American Council on Exercise (ACE) Approved CEUs
National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA)
LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Fitness Professional Course
Event cost: $380.00USD
Course Length: 10 Hours
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
This course is approved for CEU credit by the following accrediting agencies:
- 1.0 American Council on Exercise (ACE Fitness) Ethics CEUs
- 1.0 National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) CEUs
- 10.0 Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) CEUs
- 4.0 Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBA) Ethics CEs
The LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Fitness Professional Course includes guest lectures from the lived experience of LGBTQIA+ fitness/wellness customers as well as a Board Certified LGBTQIA+ Affirming Physician Assistant.
Participants will be able to download 17 different handouts including;
- Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion (JEDI) Rubric to assist fitness professionals/organizations for assessing a baseline in current inclusive policies and practices.
- Inclusive Downloadable Health & Medical History Form
- Lists of LGBTQIA+ affirming brands, products and fitness influencers
- Pronoun and Affirming Language cards
- and more
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LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Fitness Professional Course Description:
It is critical for fitness professionals to improve their competency and actively practice allyship to affirm and create a safe wellness environment for LGBTQIA+ clients. The LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Fitness course will teach fitness professionals how to actively dismantle the binary, homophobic, fatphobic, transphobic, racist and ableist lens of exercise science which historically has played a role in fitness service participation among this population. Participants will learn strategies for creating an equitable, ethical and affirming culture, safety considerations during physical activity for gender diverse clients and improving health outcomes for folks who are gender and/or relationship diverse. To become a LGBTQIA+ Inclusive Fitness Professional participants will complete each of the modules asynchronously as well as pass the quiz associated with the material and a final exam. The course is approximately 10 hours in length and is approved for 1.0 American Council on Exercise (ACE Fitness) ETHICS CEUs; 4.0 BCBA ETHICS CEUs; 1.0 National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) CEUs; 10.0 Athletics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA) CEUs.
