Preliminary Program subject to change
HPERD Challenges for the 21st Century: Aging and Intergenerational Activities
StructureCouncil on Aging and Adult Development
DescriptionThis workshop focuses on aging and intergenerational activities and is in three-parts. Part I discusses research on how ageism and attitudes on aging develop in childhood and exert influence on patterns for growing up and growing older. Part II focuses on Project InterActive, a service-learning project involving structured, one-on-one, intergenerational physical activity partnerships between junior/senior exercise science students and residents of the university’s independent-living retirement center. Part III will enlighten you about intergenerational service learning, its benefits, and how to promote physical activity through university-community partnerships.
Presider:Mark Hirsch, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Speakers:Diane Austrin Klein, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
Jan Horan, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
Mary Ann Kluge, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO
Effecting Positive Change in Youth Attitudes About Aging
Diane Austrin Klein, Kathy J. Council and Sandra L. McGuire, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville, Knoxville, TN
Project InterActive: Developing an Intergenerational Physical Activity Program
Jan Horan, Kevin H. Kendrick and Deborah Howell, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR
Community Connections: Intergenerational Approaches for Promoting Physical Activity
Mary Ann Kluge, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Colorado Springs, CO, Pamela A. Macfarlane, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL and Charlene Schade, San Diego Community College, San Diego, CA

American Association for Active Lifestyles and Fitness