For non-mobile children, what must training programs include?

• A. Development of physical fitness, including a variety of body positions and changes in environment
• B. Extra academic content
• C. Only walking programs
• D. No physical training

Answer: (A)

Training programs for non-mobile children should emphasize building physical fitness through a variety of body positions and changes in the environment. This approach supports the development of strength, flexibility, and motor awareness by giving the child safe opportunities to experience different postures—such as lying on the back, tummy, side-lying, and, as tolerated, sitting—and to explore how changing surfaces, heights, and surroundings influence movement. Providing these varied experiences lays the groundwork for future mobility and healthy development.

Extra academic content doesn’t directly foster physical development. Limiting activities to walking programs isn’t appropriate when the child isn’t mobile yet. And having no physical training would miss essential opportunities to promote muscle tone, coordination, and safe movement.