Special Needs

NEW CLASS!!!

Beginning Saturday January 14th 2012 - Ring now to book a place

Saturday 9 - 10am

This new 1 hour class is open to children aged 3-8 years old who have a

disability requiring a high level of support.

The children are to be accompanied by an adult (e.g. parent, carer)

for the duration of the session.

The class will be tailored to suit the needs and interests of the children and

use hand apparatus, music, activities, trampolines and gymnastics equipment.

Please contact the office on 01803 317817 or

email info@torbaygymnastics.co.uk

to book a place or to find out more information.

The Club has a long history of integrating children with special needs into all of it's sessions. Many have been referred to us by medical professionals to help their mobility and co-ordination.

Our qualified coaches have previous and current knowledge regarding Autism, Aspergers, Cystic Fibrosis, Downs Syndrome, Epilepsy, Congenital Heart, Muscular Dystrophy, Dyspraxia, Multiple Sclerosis, ADHD, Hearing and Sight difficulties and many more uncommomn syndromes. We assist all children to enjoy and achieve in gymnastics or trampolining.

In 2010, a young girl with only peripheral vision and a boy with Autism successfully competed in the Club Competition and came away winning medals.

We have coaches qualified to work with children and adults with disabilities and three coaches are also Rebound Therapy Trained. We offer one-to-one sessions for adults with disabilities, please contact the office for available time slots.

We also have classes from Mayfield School and Coombe Pafford Business and Enterprise School come to use our facilities. The students from these special schools use the main gym area, that is all on the same ground-level, and the trampolines which have stairs and a platform for easy access. Some of these classes have been grant-aided by the Local Network Fund, for which we are very grateful.