Sports Therapeutics (Period 1) Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- Fall 2015
- Description
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This competency-based course provides students with hands-on training on the basic duties of a physical therapist, certified athletic trainer, personal trainer, physical therapy aide, fitness instructor, message therapist, and other fields related to health care. Technical instruction includes an orientation, safety and infection control, communication and interpersonal skills, mathematics proficiency, and employability skills. Emphasis is placed on ethical and legal issues in sports therapy; observation, reporting, and charting; medical terminology; nutrition and metabolism; first aid and CPR; physical therapy procedures; physical therapy modalities; sports and therapeutic equipment; pharmacology; patient care skills; and clinical protocol. The competencies in this course are aligned with the California High School Academic Content Standards and the California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards.
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Agenda: 12/15
1. Final Exam (3&7)
2. Group Final - Upper arm, shoulder, neck and back injuries common in sports
- Oral Presentations
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Agenda: 12/11
1. Final Exam (1&5)
2. Group Final - Upper arm, shoulder, neck and back injuries common in sports
- Oral Presentations
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Agenda: 12/9
1. Continue to work on group final - Upper arm, shoulder, neck and back injuries
common in sports
- Collaborate in a small group to research your injury
- Create a poster using the guidelines of information to include
- Oral presentations
2. Review for final
- Extra credit to the winning group
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Agenda: 12/7
1. Turn in Packet 5 (label and # pg's in order)
2. Final - Upper arm, shoulder, neck & back injuries common in sports
- Research an injury w/ your group (3/4)
- Create a poster using the guidelines
- Oral presentations
( Project is worth half your grade for the final - 50 pt's )
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Agenda: 12/3
1. Bleeding Control - Supplemental Information
2. Infectious Control Skill
- Control bleeding (gauze pads / gauze rolls)
- Tourniquet
- Properly dispose of gloves w/ blood
3. Finish Sport Psychology Motivational Poster
- Present
4. Packet 5: Due Monday Dec. 8th
Homework: Finish Packet 5
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(Article) Management of Bleeding and Open Wounds in Athletes
Bleeding article outline template
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Agenda: 12/1
1. Finish Sports Psychology Motivational Poster (THURSDAY)
- Present
2. Management of Bleeding and Open Wounds in Athletes
- Outline with partner
3. Manage Risk p. 40-42 - EMR Book
- Discuss
4. Infectious Control Skill
- Control bleeding (capillary / venous)
- Tourniquet (arterial)
- Properly dispose of gloves w/ blood
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Agenda: 11/20
1. The Nine Mental Skills of Successful Athlethes
- Article + questions
2. Create a Sports Psychology Motivational Poster
- Get in groups of 2/3
- Select a sports motivational quote
- Create a poster
- Present poster and the meaning behind the quote.
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Agenda: 11/18
1. Coping with Injury: The psychology of Being Sidelined
- Read + answer questions (discuss)
2. Work in groups of 2-3 (eveyone needs their own paper)
- Describe the 5 psychological phases an athlete experiences following an injury
3. Relate a sports injury / life experince you have had and relate it to the 5
psychological phases
(ex. death, ilness, injury, bad grades, car accidents, got in trouble etc.)
4. Finish Sports Psychology Vocabulary.
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Sports Psychology Vocabulary:
1. Sport Psychologists
2. Attention Focus
3. Cohesion
4. Confidence
5. Extrinsic Motivation
6. Imagery
7. Visualization
8. Internal Monologue
9. Competition
10. Intrinsic Motivation
11. Self-confidence
12. Mental Health
13. Self-Actualization
14. Emotion
15. Defense Mechanism
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Agenda: 11/16
1. Finish PED's Presentations
2. ESPN Special Section: Drugs and Sports
- Questions + Discussion
3. Sport Psychology - Mental and Emotional Health
- LH: p.61-67, #1-8. #5 relate it to sports with an example
4. Sports Psychology Vocab. 15 terms (online)
- 14 regular definitions + (1) frayer model = 20 pt's
OR
- (6) frayer models total + 9 regular definitions (25 e.c. pt's) = 45 / 20
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Agenda: 11/12
(Sub.)
