Sponsored by Joey’s Foundation, BFit launched its first full year at MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital outpatient site with a mission to empower children with brain injuries through adaptive fitness, wellness education, and peer connection. The program integrates clinical expertise with community-building to support long-term health and independence.
BFit is a complimentary power-based exercise program designed specifically for children 5-21 years of age with a neuromuscular condition such as cerebral palsy.
I’ve been struggling to write this post for the past month and every time I sit down to write nothing comes out. And yet, sometimes we have to write about hard things. So here it goes.
As a part of our schedule in our inclusive pod, we begin each session with a group meeting where we review the day’s message, talk about the date, and review our plans for the day. At the end of this meeting I give each grade level a math challenge based on what we are learning. Right now, the first graders are working on identifying coins, so we’ve been counting coins. The third graders have to count a mix of change, tell me the amount and also identify how much more money they need until they get to one dollar. The first graders have to count one group of coins (pennies, nickels, dimes – not mixed) and tell me how much there is.
As our inclusive pod goes on I continue to contribute much of the success to the theory that if you plan for the students on the two extremes of your group – those who may need the more intensive support and those who may need extensions, then i
