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Training Disabled People is the only book to provide fitness professionals with detailed guidance on working with disabled clients.
The book is written to the National Standards, so provides the reader with everything they need to know in order to gain qualification and be able to work safely and effectively with disabled clients.
Training disabled clients is currently the most in-demand course at many of the fitness industry training centres - they are struggling to keep up with demand. This follows legislation and Government initiatives designed to improve access to fitness centres for disabled people and to encourage them to take part in regular exercise.
The book covers a range of areas, including:
- Medical conditions and how to research them
- Programming and instruction skills pre-exercise checks and fitness testing communication skills (including sign language)
- Motivation techniques
- Sample programmes and exercises, fully illustrated with B&W photography checklists and forms to be used when working with clients.
Sara Wicebloom is a qualified personal trainer and works for YMCA delivering their courses in working with disabled clients. She has many years experience in all areas of fitness training, but is considered one of the industry's experts in developing approaches to fitness for the disabled.
Acknowledgements
How to use this book
PART ONE: Introduction to Training Disabled People
1 Facts and figures
2 The case for exercise
3 Why now?
4 Risk assessment
5 Qualifications
6 Summary
PART TWO The Background
7 Introduction to disability theory
8 Behavioural and motivational theory
9 Finding out more
10 Recording information
11 Summary
PART THREE Programming and Instruction
12 Working with disabled people
13 Pre-activity health and safety
14 Principles of fitness programming
15 Functional exercise training
16 Clothing, footwear and equipment
17 Principles of instruction
18 Exercise selection
19 Specific medical conditions
20 Summary
Appendices
Glossary
References and further reading
Useful websites
Index