Available courses

Virtual Reality as Part of Your Inclusive Programming

Staff from Lakeshore Foundation discuss how to use Virtual Reality Gaming Systems as part of your inclusive recreational programming.

Virtual Inclusive Fitness Training

NCHPAD is hosting it's first Virtual Inclusive Fitness Training March 30th and 31st. All course content and related materials can be found here. Check back often as we continue to update this page.

Rallying the Troops: Engaging your Community for Inclusion

Knowledge-to-action frameworks are useful tools to systematically implement evidence into community practice. One such framework is NCHPAD’s Inclusive Community Implementation Process (NiCIP) adapted from the CAN-IMPLEMENT. Community engagement and stakeholder input from the outset is a central principle of this framework. Within the NiCIP, stakeholders with disabilities must work alongside community implementers to implement sustainable knowledge use within the community. This charrette style training will incorporate multiple learning styles and breakout activities in a classroom setting.


Hosting Inclusive Events

Currently 1 in 4 people in the United States has a disability. That means no matter the size, location, or topic of your event, you are most likely serving individuals with a disability. The goal of all organizations should be to host inclusive events that allow all individuals, including individuals with a disability, the opportunity to participate fully in the event. However, organizations often define inclusion and accessibility in many ways leaving individuals with a disability with an unclear understanding of what will be provided for them and the amount of access they will truly have. This toolkit will provide guidance on how to best serve the needs of all individuals in any event setting.

What are the GRAIDs

The Guidelines, Recommendations, Adaptations, Including Disability, or GRAIDs, were developed as a method to adapt evidence-based programs to be inclusive of individuals with disabilities. Watch this presentation conducted by Dr. Kerri Vanderbom to learn what the GRAIDs are and how to use them.

Inclusion Tips for Coaching and Officiating Youth Sports

This is a brief presentation to help youth sports officials and coaches be more inclusive in their programs. The presentation will introduce coaches, officials, and sports staff to tips and strategies to include athletes with disabilities in the school’s sports activities. 

Hosting an Inclusive Summer Camp

A Training on Hosting an Inclusive Summer camp. Presented by The National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability.

Universal Design for Learning

According to the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST), Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a research-based set of principles to guide the design of learning environments that are accessible and effective to all.  In order to impact different type of learners UDL focuses on multiple means of representation, multiple means of action, expression and multiple means of engagement. The video, Universal Design for Learning in Physical Education, features strategies based on the UDL framework and specific to physical education. The strategies shown in the video were obtained from the Lieberman-Brian Inclusion Rating Scale (LIRSPE).


IEP Roadmap

School physical education programs offer the best opportunity to provide physical activity to all children and to teach them the skills and knowledge needed to establish and sustain an active lifestyle. An Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is part of the educational process that allows students with disabilities to participate during physical education activities.   The  interactive IEP Roadmap for Physical Education provides guidance to physical educators to be able to navigate through the IEP process while making the biggest impact on their student’s health and wellbeing. The information presented in the roadmap could also help parents and other IEP members that are not familiar with IEPs.


Disability Education for Educators

Your interaction with students matters and it could play a role in their school success an help avoid tension. This training is designed to help improve your knowledge and communication skills when working with students with disabilities.


Inclusive Brain Boosters

In this training, you will learn strategies to incorporate physical inclusive activity breaks (brain boosters) during class to improve health, wellness and cognitive function through physical activity.  

Discover Inclusive Physical Education

Discover Inclusive Physical Education provides training to help educators to create an inclusive environment for students of all abilities.

Principles of Adaptation

This course will take fitness professionals through the principles of adaptation in a fitness setting as well as cover the best practices for specific disability groups. 

Disability Education

There are over 54 million American’s living with a disability. People with a disability are a largely underserved population, often this is due to a lack of knowledge on how to reach, address, and serve these individuals. This presentation will address communication tips and proper disability etiquette for individuals with sensory, intellectual and physical disabilities. It will also briefly discuss the barriers these individuals face towards participation and how to address them.  Finally, this presentation will look at the definition of inclusion and what that means for effective communication.


