Inclusive Health Resources

Stay up to date with the latest resources from the Special Olympics Colorado health, fitness and wellness team.

Inclusive Health Resources

General Health Resources

Browse our general health, fitness and wellness resources below:

All Abilities Yoga Cards with Guided By Humanity – This deck is designed to guide you through mindfulness activities and movements just like the ones we do together in class at Guided By Humanity.

Fitness Captains are athletes within their respective teams that are chosen by their coaches because they show the ability to lead if given the tools and resources.

Become a Fitness Captain:

Goals of the Fitness Captain Program

The vision is to build a sustainable foundation of athlete leaders and coaches who are educated and mentored so they are able to lead their peers in changing or reinforcing health behaviors and attitudes.

Roles and Responsibilities
Desired qualities:

Fitness Captains have the following responsibilities:

Leading warm-up exercises before each practice
Talking with their team about the healthy tips of the month that focus on a variety of areas including but not limited to: nutrition, fitness, and healthy lifestyle behaviors
Leading a group activity outside of practice (yoga, hiking, cycling, walking, cooking)
Mentors and coaches are critical to the success of this leadership program.

Fitness Captains must:

Have a positive influence with their teammates
Be reliable, dependable, and respectful at all times
Show great sportsmanship in all circumstances and have a great attitude
Be great team members and genuinely care about those around them
Effectively be able to communicate both verbally and through email, phone, text
Have a passion for fitness, exercise, and healthy behaviors and can model this for their teammates

Roles and Responsibilities

Fitness Captains have the following responsibilities:

Leading warm-up exercises before each practice
Talking with their team about the healthy tips of the month that focus on a variety of areas including but not limited to: nutrition, fitness, and healthy lifestyle behaviors
Leading a group activity outside of practice (yoga, hiking, cycling, walking, cooking)
Mentors and coaches are critical to the success of this leadership program.

Desired qualities:

Fitness Captains must:

Have a positive influence with their teammates
Be reliable, dependable, and respectful at all times
Show great sportsmanship in all circumstances and have a great attitude
Be great team members and genuinely care about those around them
Effectively be able to communicate both verbally and through email, phone, text
Have a passion for fitness, exercise, and healthy behaviors and can model this for their teammates

Wellness Challenges

Special Olympics Colorado hosts virtual wellness challenges to encourage athletes from all over Colorado to stay social, fit and connected throughout a difficult time. All athletes are encouraged to participate!

Healthy LEAP

Healthy LEAP (Lifestyle Education and Practice) is a free 9-week health and fitness curriculum that provides K-12 students, with and without disabilities, necessary information, equipment and materials covering physical and personal wellness, social emotional health and prevention and risk management. Healthy LEAP lessons align with Colorado’s Department of Education Academic Health Standards and can aid in achievement of existing school goals.

If you are an educator in Colorado and would like to implement Healthy LEAP in your classroom(s), please contact us.

Healthy Athletes

Through event-based screenings, Healthy Athletes works to:

Make referrals to local health practitioners when appropriate
Train health care professionals about the needs and care of people with Intellectual Disabilities
Collect, analyze and disseminate data on the health status and needs of people with Intellectual Disabilities
Advocate for improved health policies and programs for people with Intellectual Disabilities

View our healthy athletes disciplines below.

FUNfitness
(physical therapy)

Fit Feet
(podiatry)

Health Promotion
(better health and well-being)

Healthy Hearing
(audiology)

Medfest
(sports physical exam)

Opening Eyes
(vision)

Special Smiles
(dentistry)

Strong Minds
(mental health)

Healthy Young Athletes
(Pediatric screening)

Get Involved

Become a Clinical Director

Clinical Directors help run health screenings to provide more health education and advocacy to athletes.

Become a Volunteer

Medical professionals, med students, or general volunteers are all needed to make health screenings happen for Special Olympics CO athletes.

Virtual Training for Athletes

Stay fit and and game ready with seasonal, and sport specific, workouts and training drills from the comfort of home.

Providers:

Special Olympics Colorado is constantly looking for clinical directors to volunteer their time to run health screenings as well as volunteers for our health-related events. Not interested in volunteering but want to promote inclusive health within your practice? Get in touch using the information below.