Special Olympics Healthy Athletes

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Special Olympics Healthy Athletes
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Objectives of Workshop

• Why are we here today?
• We are here today to
• Learn about Athlete Leadership
• Review the SO Mission
• Discuss Healthy Choices
• Learn about Healthy Athlete screenings
• Have participants understand why it is important
  to get screened for the issues involved
• Make a plan to experience the screenings
• Practice sharing this information with fellow
  athletes and helping as peer ambassadors at Games
  and events

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Athlete Leadership Programs
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Athlete Leadership Programs

• Athlete Leaders (including ALPs) Definition  
• An Athlete or Participant who serves in at least
  one Athlete Leadership role listed below 
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• Athlete Leadership Examples
• Athletes as Volunteers (games or events)
• Athletes as Coaches or Assistant Coaches
• Athletes as Sport Officials
• Athletes as Public Speakers (Global Messengers)
• Athletes on Boards, Committees or Input Councils
• Athletes assisting with Fund Raising
• Athletes assisting with technology or other
  office work
• Athletes serving as peer mentors or team captains
• Athletes attending regional or national meeting
  about ID

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The Mission of Special Olympics
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The Mission of Special Olympics

• The mission of Special Olympics is to
• provide year-round sports training and
• athletic competition in a variety of
• Olympic-type sports for children and
• adults with intellectual disabilities, giving
  them continuing opportunities to develop physical
  fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and
  participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and
  friendship with their families, other Special
  Olympics athletes and the community.

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Healthy Athletes Screenings
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Healthy Athletes Screenings

• Dental Health
• Healthy Promotion
• Sun Safety Washing Hands Strong Bones Diet and
  Exercise
• Visual Health - Opening Eyes
• Fit Feet
• Fun Fitness
• Auditory (Hearing) Health

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Special Smiles
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Special Smiles

• The health of your mouth mirrors the condition of
  your body as a whole.
• When your mouth is healthy, chances are your
  overall health is good, too.
• If you have poor oral health, you may have other
  health problems.
• We need our teeth so we can eat, chew and digest
  our food.

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Special Smiles

• At home, practice good oral hygiene
• Brush for two to three minutes, at least twice a
  day
• Floss daily
• Eat a healthy diet to provide the nutrients
  necessary (vitamins A and C, in particular)
• Avoid cigarettes and smokeless tobacco
• Schedule regular dental checkups

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Special SmilesAll About YOU!
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Special SmilesAll About YOU!

• Rock that Smile!
• Develop a rap using your Rock that Smile theme or
  slogan.

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Health Promotion
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Health PromotionSun Safety Messages

• Overexposure to the suns rays damages skin and
  eyes
• Prevent sun burns with healthy sun protection
  habits
• Use sun screen at practice, events and whenever
  you are in the sun
• Seek shade or cover up
• Wear a hat sunglasses

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Health PromotionDrinking water

• Drink often and every day
• Know where to get water at practices and events
• Know when you need more water
• If you are thirsty, youve waited too long

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• A list of symptoms of not enough water
• Thirsty
• Headache
• Dizziness
• Tired or weak feeling
• Lack of energy
• Grumpiness
• Trouble concentrating
• Nausea

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Health PromotionGerms
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Health PromotionHand Washing

• When we come into contact with germs we can
  become infected simply by touching our eyes,
  nose, or mouth.
• Good hand washing is the first line of defense
  against the spread of many illnesses, from the
  common cold to more serious illnesses

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Health Promotion
Glitter Hand Exercise
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Health PromotionHand Washing

• When should you wash your hands?
• Before, during, and after preparing food
• Before eating food
• Before and after caring for someone who is sick
• Before and after treating a cut or wound
• After using the toilet
• After blowing your nose, coughing, or sneezing
• After touching an animal, animal feed, or animal
  waste
• After touching garbage

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Health Promotion Hand Washing

• Teach hand-washing without running water?
• No problem use a basin!

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Health PromotionStrong Bones

• You have 206 bones in your body.
• Strong bones are important to be a Healthy
  Athlete and do your best at Special Olympics
  events.
• Its hard to tell if you have strong bones or not
  with your eyes
• Thats why there is a screen for bone strength.

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Health PromotionStrong Bones

• Four Steps for Strong Bones
• Exercise
• Eat 4 or more bone building things every day
• DONT Smoke
• Take a vitamin with Calcium and vitamin D

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Health PromotionHealthy Food

• Divide Athletes into Groups
• You are responsible for deciding what athletes
  are going to eat at summer games/winter games.
• Design a healthy menu for the athletes.
• You need to have breakfast, lunch and dinner.

