Physical Activities & Healthy Lifestyles Project: A PowerPoint Training Tool

Active Living Alliance for Canadians with a Disability (ALACD) and Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres (CAILC) July 2006 (now IL Canada). This series of 14 PowerPoint presentations can serve as a useful training tool to educate consumers, recreational facilities, other agencies and the general public on the importance of healthy lifestyle choices and universal design for people with disabilities.

10-Point Facility Accessibility Check List:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will cover: How welcoming your facility/site is to a variety of people, taking you from the parking lot to an activity area. Additionally, recommendations will give the audience ideas on how to improve access to their recreation facility/site by addressing physical, financial, attitudinal and environmental barriers.

Benefits of an Active Lifestyle:
PDF - PowerPoint

The presentation will cover: Immediate Benefits from Leisure and Recreation, Long Term Benefits from Leisure and Recreation, Strengthening of Friendship, Improve Self Concept or Self-Esteem, Communication Skills, Interaction and Socialization Skills, Reinforced Academic and Daily Living Skills, Learn and Practice Decision Making Skills, Development of Coping Skills, Develop Motor Skills and Physical Benefits.

Creating an Inclusive Atmosphere:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will cover: What some of the barriers are to an inclusive atmosphere, Some facts and misperceptions, How to create an inclusive atmosphere and What inclusion will give people.

Determinants of Health:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will cover: Health Well Being and Quality of life, Physical Activity, Health risks of inactivity, Environment, Nutrition, Socioeconomic Factors.

Developing Partnerships:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will cover from the pre planning stages to evidence of success. This presentation will give you an idea of how to develop and build partnerships, examples of the benefits for both partners, how to find the right partnerships and to maintain them.

Disability Awareness Tips:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will help to educate those looking to hone their communication skills with regards to persons with disabilities.

Funding Leisure Programs:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will cover: Determine the Need, Seek Funding Sources, Know Your Options, What Works, What Are the Benefits, What to Ask For, Resources Available and Success.

IL Physical Activity & Healthy Lifestyles:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will cover: Promoting the Health of People With Disabilities, Healthy Lifestyles Model, Kick Start the Wellness, Planning Process, Ongoing Support and SUCCESS based on 5 Key Factors.

Managing the Priorities of Your Leisure Involvement:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will cover: Understanding your limits regarding leisure activities, Time management skills, Productive killers and Priority Planning model.

Marketing Health Promotion for People with Disabilities:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will cover: Why Market, Marketing that Positions Your Program, The 4 P's of Marketing, Confirm the Need, Program Priorities and Elevator Test.

Physical Activity & Healthy Lifestyles:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will cover: Health Concerns, Promoting the Health of People With Disabilities, Common Excuses, Active Living, Way to Get Started, Putting Your Ideas into Motion, Making Change Your Way, Ask yourself Who's in Charge and Adopting a Healthy Outlook.

SMART Goals:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will cover: Effective Goal Setting and SMART Goals.

Teaching Strategies to Promote Inclusion:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will cover: Learning about the participant as a person and their range of abilities, Reducing new skills down to their smallest components, Slow and easy wins the race, Creating training that encourages cooperation and not competition and Creating an environment in which the participant feels safe and confident.

Universal Design:
PDF - PowerPoint

This presentation will cover: Equitable Use, Flexibility in Use, Simple and Intuitive Use, Perceptible Information, Tolerance for Error, Low Physical Effort and Appropriate Size and Space for Approach and Use.