Making Time for Fitness
Making Time for Fitness Time management may be one of the most debilitating aspects of life for families with special needs children. I have heard the “we don’t have time”...
Eric Chessen
Being Happy and Healthy for the Holidays
Being Happy and Healthy for the Holidays The popular belief that most people gain 5-10 pounds between Thanksgiving Day and New Year’s Day has been debunked. A new study suggests...
Fitness Equipment Worth Buying
Fitness Equipment Worth Buying Over nearly a decade of providing fitness programs for the autism and special needs populations, I have played around and tested a good abundance of different...
The Fitness Friendly Classroom
The Fitness Friendly Classroom You have no more excuses. There will be no more “We don’t have the budget for Physical Education” or “Most of the kids with autism don’t...
Alternative Reality: Fitness and Your Child
In years past, when in workshops or conventions, I would be informed that I would be grouped in the “Alternative Treatment” section. I’m not quite sure what fitness and play are alternative to
Over, Under, and True: Generalization and Fitness
“Bradley,” a highly motivated 5-year old athlete that I’ve just begun working with, was bouncing around the room, ecstatic over