No Disabilities! Physical Activity & Adapted Physical Education Program - I Can Do It! - UNCW

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2010-2011 year in review, pictures and video, of UNCW's I CAN DO IT Program.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Faculty and students from the Health and Physical Education program at UNC Wilmington are providing mentoring for physical activity programs for individuals with disabilities in the Wilmington community through its "I Can Do It, You Can Do It! Program." This program utilizes mentors who are matched with individuals with disabilities with the expressed purpose of assisting participants to safely and successfully participate in recreation and leisuretime pursuits of their choice in the communities in which they live. While the mentor meets each mentee one-on-one during the week, it is our goal that parents and family will continue to encourage physical activity throughout the week by going bowling, going for walks, hiking, or any other form of activity.

I Can Do It, You Can Do It is a national program launched in
May, 2004 by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Disability. The Program, encourages a one-on-one mentoring relationship over a eight-week period between a trained mentor, who is an adult 18 or older and who may or
may not have a disability, and a "mentee" - a youth with a
physical or cognitive disability to:

1. Increase the knowledge of participating youth
about the value of physical activity and good
nutrition.

2. Increase the knowledge of participating youth
about physical activities they can do and how to
make better nutritional choices; and

3. Increase their physical activity and change their
eating habits to reflect better nutritional
choices.

Category:

Education

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• physical education
• cognitive disability
• disabilities
• physical activity
• uncw health i can do it
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• wilmington
• prevention
• obesity
• exercise
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• nutrition
• special needs