Community Programs

Autism Clinic

The mission of the Autism Clinic is to promote the sensory, motor, communicative, and cognitive skills of individuals with pervasive developmental disorders through a multi-sensory approach to learning.

BE:WEL for Adults

The BE:WEL (Beyond Exercise: Wellness Enhancement for Life) program is designed for adults with disabilities and is open to the community for enrollment. Activities include weight training, aquatics, stretching, nutritional assessment, or personalized programming. The mission of the BE:WEL Program is to provide an opportunity for individuals with disabilities to take personal responsibility for their well being in an accessible supportive environment.

I Can Do It, You Can Do It!

"I Can Do It, You Can Do It!" is a mentoring program that pairs healthy adults with individuals with disabilities. Over the course of eight weeks, mentors and mentees participate in physical activities to reach weekly fitness goals and create nutrition plans.  Our goal is to improve the health of millions of American children and young adults who have disabilities by encouraging increased physical activity and healthy nutritional behaviors.

KIDS:PLAY

The mission of KIDS:PLAY (Kids Integrated Development of Skills: Parental Leadership and Advocacy for Youth) is to involve children in physical activity and social interaction. Our goal is to develop and enhance motor skills, improve self-esteem and create new learning experiences. This program provides the volunteers, participants and parents with new learning opportunities and community connections. It is a promoting, accepting and inclusive environment for all children.

Ability First Sports Camp

This camp, held each summer, is a live-in wheelchair sports camp for children with physical disabilities between the ages of 8–18.

APE Sports Day

The annual Sports Day event is designed to serve as an opportunity for children and young adults, between the age ranges of preschool through high school, with low-incidence disabilities, which include deaf, blind and orthopedic disabilities, to come together and participate in sport competitions.

Flatwater Canoeing Program

This flatwater canoeing program provides an opportunity for individuals with developmental disabilities to participate in a fun recreational activity in the natural environment. Students from Adapted Physical Education, Outdoor Education, and/or Recreation Therapy teach canoeing skills to adults and transition students with developmental disabilities. One focus of the program is to design instructional strategies and equipment modifications, which will enable instructors to include individuals with developmental disabilities in canoeing programs.

S.A.F.F.E.
Supporting Active Families in a Friendly Environment

Finding time to exercise can be a challenge. S.A.F.F.E. is a family program designed to allow time for everyone to exercise. Adults will have access to exercise facilities and be guided by students majoring in exercise physiology and personal training while children are taken care of in the Autism Clinic. Short seminars on different educational topics will be offered during the semester. Chico State students interested in Adapted Physical Activity will provide a physical activity program for the children while their parents workout. 

Special Olympics

The Special Olympics program at Chico State provides year-round sports training and competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people 8 years of age and older with developmental disabilities.