Fitness Professionals

This course provides presentations to fitness professionals on a number of inclusive fitness topics.

Terms and Conditions

There are a number of common terms and conditions referenced when working with individuals with a disability. As a fitness instructor you should be aware of these terms and their definitions as well as these common conditions and the effects they could have on an individual.

Inclusive Worksite Wellness

Adults spend a substantial part of their lives at work. Employers can play a critical role in helping their workforce stay healthy through inclusive worksite wellness programs. This training will discuss the fundamentals of a worksite wellness program that includes all employees, including those with physical, sensory and intellectual disabilities. Topics addressed include privacy and worksite wellness programs, choosing inclusive incentives, supporting healthy food choices and convening inclusive events such as walking meetings and health fairs.

Health Disparities and Cultural Competence

The Health Disparities and Cultural Competence training provides a brief synopsis of health disparities and cultural competence for individuals who have limited or no background in these areas. This training will provide an overview of health disparities and information sources, explanatory models for health disparities, cultural competence, and addressing sociocultural barriers to health care. This training will also include potential resources for additional knowledge as well as a quiz at the conclusion of the training to test knowledge gain.

Importance of Breakfast

Understand why you should eat breakfast and learn how to create a balanced breakfast plate. Enjoy a demo of a PB and J smoothie. 

The Dash Diet

Understand DASH diet basics and how it improves chronic diseases and decreases inflammation.  Learn how to limit salt by assessing the food label and identify snacks and meals that reach DASH diet goals.

Food for Your Mood

Learn how food can effect your mood and how your mood can effect your  food choices. 

The Importance of Hydration

This course will help you understand the role of hydration for positive health outcomes. Learn how to calculate hydration needs, and food and beverages that provide hydration. You will also enjoy a cooking demo of a delicious recipe to help reach your hydration goals. 

Discover Inclusive Nutrition Education

Discover Inclusive Nutrition Education provides strategies for how to include youth with disability in your nutrition and health education.  This training covers the definition of inclusion, effective teaching strategies for multiple disabilities, information on accessible school gardens, and several inclusive nutrition resources

Establishing an Inclusive, Health Food Venue

During this presentation, viewers will learn what a healthy food venue consists of and how to create an inclusive and accessible one that includes individuals with disability.  The training covers disability statistics, inclusion terminology, and ways to create an accessible environment through building design, signage, staff training, and more.  Viewers will also familiarize themselves with nutrition-related resources from the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability

Preparing to Become a Caregiver

This course will help educate individuals on what you need to know to become a caregiver for a family member or friend. 

Prevent T2 for All

This course is open to current National Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Coaches who are affiliated with one of the 10 grantees of the CDC’s Scaling the National Diabetes Prevention Program in Underserved Areas initiative, (also known as DP17-1705) or certain NICIP grantees.  Upon verification of completion of the course, you will be granted access to the Prevent T2 for All Inclusive Diabetes Curriculum.

Push for Your Health Campaign Toolkit

This toolkit is meant to make promoting and celebrating National Diabetes Awareness Month in your community a little easier! This kit is designed to help you generate messages to support an inclusive diabetes prevention awareness campaign to your audiences.

Additional Resources

In this section you can find additional resources from NCHPAD that may be useful as you design your classes. 

Enhance Fitness Addendum

Here is the addendum created by NCHPAD to assist in including individuals with a disability in the Enhance Fitness program. 

Additional Trainings

Here you will find additional training courses to enhance your learning experience and to assist in facilitating the inclusion of people with disability into your fitness classes.

Birmingham City School Trainings

In this course you will find all the power points from the in-person training that took place at Lakeshore foundation. 

BCS Inclusion Resources

In this course you will find information on access and inclusion for your classroom. 

