TAP CLAQ Cardio Instructor Certification

Teacher Certification - TAP & CLAQ CardioBecome a certified Tap & Claq Cardio Instructor

LMfitness LMfitness offers a one-day Tap & Clap Cardio Instructor Certification. This training will provide you the skills and tools you need to give Tap & Clap Cardio sessions. You will leave feeling confident that you have something new, fun and effective which will be a great success with your elderly participants. TCC can be easily integrated into your existing programs.

The certification includes both a theory and practice component, a manual with pictures of the TCC movements, sequence suggestions and verbal cueing notes as well as music playlists and health and wellness tips on different topics important for seniors.

This training is for you whether you are an employee of a residence (recreation facilitator, health care worker, social worker, fitness instructor, etc.), a volunteer involved in senior organizations and activities, a caregiver, or simply interested in becoming a certified Clap Tap & Cardio instructor.

TCC is a dynamic and rewarding workout, whether for 10 minutes as a warm up for a variety of activities, or as a part of your regular exercise classes. TCC is full of fun and smiling faces, and will keep both you and your clients fit and happy.

Want to contribute to the quality of life of seniors?

Become Tap & Clap Cardio Certified. Enjoy this one day training offered to group leaders, fitness instructors, recreation directors and volunteers who wish to work with seniors in a lively approach integrating movement and music. Address the problems that result from sedentary lifestyles and negativity by implementing fun and revitalizing Tap & Clap Cardio sessions into your existing programs in senior residences, community centers and different senior group settings. TCC the « magic little pill » that lifts senior’s spirit and gets them moving safely! This training leads to a LMfitness certification.

Any person who wants to work with seniors with a dynamic moving approach and with music can do this training.

Prerequisites:
  • To love seniors
  • To love music
  • To love to move or dance
  • To love Life

The one-day TCC Certification will give you the knowledge, the tools and the practical skills you need to incorporate TCC into your existing activities with confidence and success.

Certification Animateur - TAP & CLAQ Cardio

Training Objectives
  1. To understand seniors and their wellness needs
  2. To learn a variety of movements, be able to explain and adapt them
  3. To develop leadership and teaching skills, build self confidence
  4. To understand the impact of fun physical activity in the lives of seniors

Certification Animateur - TAP & CLAQ Cardio 50 plus Logo

Training content

  1. 1
    To understand seniors and their wellness needs
    • Who is your client?
    • What are his/her needs?
    • What are the effects of physical activity on the health of older adults?
    • How do we motivate and involve older adults
    • The importance of music to move energy and stimulate seniors
    • Brief overview of chronic disease
  2. 2
    To learn a variety of movements, be able to explain and adapt them
    • Know a variety of movements, be able to explain and adapt them
    • Involving every part of the body in the movements
    • Organizing movements into sequences
    • Learning the vocabulary related to the course content, cueing for motivation and safety
    • Modifying movements for different physical conditions (pain, injury, chronic disease)
    • Safe execution of movements
  3. 3
    To develop leadership and teaching skills, to build self confidence
    • Self knowledge
    • Experience the Tap & Clap Cardio program
    • Develop leadership and teaching skills
    • Practice verbal cueing for safety and motivation
    • Practice leading TCC in small groups
  4. 4
    To understand the impact of fun physical activity in the lives of seniors
    • Benefits of the TAP & CLAQ Cardio Program
    • How to promote TCC in your centers, residences and communities
Pedagogy
  • Theory: lecture and presentations
  • Self-knowledge – simple exercises for centering, for breath awareness and freeing creativity
  • Demonstration of TCC concepts and program
  • Exploration of how music and rhythm impact the clients’ experience
  • Practical application : leading TCC in small groups

Certification Animateur - TAP & CLAQ Cardio

Cost

250$ per person which includes:

  • Certificate of achievement
  • A Tap & Clap Cardio manual
  • 3 different playlists appropriate for TCC
  • DVD (wellness tips and physical exercises)
  • Poster to promote this activity (electronic format)

Payment and Subscription Form

To see the dates of the training – Clic here