NB: This course is self-paced and you can start and finish in your own time. You will have 12 months to complete the course on the SSISA platform after which access to the course will expire.
Date: Self-paced distance learning
Venue: Online (SSISA Education Hub)
Duration: 12 hours
Course fee is R 2,000
CPD points 12
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Are you a health professional or an educator who is seeing more and more inactive kids; kids who can't seem to stay away from their screens, or kids who are not getting enough sleep? Maybe you see how this is affecting their physical and emotional health, or how unhealthy behaviours are affecting their ability to learn and cope at school.
This course provides current scientific evidence on movement behaviours, specifically physical activity, sedentary behaviour (including screen time), and sleep, fundamental movement skills, and their relationship to physical activity in children. The course addresses referrals to health professionals who can assist with promoting healthy movement behaviours in children and adolescents, and who can provide the right intervention where it is needed.
After completing this course, you will be able to recommend and promote these healthy behaviours for children and adolescents in a more effective and evidence-based way, which can ultimately be a huge benefit to the children and adolescents you work with.
Who should attend
This course is for a range of professions/practitioners who would like to improve their understanding of movement behaviour in children and adolescents. That includes medical practitioners, allied health practitioners, primary and secondary school educators and early childhood development practitioners or even parents.
Course modules
Module 1: Physical activity
Module 2: Fundamental movement skills
Module 3: Getting practical
Module 4: Sedentary behaviour
Module 5: Sleep
Module 6: Food and sleep diary
Specific outcomes
- Understand the importance of physical activity
- Identify and classify the various types of fundamental movement skills
- Learn how to teach movement skills
- Review the reasons for sedentary behaviour and strategies to prevent it.
- Understand the importance of sleep
- Use specific tools to monitor and evaluate food and sleep patterns
Learning outcomes
1. Define key movement behaviours in childhood and adolescence: physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep.
2. Advise on recommendations for these movement behaviours in childhood and adolescence.
3. Identify movement skills that help to facilitate physical activity in childhood.
4. Explain the role of these movement behaviours and skills in promoting the health and well-being of children and adolescents.
5. Conduct basic assessments of movement behaviours and skills with children and adolescents.
6. Provide practical advice on promoting these movement behaviours and skills for children and adolescents.
7. Refer effectively to relevant health professionals to assist with promoting these behaviours and skills amongst children and adolescents.
A digital certificate of attendance will be issued to participants of the course.