Active Start

Record #: RNS0009

Last Modified: 04 Mar 2019

Last Full Update: 04 Mar 2019

Location

Located In	Spring Garden (Halifax Peninsula)
Where To Find Us	Special Olympics 100-271 St. Margaret’s Bay Rd. Rd Halifax, NS B3N 1L1
Areas Served	Nova Scotia

Contact

Website	www.specialolympicsns.ca/resources/active-start-ages-2-6
E-Mail	tfahie@specialolympicsns.ca
Phone	902-719-6163
Contact	Tom Fahie, Provincial Development Coordinator (youth program), Special Olympics NS

Description & Services

Information

What is Active Start?
Active Start, a program offered by Special Olympics Canada was designed to help develop basic motor and movement skills in children ages two to six years old with an intellectual disability.

Active Start is part of the Long Term Athlete Development Program (LTAD), which falls under Sport Canada’s Canadian Sport for Life Initiative (CS4L). With the ultimate aim of promoting fitness, physical literacy, and well-being, the Active Start component is driven by tenets of human growth and development of the 0 to 6 age group.

230 schools across Nova Scotia are part of the Active Start Program, an initiative approved by the Department of Education and accepted in all 8 School Boards.

For information about Active Start in your area, please contact the Provincial Development Coordinator (details noted above).

Eligibility

Ages: 2 year(s) - 6 year(s)

Special Information

Tags	Annapolis Valley Connect ; Cape Breton Connect ; Fitness ; Fundy Connect ; HALIFAX ; Health ; Highland Connect ; Promising Practices ; Recreation Categories ; South Shore Connect ; Support Programs ; Volunteer Opportunity
Categories - General	Volunteer Opportunities