1. Reflection:Develop and defend your own personal standpoint on whether PED's should be allowed in sports.
2. ESPN special Section: Drugs and Sports
* Finish PED current event presentations Monday 11/16
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Agenda: 11/9
1. Performcance Enhancing Drug's (PED's)
- current event: Presentations
2. Reflection: Develop and defend your own personal standpoint on whether PED's
should be allowed in sports
3. ESPN special section: Drugs and Sports - Marijuana
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Agenda: 11/5
1. Nuclear Medicine in Sports
- Read + answer questions
2. Newsela: Alex Rodriguez and performance enhancing drugs
3. Performance enhancing drugs current event
- Summarize article, explain the outcome/results
- Create 3 questions to ask the class after you present
- Present
Homework: FInish current event and be prepared to present
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Agenda: 11/3
1. ESPN Special Section: Drugs and Sports - Anabolic Steroids
- Read + Answer Questions
- Discussion
2. Making Great Decisions
- LH: p. 145 Anabolic Steroids
- Write half of a page, cite evidence from the article for your argument
3. Get in groups of 3-4 and share your arguments
- Compare and contrast your argument orally
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Packet 4: (Due Friday October 30th)
1. Carbohydrates, Fats, Protein (10)
- Lifetime Health: p. 154-160 #1-10
2. Nutritional requirements for athletes in terms of: (10)
- Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, and Water
3. Nutritional Vocabulary (50)
4. Vitamins, Minerals, and Water (10)
- Lifetime Health: p. 161-166 #1-9
5. Summary: Describe the importance of dietary supplements for athletes (10)
6. Sports Drinks vs. Water during workout or exercise (10)
- List pros / cons using a tree map
7. Meeting Your Nutritional Needs (10)
- Lifetime Health: p. 167-174 #1-9
8. What makes your food choices healthy or unhealthy, and why? (read the food
labels) + foods you can add to your diet from each group of the food pyramid +
Anorexia Nervosa vs. Bulimia Nervosa (20)
9. Choosing a Healthy Diet (10)
- Lifetime Health: p. 175-182 #1-7
10. Foods an athlete would never eat (15)
Total points = 155
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Agenda: 10/30
Friday: 12:34 dismissal, 56 minute periods
1. Turn in Packet 4
2. Take Test
3. Correct Test
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Agenda: 10/28
1. Choosing a Healthy Diet
- Lifetime Health: p. 175-182 #1-7
2. Foods an athlete would never eat
- Choose 5 foods that surprise you and why?
- Read the explanation for your choice on men's health (take notes on why it's
unhealthy)
- Find an alternative choice for the food you chose
3. Review for test
4. Packet 4 (No Late Packets!)
Test on friday!
Homework: Packet 4 + Study for test
Friday: 12:34 dismissal, 56 minute periods
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Foods an athlete would never eat:
1. Diet soda
2. Canned soup
3. Rice cakes
4. Sugary cereal
5. White bread
6. Popcorn
7. Granola
8. Alcohol
9. A meal without protein
10. Sports drinks
11. Nutrition bars
12. Flavored yogurt
13. Pasta
14. Fruit juice
15. Bottled salad dressing
16. Flavored oatmeal packets
17. Packed deli meat
18. Trail mix
19. Pretzels
20. Frozen yogurt
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Agenda: 10/26
1. Meeting Your Nutritional Needs
- Lifetime Health, p. 167-174 #1-9
2. Look up nutrition facts on foods you eat from each group on the food pyramid
- Look at the nutrition labels and decide what makes this food choice a healthy or
an unhealthy choice
3. Research each food group and think of a healthy food you can add to your diet for each group of the food pyramid. (think of something new)
4. Work with a partner, research anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa.
- Share with each other your findings and compare and contrast the two.
- What are some symptoms and side effects of each?
5. Finish / study vocab.
Homework - study for test friday
Review on wednesday
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Agenda: 10/22
1. Nutrition for Life: Vitamins, minerals, and water
- Lifetime Health – P. 161 – 166 #1-9
2. Summary: Describe the importance of dietary supplements for athletes
3. Water vs. Sports Drinks
- Myth that sports drinks are always the best choice during workout or
exercise.
