The Fitness Clinic for Individuals with disabilities celebrates 25 years of service & training.[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On September 29, 2007, the Fitness Clinic for Individuals with disabilities at San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU), founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, is the largest and oldest higher education facility in the greater San Diego area (generally the City and County of San Diego), and is part of the California State University system. (SDSU SDSU San Diego State University SDSU South Dakota State University SDSU Standard Distribution Switching Unit SDSU Smds Dsu ) held a 25th Anniversary Celebration, Hawaiian Buffet and Luau at Marina Village. The event was attended by 120 individuals, including clients, university faculty and administrators, and many different community constituents. The event included silent and live auctions, as well as presentations on the history of the fitness clinic, and a 45-minute Polynesian Dance Show. The event raised over $17,900 for the Fitness Clinic Endowment Fund Noun 1. endowment fund - the capital that provides income for an institution endowment patrimony - a church endowment chantry - an endowment for the singing of Masses , and was the kick-off for the 25th Anniversary Fund Raiser A Fund Raiser' is an organized event, attempting to collect money. The money to be collected is usually for a specific item or need. The event also can entail gimmicks or activities to promote donor interest. . History The Fitness Clinic for Individuals with Disabilities was founded in 1983 by Peter M. Aufsesser of the then Physical Education Department at San Diego State University. At the time Dr. Aufsesser was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a way to get students in the adapted physical education Adapted physical education is a sub-discipline of physical education. It is an individualized program created for students who require a specially designed program for more than 30 days. credential credential verb To determine or verify titles, qualifications, documents, completion of required training, and continuing education, in those persons who function in a professional or official capacity–eg, ER physician, neurosurgeon, etc. Cf Credentials. program and students interested in physical therapy into an environment to both observe and practice their clinical skills with individuals having a wide variety of severe physical and neuromuscular neuromuscular /neu·ro·mus·cu·lar/ (-mus´ku-ler) pertaining to nerves and muscles, or to the relationship between them. neu·ro·mus·cu·lar adj. 1. conditions. He initiated the Fitness Clinic with the support of an Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation rehabilitation: see physical therapy. Services Federal Grant. The proposal provided funds to start an on-campus clinical program. This program had a dual purpose which was to train students in adapted physical education, pre-physical therapy, and other interested students with hands on experience. In addition, the Clinic's other purpose was to provide an individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. fitness program to individuals who were severely physically disabled, having no place to obtain services, once insurance coverage ended. From a humble beginning with three classes and a total of 19 clients, today the Fitness Clinic celebrates its 25th year in operation, serving 75 clients each of four sessions during the year, open 47 weeks of the year. In 1986 the federal funding ended and thanks to the generosity of Charles Carstarphen and his employer Proctor A person appointed to manage the affairs of another or to represent another in a judgment. In English Law, the name formerly given to practitioners in ecclesiastical and admiralty and Gamble, the Clinic was able to survive. In 1988 the Clinic developed a Quasi-Endowment Fund, and in 1989, developed a work-study true endowment fund in the name of a former client, Frank Parodi. Because of the development of a cooperative agreement with the now (formerly the Physical Education Department) School of Exercise & Nutritional Sciences (ENS) and with the two endowments, the clinic became fiscally sound. In October, 2003, the Clinic and the Interwork Institute, along with four community partners, developed a strategic alliance, embarking on building an expanded center in the current Interwork facility located off-campus within the center of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. . The project has been funded twice by the SDSU Research Foundation San Diego State University (SDSU) Research Foundation Incorporated in 1943 in the State of California, the SDSU Research Foundation is a self-financed 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation. and the funds have been withdrawn twice due to other SDSU Foundation fiscal problems and other projects/obligations. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the fall, 2007, the Clinic commenced its 25th year in operation as a self-supporting auxiliary auxiliary In grammar, a verb that is subordinate to the main lexical verb in a clause. Auxiliaries can convey distinctions of tense, aspect, mood, person, and number. program of the School of Exercise & Nutritional Sciences. In those 25 years over 1,300 clients from San Diego County have been provided individualized exercise programs to enhance their quality of life. In addition, over 3,000 students in the School of Exercise & Nutritional Sciences have received state of the art training. The program is an ideal example of the service learning model developed in University Affiliated Facilities across the country in the late 1960's. Purpose and Goals The Fitness Clinic for Individuals with Disabilities was initiated to provide services to individuals with severe physical and neuromuscular disabilities, as well as to train students seeking a career in Kinesiology kinesiology Study of the mechanics and anatomy of human movement and their roles in promoting health and reducing disease. Kinesiology has direct applications to fitness and health, including developing exercise programs for people with and without disabilities, preserving , including majors in pre-physical therapy, kinesiotherapy, athletic training athletic training Sports medicine The practice of physical conditioning and reconditioning of athletes and prevention of injuries incurred by athletes. See Athlete, Athletic trainer. , adapted physical education, and fitness, nutrition, and health. This arrangement has served both the students at SDSU and individuals with disabilities in the San Diego area with excellent programs and benefits. The goal of the Clinic is to continue both the training and service components to reach more individuals in a community-based, multi-disciplinary setting. To this end the Clinic and its strategic alliance partners will continue to secure funds to build the facility in Mission Valley. The Clinic is a very unique program epitomizing the service-learning model. Developing and implementing exercise programs for individuals with severe physical and neuromuscular disabilities takes considerable expertise and experience to ensure a safe and effective program. The students who work as assistants and interns  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . in the program receive invaluable hands-on experience. This has been cited by many graduates entering physical therapy school as one of the best experiences they had in their entire undergraduate curriculum. Organizational Structure This article has no lead section.To comply with Wikipedia's lead section guidelines, one should be written. The Fitness Clinic for Individuals with Disabilities is a category #1 auxiliary program of the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences. The San Diego State University Research Foundation serves as the fiscal agent for the Fitness Clinic. Fiscal Operations The Fitness Clinic has been a self-supporting auxiliary program of the School of Exercise & Nutritional Sciences since its inception in 1983. The Clinic was started with a Federal Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services grant (1983-1986). It operate s independently and San Diego State University's Research Foundation serves as its fiscal agent. The Clinic has one quasi [Latin, Almost as it were; as if; analogous to.] In the legal sense, the term denotes that one subject has certain characteristics in common with another subject but that intrinsic and material differences exist between them. and one true endowment fund totaling $561,000. In order to assure long term operation the Clinic needs an endowment in excess of $1.2 million dollars. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Clinic has an annual budget of about $115,000 of which approximately $72,000 comes from client fees. Additional sources of income include a fee for service contract with SDSU's School of Exercise & Nutritional Sciences, donations, interest on endowment funds Endowment funds Investment funds established for the support of institutions such as colleges, private schools, museums, hospitals, and foundations. The investment income may be used for the operation of the institution and for capital expenditures. , and grants. The Clinic is continually seeking donors, including a large donor for whom the Fitness Clinic and/or proposed building in Mission Valley will be named. Program Operations & Procedures The Fitness Clinic has a thorough and detailed procedures manual for admission of clients to the program, as well as the day to day operation of the Clinic which is conducted by a kinesiotherapist. While it is a wellness program, the clients all have severe physical disabilities, with many having secondary health problems that often are more serious than the primary conditions. To ensure the safety of each client, detailed information from the client's physician and personal information including a complete medical history, current medications, and therapies received is collected prior to the evaluation and subsequent admission to the program. Once all the paperwork is provided, a complete evaluation is conducted by the staff. Based on this information, the physician's input, and the client's goals, an individualized exercise program is designed specifically for each individual. Programs are reviewed at least weekly through subjective, objective, affect, and program/progress (SOAP) notes, and changes are made as indicated. Then clients are assigned to a student assistant. The student assistants are ENS majors in pre-physical therapy, fitness, nutrition and health, as well as kinesiotherapy interns. The student assistants have course work in anatomy anatomy (ənăt`əmē), branch of biology