Inclusive Worksite Wellness Training

This inclusive worksite wellness training provides users with a background of why worksite wellness programs are important to the workplace, and why having inclusive worksite wellness programs can benefit all employees. This training, complete with knowledge checks, addresses disability education, reasonable accommodations, what employers are required to do in accordance with the law, and strategies for going beyond what is required in order to provide employees with a comprehensive, inclusive worksite wellness program.


Discover After School Health Promotion

In this training, you will learn more about a Comprehensive School Physical Activity plan and ways to promote the inclusion of children and youth with disabilities in your plan through an inclusive wellness policy, assessing your school environment and action planning.


Inclusive Physical Education for Educators

Through our partnership with ADPH we have compiled a list of helpful resources for physical educators.

Discover Inclusive School Wellness

In this training you will learn more about a Comprehensive School Physical Activity plan and ways to promote the inclusion of children and youth with disabilities in your plan through an inclusive wellness policy, assessing your school environment and action planning.

Inclusive Afterschool Physical Activity

In this training, you will learn how to adapt the environment, skills and equipment to make your afterschool program inclusive of children and youth with disabilities. This program will give you practical ideas on how to make your program inclusive and an understanding of why inclusive afterschool programs are important and beneficial to the entire school.

Ableism

This training is an introduction on ableism. In it you will find various definitions of what ableism can mean, tips on language and being a good ally and some great resources to get you started!

Engaging with Disability Organizations and Community

This presentation will help organizations to become inclusion allies by engaging in community partnerships. 


Inclusion Strategies from Disability Organizations: A Discussion Panel

Disability organizations participated in a panel discussion to share strategies to promote inclusion in recreation and physical activity programs.

Featured organizations: National Ability Center  , TIRR Memorial Herman, Lakeshore Foundation, Higher Ground Sun Valley, Turnstone


Hosting Inclusive Indoor-Outdoor Programs

This presentation will provide tips and considerations when making adaptations to outdoor equipment, recreation, and sports programing.  


Disability Education

There are over 54 million American’s living with a disability. People with a disability are a largely underserved population, often this is due to a lack of knowledge on how to reach, address, and serve these individuals. This presentation will look at the definition of inclusion and what that means for effective communication. This session will provide inclusive recommendations when interacting with individuals with sensory, intellectual, and physical disabilities.


How to Host an Inclusive Event

Currently 1 in 4 people in the United States has a disability. That means no matter the size, location, or topic of your event, you are most likely serving individuals with a disability. The goal of all organizations should be to host inclusive events that allow all individuals, including individuals with a disability, the opportunity to participate fully in the event. However, organizations often define inclusion and accessibility in many ways leaving individuals with a disability with an unclear understanding of what will be provided for them and the amount of access they will truly have. This toolkit will provide guidance on how to best serve the needs of all individuals in any event setting.

Dr. Wilroy's UAB class

In this course you will find content around the GRAIDs and program adaptation.

GRAIDs

Guidelines Recommendations Adaptations Including Disability

Human Centered Design

As part of the Lakeshore Strategic Plan this course will cover the basics of the Human Centered Design approach and how it can be implemented.

NiCIP for Lakeshore

NCHPAD's Inclusive Community Implementation Plan designed for Lakeshore

Inclusive Healthy Communities

The Goals of this training are:

- Adopt processes that are inclusive of people with disabilities as part of efforts to plan and create healthy communities

- Plan and implement lasting strategies that deliver the benefits of healthy communities to people with disabilities

- Advance sustainable practice, systems and environmental change that address the pre-existing physical, environmental, social, and economic challenges that prevent people with disabilities from having full access to the conditions that support health and well-being


Push for Your Health Toolkit

This toolkit is meant to make promoting and celebrating National Diabetes Awareness Month in your community a little easier! This kit is designed to help you generate messages to support an inclusive diabetes prevention awareness campaign to your audiences.

Physician's Tool Kit

Resources provided to help physicians talk to their patients with disabilities about physical activity.