- List the pros / cons of water & sports drinks for athletes on a tree map
- Links posted on the class website
(work w/ partner for 2 & 3)
4. Nutrition vocabulary (frayer model)
* Test next week
- http://www.mensfitness.com/nutrition/what-to-drink/sports-drinks-vs-water
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/hydration-water-vs-sports-drink/2012/08/10/7f2f71dc-dda1-11e1-af1d-753c613ff6d8_story.html
- http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/sports-drinks-vs-water-which-is-better-for-exercise.html
- http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/trade-sports-drinks-for-water-201207305079
- Lifetime Health – P. 161 – 166 #1-9
2. Summary: Describe the importance of dietary supplements for athletes
3. Water vs. Sports Drinks
- Myth that sports drinks are always the best choice during workout or
exercise.
- List the pros / cons of water & sports drinks for athletes on a tree map
- Links posted on the class website
(work w/ partner for 2 & 3)
4. Nutrition vocabulary (frayer model)
* Test next week
- http://www.mensfitness.com/nutrition/what-to-drink/sports-drinks-vs-water
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/wellness/hydration-water-vs-sports-drink/2012/08/10/7f2f71dc-dda1-11e1-af1d-753c613ff6d8_story.html
- http://www.fitday.com/fitness-articles/nutrition/healthy-eating/sports-drinks-vs-water-which-is-better-for-exercise.html
- http://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/trade-sports-drinks-for-water-201207305079
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VOLUNTEER: LA Cancer Challenge - Sunday October 25th
5:30/6:00 AM - 12 NOON
volunteer sign up -
Volunteer waiver- http://support.pancreatic.org/site/DocServer/DO_individual_waiver.pdf
****All volunteers under the age of 18 must have a parent or guardian sign the volunteer waiver.
Opportunity for (18 ) Medical Hours + 30 extra credit points in your Sports therapeutics Class and/or Health Information Technician Class.
Arrival Time:
All race volunteers are asked to arrive at Warner Park between 5:30-6:00 AM. Once you arrive at the event, please walk directly to the Volunteer Check- In Botth located at the north end of the Expo, near the START LINE. Volunteers are needed until approximately noon.
Parking and Directions:
Free parking is available at Anthem Blue Cross, located at 21555 Oxnard St, Woodland Hills, CA 91367. All participants must enter the parking lot on Owensmouth Avenue between Erwin and Oxnard, on the east side into gates #1 or #2. This is approximately .4 of a mile to the start line. Free shuttles will also be provided to and from the Start Line area.
What Will You Be Doiong?
At the race, volunteers help with registration, water stations on the course, or in the expo. Assignments are made race day, once you have checked in at the volunteer booth.
What Should You Wear:
The LACC is the starting line to halloween fun, and many of our participants will arrive in costume. We love our volunteers to get into spirit too. Come dressed in costumes, dress in purple (our awareness color) or just dress comfortably. You will receive an event t-shirt at check in.
Volunteer Appreciation:
We are incredibly thankful for our volunteers. On race day, there will be beverages and snacks available in the morning. For hose of you requiring service letters, they will be available at the race.
Bring friends!
Let me know once you have signed up to volunteer.
SEE YOU THERE!
