of the left femur back to ground the back heel. Press the outer thighs inward as if squeezing a block between your …

Sage Tree, Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Begin in Downward Facing Dog. Step both feet together so your big toes are touching. Move your right hand over to the left so it’s at the center of your mat. Roll over to your right side and plant your right heel down so you are balancing on the outside edge of your right foot. You want your left foot to be stacked on top of your left foot with both feet flexed. Bend your left knee and use your left hand to pull your left heel as high up on your inner thigh as much as possible. Plant the …

Cat & Cow, Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Begin on your hands and knees in an all fours position (Table Top). Hands should be in alignment with shoulders and knees hip-width apart. As you inhale, let the spine curve downward, dropping the abdomen slowly and slightly elevating the head.

As you exhale, move into the cat pose by reversing the bend. Tilt the pelvis up, draw the spine up and pull the chest and stomach in to form an arch. Flow smoothly from the cat and cow postures.

Revolved Triangle, Mary Myers

Critical Instances

Begin in mountain pose with the feet together and parallel. Step the left leg back far enough so that your feet are a challenging distance apart for balance, but be sure to keep your left foot firmly on the ground. Face the right foot forward and turn out the left foot approximately 10 to 15 degrees. Make sure your hips are square and you face the direction of your right foot. Press your left hip forward as you pull your right hip back. Inhale and lengthen out of the low spine and extend your left arm forward with your right …