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Health PromotionHealthy Food
Breakfast Menu




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Health PromotionHealthy Food
Lunch Menu




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Health PromotionHealthy Food
Dinner/Supper Menu




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Health PromotionHealthy Food
What happens if we dont eat healthy meals?
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Health PromotionWhats on Our Plate/in our Bowl?
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Health PromotionMedical Release Form

• Do you know whats on your own Medical Release
  form. Do you understand what is on it?
• Do you know what medications you are on?
• Why is it important for you to know what
  medications you are taking and what they are for?
• You may take medication that make it dangerous
  for you to be in the sun without protection

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Health PromotionMedical Release Form
Medication Name Dosage Date Prescribed Times per Day Why you need it


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Opening Eyes
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Opening Eyes

• Look around the room and
• find one item that you like.

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Opening Eyes

• An eye test can often pick up on eye diseases
  that can cause blindness which can be prevented.
• It can also spot diseases such as diabetes and
  high blood pressure.

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Opening Eyes

• Provide for the vision and eye health needs of
  athletes
• Each participating athlete completes a
  comprehensive screening that takes about 45
  minutes
• Athletes may require glasses, sunglasses or sport
  goggles

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Fit Feet
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Fit Feet

• Screen athletes feet for any problems
• Skin and nail problems
• Check for proper shoes and socks

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Fit Feet

• A Fit Feet screening takes approximately 10-15
  minutes
• After the screening, the clinicians will
  discuss the check up with the athletes, their
  coach, and a parent or sponsor
• The athletes' will also receive their shoe size,
  any recommendations or referrals, and literature
  regarding common foot problems and foot care.

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Fit Feet Healthy Tips

• Wash your feet with soap and water
• Dry your feet
• Moisturize your feet
• Keep your toe nails trimmed
• Inspect your feet
• Wear shoes or sandals to protect your feet
• Wear clean socks
• Wear the right shoe size (you should be able to
  wiggle your feet in your shoes)

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FUN Fitness
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Fun Fitness

• Do you play a sport?
• Do you have to play a sport to get exercise?
• How can you get exercise if you dont play a
  sport?
• If you think youre not very good at a sport or
  its too hard for you, should you keep playing?
• Why or why not?

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Fun Fitness

• Stand up and touch your toes
• Swivel from side to side

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Fun Fitness

• Regular exercise keeps weight under control
• Regular exercise builds strong bones
• Exercising 3 times a week, 30 minutes can help
  keep us in shape
• Think of one way that you could get more
  exercise.

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Fun Fitness Physical Therapy

• Provides free screenings to measure athletes'
  flexibility, strength, balance, and aerobic
  fitness
• Provides instruction to Athletes about how to
  stretch, strengthen and improve balance and
  fitness.

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Healthy Hearing
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Healthy Hearing

• Have you ever wondered to yourself why is
  hearing so important?
• Hearing helps us to work, socialize, interact,
  communicate and relax.
• Hearing also keeps us safe and alert to the world
  around us.

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Healthy Hearing

• The purpose of Healthy Hearing Screening is to
  take care of our hearing.
• Screen the hearing of athletes and notify
  athletes and their coaches if follow-up care is
  needed

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Getting Screened
How many of you have gone through Healthy Athlete
screenings? When? Where?
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PEER Health Ambassador
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Healthy Athletes

• What do you need to know about your own health?
• How do you make sure you are staying healthy?
• What can you do to help others around you to know
  about their health?
• What are some things you can do to help other
  athletes know about and take care of their
  health?

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Healthy Athletes Screenings
Behavior Yes / No
Smoking
Exercise 30 minutes 3 x a week or more
Use sunscreen
Wear a hat in the sun
Seek shade in the sun
Drink clean drinking water throughout the day
Eat balanced meals and healthy snacks
Get screenings done
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Healthy Athletes Volunteer

• Role Play

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Objectives of Workshop

• Did we?
• Learn about Athlete Leadership
• Review the SO Mission
• Discuss Healthy Choices
• Learn about Healthy Athlete screenings
• Have participants understand why it is important
  to get screened for the issues involved.
• Practice sharing this information with fellow
  athletes
• Make a plan to experience the screenings

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Thank you.Now get out of this classroom and
make sure you take care of yourself so you can
continue to be a strong and healthy Athlete Leader