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Helping at-risk youth through physical fitness programming / Thomas R. Collingwood.

By: Collingwood, Thomas R.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, 1997Description: x, 206 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0880115491 .Subject(s): Physical education for youth with social disabilities -- United StatesDDC classification: 613.7043
Contents:
Part I Physical training and at-risk youth: The problems of at-risk youth -- The rationale for physical training programs -- Lessons from the application of physical training programs -- Part II The structure of the physical training program: Physical fitness screening and assessment programming -- Exercise programming -- Educational programming -- Programming to teach values and manage and motivate behavior -- Support programming -- Part III Organizational issues: Leadership -- Program coordination and administration.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 613.7043 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00015697
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 613.7043 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00015696
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Based on the First Choice fitness programme that has been used successfully in the USA, this book explains how a physical training programme works and how it can benefit youth. It outlines how to deliver a physical training programme by describing each of the five programme components.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I Physical training and at-risk youth: The problems of at-risk youth -- The rationale for physical training programs -- Lessons from the application of physical training programs -- Part II The structure of the physical training program: Physical fitness screening and assessment programming -- Exercise programming -- Educational programming -- Programming to teach values and manage and motivate behavior -- Support programming -- Part III Organizational issues: Leadership -- Program coordination and administration.