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Nutrition Vocabulary:
1. Nutrients
2. Vitamins
3. Minerals
4. Food pyramid
5. Carbohydrates
6. Fats
7. Proteins
8. Water
9. Food Labeling
10. Metabolism
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Agenda: 10/20
1. Turn in summaries of guest speaker
2. Nutrition for Life _ carbohydrates, fats, and proteins
- Lifetime Health - p. 154 - 160, questions 1-11
3. Describe the nutritional requirements for the athlete in terms of:
a. Carbohydrates
b. Fats
c. Protein
d. Water
4. Nutrition Voca. (frayer model)
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Agenda: 10/16
1. Guest Speaker (Public Health)
- Take notes on speaker / summary
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Agenda: 10/14
(30 minute periods)
1. Create (3) questions for guest speaker on friday
2. Prepare packet 3 + finish any work that needs to be completed
Packet 3:
1. Warm up activities and stretching exercises
2. Planning your fitness program p.133 -1-8 + Develope your fitness plan for one
week p. 137 #1-5
3. Food and your body weight p. 195 #1-10
4. Current event on obesity (1/2 page)
5. List the food you eat in a typical day (5 ways to improve)
6. Newsela - obesity gene
7. Maintaining a healthy weight p. 201 #1-9
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Agenda: 10/12
1. Finish Presentations
2. Newsela - Scientist find how obesity gene works, a clue to tratment
- Answer questions + highlight
3. Lifetime Health - Maintaining a Healthy Weight
- pg. 196-201 Read + Answer Questions 1-9
- Discuss
4. Skill- Checking for Pulse and Respirations
5. Grades - Due this week. (turn in what your missing)
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Agenda: 10/8
1. Presentations: Physical Activity Lesson
- You be the athletic trainer / personal trainer
2. Finish class work from tuesday
3. Grades - Turn in missing assignments
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Agenda: 10/6
(Substitute)
Presentation's Thursday
1. Food and Your Body Weight
Lifetime Health Book
- Read p. 190-195, section 1 review questions #1-10
2. Write a current event on obesity
(any article on effects and dangers of obesity)
* At least half of a page in length
3. Critical Thinking - How can we solve the obesity problem in our society?
- List 5 ways + discuss with a partner
4. List the food you eat in a typical day
- List 5 ways you can improve your eating habits
5. When the above work is completed, if time remains you may work on preparing for
your presentations for Thursday
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Agenda: 10/2
1. Physical Activity Lesson (continued)
You be the Athletic Trainer / Personal Trainer
- Use what you've learned from previous lessons to help you on this assignment
* follow the rubric and format provided
2. Create a lesson and poster to promote a healthy life style for the youth
3. Prepare to teach the class
4. Presentations
Homerwork - Bring supplies needed for activity (let me know if you need anything)
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Agenda: 9/30
1. Physical Activity Lesson
You be the Athletic Trainer / Personal Trainer
- Use what you've learned about warm up / stretching and creating your own
fitness program
- Create a lesson and poster to promote a healthy life style for the youth
* Follow the rubric and format I give you in class
2. Prepare to teach the class.
Homework: Bring supplies needed for your activity (let me know if you need anything)
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Agenda: 9/28
1. Finish presentations
- Effective stretching routine that would benefit individuals in your specific sport
and reduce / minimize injury
2. Planning your fitness program p. 133-138
- Read + answer questions 1-8
- Describe the important factors to think about before starting a fitness program
- Develop your fitness plan
* (One week routine, make it realistic and be specific)
- Discuss plans in groups
3. Work with a partner: Physical Activity Worksheet
- one separate sheet (both names)
- Class discussion
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Agenda: 9/24
1. Collect packet 2
2. Warm up activities and stretching exercises
- Read article
- Answer questions + discuss
3. Get in groups of 3-4
- You wil be given a sport
- Come up with an effective stretching routine that would benefit individuals in your
specific sport and reduce / minimize injury
4. Present your sport and warm up routine
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Agenda: 9/21
1. Skill - splinting a fractured forearm with sling
2. Finish testing skill
3. Health book - bone, joint, and muscle injuries
- Read p. 592-593, answer questions 1-3
- Explain the similarities and differences of bones and fractures in children and
adults using a double bubble thinking map
- List treatment and rehabilitations for fractures, dislocations, strains, and sprains
4. discuss
5. Complete packet 2
Packet 2:
1. Concussion article + questions
2. Concussion assessment
3. Concussion vocabulary
4. Bone, joint and muscle injuries
5. "The big "if about stem cell therapy"
6. After concussions kids face persistent difficulties with school
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Agenda: 9/17
1. Finish group project/ prepare for presentations
- Elbow, forearm, wrist and hand injuries common in sports
2. Oral presentations
3. "This big "if" about stem cell therapy for injured athletes"
- Read article + answer questions
- List 3 pros / cons about stem cell therapy
- Discuss
4. Skill - splinting a fractured arm with sling
5. Test skill
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Agenda: 9/15
1. (Finish) Elbow, forearm, wrist and hand injuries common in sports
- Collaborate and research the injury with your group
- create a poster
2. Presentations
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Agenda: 9/10
1. Finish up Concussion vocabulary
2. Concussion Test w/e partner
3. Elbow, forearm, wrist and hand injuries common in sports
- Collaborate in a small group (3/4) to determine which injury you want to research
- Research the injury with your group
- Create a poster with the information that has been provided to you
3. Presentations
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Agenda: 9/8
1. Concussion Vocabulary
- Frayer Model (1)
2. Concussion Article
- Highlight an answer questions
- Discussion
3. Concussion assessment (baseline test) and concussion written test
- Work with a partner
Collect - "You be the Doctor"
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Agenda: 9/2 (ST) - Concussions continued..
