Adaptive Exercise in-home personal training for people with autism, is Worcester County’s first business of its kind. Our personal trainers use ABA teaching strategies, added supports, and adaptive equipment to provide the highest standard a personal training, specialized for people on the spectrum. There are several other exercise related services targeted for people with special needs, but Adaptive Exercise provide specialized exercise programming specifically for people with autism spectrum disorder. Every aspect of our training from the exercises selected to the manner of our programming and language are adapted provide the most appropriate exercise instructions. People on the autism spectrum present a wide range of both physical and mental abilities, we understand this and create truly individualized programing. This is done through the use of our Personalized Exercise Plans. The Personalized Exercise Plan is formulated after a series of both formal and informal assessments. Designed to mirror the Individualized Education Program, utilized in special education, the PEP as a collection of benchmark goals and objectives, that are specific, time bound and measurable. The personal trainers at Adaptive Exercise can then follow this blueprint using various ABA strategies to help your child reach their fitness goals.
Providing our personal training in-home, allows our clients to feel comfortable while beginning their exercise programming. Many of our clients come to us with little to no prior experience engaging in regular physical activity or exercise. Beginning this journey within the traditional big box gym could be overwhelming or unsafe. These gyms can be loud and crowded, not exactly the ideal sensory environment for person with autism. Gyms can also be very unsafe when individuals do not know how to take the proper precautions or how to use the equipment safely. The personal training provided by our trainers is much different than the training conducted in big box gyms. Much of our training are ABA strategies, special education strategies and added supports. This form of specialized personal training may not always be appropriate in a traditional big box gym. But, at Adaptive Exercise we provide our personal training in the comfort of your own home. Many ABA therapy companies provide in-home services to teach life skills, so why not teach the life skills of exercise in-home as well. Because our equipment is carefully selected with safety and affordability in mind, your child can learn a wide array of functional movements in their own home. This equipment can then he purchased by families to continue their exercise programming outside of structured personal training sessions. This equipment is also very safe, so that parents can be more effective supervising their children exercising.
Because our training is conducted in-home, it is more accessible to the autism families of Worcester County, Massachusetts. Many of the families we service, receive the services of other therapeutic professionals, like Speech Language Pathologist, Board Certified Behavior Analyst, Physical Therapist and Occupational Therapist. Finding time to travel to all these different appointments can be a struggle. Providing our exercise autism therapy services in-home is more accommodating for many of our families. Adaptive Exercise is also willing to collaborate with other therapy professionals in their therapy. If your child is already receiving ABA, speech or any other therapy in-home our trainers are happy to collaborate. Our trainers consider themselves team members each client’s education. Working together, sharing information and collaborating can help provide the most beneficial therapy for our clients.
Their potential inherent risks beginning an exercise program for an individual. This is why our personal trainers are talk to follow the safest exercise practices, use adaptive equipment and be First Aid, CPR certified. Providing our exercise training in-home, mitigates a huge area the potential risks. Traditional gyms are filled with exercise equipment in battle waves I can be extremely dangerous not used properly or under the proper supervision. Because our in-home sessions are one-on-one, the personal trainer is constantly supervising all exercise. Our trainers can point out any unsafe exercise practices and shape them using ABA strategies to proper form. Because our trainers use adaptive equipment, you do not need to be concerned with the risk associated with traditional fitness equipment. Much of our equipment is sand based, which is far less likely to cause injury then metal weights. Other pieces of equipment are plastic or rubber, which if utilized properly under supervision are very safe.
Some people may think that using this type of adaptive equipment is limited in what the personal trainer can teach and how far the client can progress through an exercise program. This could not be further from the truth. The equipment used by Adaptive Exercise is extremely versatile in many cases can be used to teach more exercises than traditional metal dumbbells and barbells. Because the equipment is sand based, clients and perform exercises at higher speeds or without thinking of dropping the weights. Other pieces of equipment like resistance bands to be used to teach a variety of different exercises that more complex machines focus on in gyms. Some of the adaptive equipment we use our training is meant so late to support athletes in learning exercises. In all of my years I have not seen any of this type of equipment available in gyms. Things like hand markers, foot markers, spot markers and arrow markers. These supports can help make exercises more understandable and easier master.
Still not convinced that Adaptive Exercise in-home personal training is right for your child? Consider if your child is engaging in the 60 minutes of physical activity recommended by the CDC each day. If not than your child is missing out on a key component of human development. People have not involved be sedentary beings, we must learn how to be physically active. Learning the skills earlier life, translates into greater chances of being physically active later in life. As autism families, you’re constantly on the search for that best therapeutic services for your child. Exercise is not only therapeutic for autism, it comes with a wide range of benefits that can last throughout our lives.