1. Course Goals

   The goal of this course is to provide exercise and allied health professionals with the foundational knowledge of child development and paediatric prescription so they feel confident and prepared to work with this demographic.

   We discuss each key area of child development in detail and how we can use exercise to target each area. We look at how we can motivate children to create healthy movement patterns, particularly with reference to children aged 1-12 years.

   Learning Outcomes

   •   A good understanding of exercise recommendations for children aged 1-12 years old.
   •   Comprehension of child developmental key areas and how physical development impacts each area.
   •   Understanding of movement progression.
   •   A thorough understanding of age-specific exercise prescription.
   •   Knowledge of what a child needs during the early stages of development and movement progression.
   •   Key strategies for promoting physical development and knowledge of promoting development in all key areas.
   •   Knowledge of indicators in relation to developmental concerns and who to refer to.
   •   Tools to implement in providing group exercise within a group of children.
   •   Understanding of Pilates Principles for Children.
   •   Effective strategies for teaching children.
   •   Exercise Prescription to target specific areas of development.
   •   Sample and ready-to-use exercise sessions for specific areas of development.
   •   Common developmental concerns and specifics.
   •   Ability to recognize technique or common movement faults in children.

   Course Modules

   •   Child Development Overview
   •   Key Developmental Areas & Physical Development
   •   Promoting Development Through Movement
   •   Pilates & Child Development
   •   Key Development Exercises
   •   Teaching Children & Common Movement Faults & Concerns

    

About Liz

Liz Dawson is an Accredited Exercise Physiologist (AEP), Pilates instructor and owner and director of Kids Heart Pilates & Northside Allied Health. Since graduating with a Bachelor of Science, Human Movement Studies in 2009, she has worked across a number of health disciplines, including weight management and clinical disease and injury rehabilitation.

Liz has relished in the experience of developing Pilates based movement programs for children over the last 10 years across a range of facilities including, kindergartens, child cares, preschools, primary and high schools since 2010. Extending on the repertoire of Kids Heart Pilates programs, and in response to an increasing demand for convenience, in both the home and classroom, Liz proudly launched an online Pilates program available for families worldwide.

She is now extremely excited to launch her teacher training and help educate other health professionals on effective ways on working with children, a course that she has poured her time and passion into for 2 years.