1. Turn in packet 1
2. Debate pros and cons: Should children under the age of 18 be allowed to participate in contact sports, which are more prone to concussions?
3. You be the doctor (3/4) in a group
- Read concussion fact sheet
- You will be given a scenario
- Read and discuss the scenario and fill out the diagnosis sheet in a group
4. Volunteers for each scenario will present diagnosis sheet to class (5) 10 extra credit points
5. Concussion vocabulary
1. Amnesia
2. Asymptomatic
3. Cerebral edema
4. CT scan
5. Exacerbate
6. Hematoma
7. Neurologist
8. Prognosis
9. Unconscious
10. Cognition
* Requirement Check *
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Agenda: 8/31/15
1. Read article "After concussions, kids face persistent difficulties in school" + take mini quiz
2. Pick pro or con card for the question: Should children under the age of 18 be allowed to participate in contact sports which are more prone to concussions?
3. Read an additional 3 articles on concussion while taking notes to support your pro or con position.
4. Write an essay stating 3 reasons with evidence to support your position. 5 paragraph essay (1 pg minimum)
5. Volunteers will form two debate teams of 3-5 students to debate the pros and cons (10 extra credit points)
Homework: Packet 1- Due Wednesday September 2nd
1. Graphic organizer (Double bubble map) compare and contrast ST & PT
2. Licensing Requirements for either ST or PT
3. Medical Vocabulary
4. Labeling muscles worksheet
5. Safety Test (100%)
6. Pro/Con Essay
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Agenda: 8/27
1. Presentation
- Leg, ankle and foot injures common in sports
2. Discuss section 3 review questions 1-9 pg 145 (collect)
3. Safety Test (grade)
4. Skill - stabilizing a dislocated shoulder by using a sling and swathe
* requirement check
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Agenda: 8/25
1. Finish group project
- oral presentations (Thursday)
2. Lifetime Health Book - read pages 139-145 & Complete section 3 review q's 1-9
- discuss
3. Labeling muscles worksheet
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Agenda: 8/21
1) Research project - leg, ankle and foot injuries common in sports
2) Collaborate in a small group to research and create a poster
3) Oral presentation
Websites:
UPMC.com (sports medicine)
SportsInjuryClinic.net
* poster requirements and poster rubric handed out in class
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Agenda: 8/19
1. Create a graphic organizer (double bubble map) to compare and contrast physical and sports therapy.
2. Work with a partner. Each partner is responsible for describing the licensing certification requirements to become a sports or physical therapist. Partners will share information with each other. Take notes
3. Medical Vocabulary
4. Muscles that move the foot and toes - Identify, circle and explain 5 muscles using the medical terms you just learned.
* (3) handouts
Websites:
Study.com - How to become a sports therapist step-by-step
study.com - How to become a physical therapist
Homework:
- class requirements
- sign up for connect ed
- syllabus/parents letter signed and returned
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Agenda: 8/18
- Find your index card and sit down
- If you cant find your index card stand in front of the room
- Silent read the syllabus while I take roll and sign your class schedules
- Go over syllabus/parent letter
Homework:
- Obtain class material
- Read student agenda book pages 1-6 and sign up for connect ed studios
- Have parent/guardian review syllabus and sign consent form