Aquatic Therapy
What psychosocial outcome of aquatic therapy involve feeling better about one's physical appearance
Improved body image
Exercise includes all forms of human movement such as sports, dance, and recreation. (True/False)
True
Sports for people with disabilities often require what two changes?
Modified equipment and rules
What organization, founded in 1968, provides modified competitive sports for individuals with developmental disabilities?
Special Olympics
Therapeutic use of sailing focuses on which two domains?
Physical and Emotional
Aquatic therapy has been shown to reduce this mental health condition?
Depression
Name one health condition that exercise is used to therapeutically address.
Childhood obesity, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, Parkinson’s disease, sleep issues
Sports are competitive activities played for pleasure and require what?
Physical effort
What elite international sports competition is governed by the Paralympic Committee?
Paralympics
Name one mental skill developed through sailing.
Learning weather patterns, navigation rules, or water safety
What emotional benefit of aquatic therapy refers to improve emotional state?
Enhanced mood
The primary goal of using exercise as a therapeutic medium is to increase what?
Total daily physical activity time
Sports are played according to what structure?
Fixed rules
Which law mandated equal access to employment, transportation, and public spaces?
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
Anger is defined as a natural response to what type of situation?
Feeling threatened, treated unfairly, or facing a harmful situation
Aquatic therapy can decrease this common mental health issue
Anxiety
Exercise can improve physical, emotional, and what other functional area?
Leisure function
Name one population that may require sports modifications.
Physical, sensory, or cognitive limitations
Which act ensured students with disabilities could participate in integrated physical education?
Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (PL 94-142)
What term describes deliberate actions intended to harm people or objects?
Aggression
What overall life benefit is enhance through aquatic therapy partcipation?
QOL - Quality of Life
Exercise serves to meet functional, expressive, and ______ needs.
Leisure
Sports for people with disabilities are generally of what level of difficulty compared to others?
Equal difficulty
What 2010 law replaced the term “mental retardation” with “intellectual disability”?
Rosa's Law
What does the “Z” stand for in the ZIPPER strategy?
Zip your mouth