Register Today! Special Olympics of Arizona (SOAZ’s) Healthy LEAP into Fitness (HLIF) program is modeled to include health education, class activities, and group workouts! The curriculum is designed to be taught in an eight-week format, as a team at practice, in health promotion or fitness class, or within a community program or group home. HLIF focuses on four pillars of …
Back-to-School Funding, Advocacy, and Planning for Health and Physical Education
Open to Everyone! Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants two days prior to this workshop. Please contact Matthew Mixer (mixer@azhpe.org) with questions. (Click Here) to RSVP for Free
Free Workshop on Integrating Social and Emotional Learning in Physical Education
Zoom link will be sent to all registered participants two days prior to this workshop. Please contact Kyle Bragg (bragg@azhpe.org) with questions. Click Here for PDF version with Registration Link
ASU heat researchers offer tips for playing safely this summer
A day at the playground can be tempting on a bright sunny day, but in the Arizona heat, it can also be dangerous. Children playing outside during Arizona summers can face 100 days or more of temperatures north of 100°F. Too often playgrounds use heat-retaining, unnatural surfaces in the middle of parks with no shade, especially in Phoenix. These unshaded playgrounds can act …