Active Youth

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Active Youth

• Ideas for Implementing CDC Physical Activity
  Promotion Guidelines

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Using this Text

• Two Parts
• CDC guidelines
• Examples of 20 Successful Programs throughout the
  country
• Use as
• An inspiration for the next program
• A catalyst for community groups
• A resource for program participants

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CDC Physical Activity Recommendations for Young
Children

• Establish policies that promote enjoyable,
  lifelong physical activity among young people
• Provide physical and social environments that
  encourage and enable safe and enjoyable physical
  activity

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CDC Physical Activity Recommendations for Young
Children

• Implement physical education curricula and
  instruction that emphasize enjoyable
  participation in physical activity and that help
  students develop the knowledge, attitudes, motor
  skills, behavioral skills, and confidence needed
  to adopt and maintain physically active
  lifestyles.

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CDC Physical Activity Recommendations for Young
Children

• Implement health education curricula and
  instruction that help students develop the
  knowledge, attitudes, behavioral skills, and
  confidence needed to adopt and maintain
  physically active lifestyles.
• Provide extracurricular physical activity
  programs that meet the needs and interests of all
  students

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CDC Physical Activity Recommendations for Young
Children

• Include parents and guardians in physical
  activity instruction and in extracurricular and
  community physical activity programs, and
  encourage then to support their childrens
  participation in enjoyable physical activities.

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CDC Physical Activity Recommendations for Young
Children

• Provide training for education, coaching,
  recreation, health-care, and other school and
  community personnel that imparts the knowledge
  and skills needed to effectively promote
  enjoyable, lifelong physical activity among young
  people.

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CDC Physical Activity Recommendations for Young
Children

• Assess physical activity patterns among young
  people, counsel them about physical activity,
  refer them to appropriate programs, and advocate
  for physical activity instruction and programs
  for them.
• Provide a range of developmentally appropriate
  community sports and recreation programs that are
  attractive to all young people.

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CDC Physical Activity Recommendations for Young
Children

• Regularly evaluate school and community physical
  activity instruction, programs, and facilities.

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Active Youth, Volume 2

• Active Youth
• Is the beginning of the story
• It contains examples of programs in place
• It should be used a a template or catalyst
• Volume 2 has yet to be written
• The pages should be filled with your programs
• When a quality program is developed share it with
  your colleagues
• As we share, we begin to write Volume 2