Our Offerings

Move with Us Exercise Video

Move with Us is our very own 30-minute exercise video. While it is specifically created for individuals with special needs, this video is a wonderful option and appropriate option for all ages and abilities.

Perfect to infuse into any class or program that needs a jolt of meaningful movement and fun, Move with Us can be used on its own! However, it is designed to complement the Helping Hands A&E Program Guide (found below)!

Autism fact: 31.8% of people with autism are either overweight or obese.
Video fact: Even older adults have found this video content to be a blast!
Video fact: Families can use this video at home as well!

Video Endorsement

Kyle Brown is a celebrity trainer, motivational speaker, radio personality, author, nutrition expert, and CEO of Fit 365 shakes who spends his days “transforming professional and Olympic athletes, celebrities, and rock stars using fit and healthy lifestyle secrets to create life-long results.” Kyle also endorses Move with Us!  

Kyle supports Move with Us because he knows that exercise is important. It isn’t just about looking good; it’s about feeling GREAT! He knows that a healthier body equals increased self-confidence and empowerment and that Move with Us offers that opportunity to a diverse population. After all, everyone deserves to be healthy!

Professional Development

All of our professional development experiences are interactive, engaging, and conducted currently via Zoom. As experienced group facilitators and educational technology experts, we have adapted techniques for reflection, dialogue, and transformational adult learning so that technology is not an impediment, but rather fully leveraged for its features in a way that allows participants to be fully present and engaged while also safe and secure for health and safety.  

This professional development is suitable for those staff members who primarily work in special education and also for mainstream teachers whose students, both typically and atypically developing, would benefit from the tools (e.g., approaches, strategies, and techniques) and understanding (e.g., child development, disabilities, etc.) that their teachers acquire in our professional development because it equips them to teach/work with their students as whole individuals.

Partnership with Helping Hands A&E

Helping Hands A&E partners with preK-12 schools that are looking to implement a program designed to develop social, cognitive, emotional, and physical awareness by utilizing exercise, art, life skills, and socialization activities. 

Our program successfully celebrates the strengths of all students while systematically increasing their skills. The program emphasizes quality of life and the joy that is important to nurture in students of all ages and abilities. Our program also helps students achieve meaningful connections with each other and strengthens and reinforces positive relationships with their teachers, peers, and mentors. 

Using this program can increase awareness and community response, which promote a sense of inclusivity and belonging that will enrich our students’ lives. Our program is especially valuable to our community with special needs—even after the age of 21 when there are typically fewer services available.

A partnership with Helping Hands A&E includes curriculum and resources; school community-facing activities (e.g., conferences, back-to-school nights, etc.); professional development; teacher observations; and curricular and instructional support.