concerned with the study of body structure of various organisms, including humans. Comparative anatomy is concerned with the structural differences of plant and animal forms. , exercise physiology exercise physiology n. The study of the body's metabolic response to short-term and long-term physical activity. , and rehabilitation techniques. In addition, each session the students go through a 9-hour orientation which includes going over their individual client's files and exercise regime. The entire process is undertaken with the goal of a safe and appropriate program for the client. This goal of providing the clients with a safe and comfortable exercise environment includes the following: * Resting heart rate and blood pressure are taken daily * Clients are asked frequently about their exercise tolerance levels * Always consider the contraindications of exercises * Record clients' exercises completely daily * Complete SOAP notes The SOAP note (an acronym for subjective, objective, assessment, and plan) is a method of documentation employed by doctors and other health care providers to write out notes in a patient's chart, along with other common formats, such as the admission daily * Disinfect To remove the virus code that has attached itself to a legitimate file. Sometimes, the antivirus program cannot untangle the code, and the infected file has to be deleted. See quarantine. the tables, mats and exercise equipment after each use * Dispose of blood and other hazardous materials properly The Future Plans for the Fitness Clinic are guided by the principle of maintaining quality while serving individuals with severe physical disabilities who have no other place to obtain a safe, appropriate, individualized, low cost exercise program. The Clinic will continue to train ENS students seeking experience to prepare them for careers in health-related professions. It will continue to be the base of operations Noun 1. base of operations - installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases" base air base, air station - a base for military aircraft army base - a large base of operations for an army for the Kinesiotherapy Program at SDSU. To these ends the Clinic continues to keep fees low, obtain and maintain state of the art equipment, and raise funds for reduced fees for clients and scholarships for kinesiotherapy interns. [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Specific long term goals include the following: * Continue to interact with the strategic alliance partners * Continue to seek a donor for the Mission Valley Facility * Raise funds to increase the Fitness Clinic endowments * Seek naming rights Naming rights are the right to name a piece of property, either tangible property or an event, usually granted in exchange for financial considerations. Institutions like schools, places of worship and hospitals have a tradition of granting donors the right to name facilities in for the Fitness Clinic * Seek program endowment funds through SDSU's Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. Campaign Significant Achievements * 1983 founded with Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services Grant * 1986 received fee for service contract with SDSU Physical Education Department * 1987 vendorized by San Diego Regional Center * 1988 cendorized by California Department of Rehabilitation * 1988 started a Quasi Endowment Fund with $5,000 * 1989 started Frank Parodi Work Study True Endowment Fund with $5,000 * 1998 received the Channel 10 Leadership Award * 2001 received funding from the San Diego District Attorneys Crime Victims Fund * 2002 received third party funding from Workman's Compensation * 2003 Dr. Aufsesser awarded "a Monty (programming, abuse) monty - /mon'tee/ Any program with a ludicrously complex user interface that performs a trivial task. An example would be a menu-driven, button clicking, pulldown, pop-up windows program for listing directories. " for his work with the Fitness Clinic * 2004 Fitness Clinic received the Exemplary Program Award by the National Conference on Physical Activity for the Exceptional Individuals * 2006 received third party payments from an HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, (SYNAMED) * Endowment Fund reaches $ 561,000 * 2007 Celebrated 25th Anniversary with a Hawaiian Buffet & Luau Staff Fiscal Advisory Director: Peter M. Aufsesser, PhD SDSU Foundation Medical Advisory Program Director: Jan Thurman, MPH, RKT Assistant Program Director: Robyn Phelps Part Time Instructors: Graduate Assistants: Kinesiotherapy Interns: Currently 14 Students Assistants: (ENS 388), 75, fall, 2007 Volunteers: 2; 1 SDSU student; 1 from a community college Program Directors * 1983-1986 Peggy Lasko-McCarthy * 1986-1989 Nancy Storrs * 1989-1998 James Burke, RKT * 1998-2000 James Yaggie, RKT * 2000-2002 John Downing, RKT * 2002- Jan Thurman, RKT, MPH Peter M. Aufsesser has been a professor at San Diego State University for 33 years and is the founder and Director of the Fitness Clinic for Individuals with Disabilities. He has been a professional in the adapted physical education and rehabilitation fitness areas for his entire career. He has published many articles, received numerous grants, and served as editor/associate editor for half a dozen professional journals.
Table 1
Fitness Clinic Finances
Income History
YEAR FALL WINTER SPRING SUMMER TOTAL
87-88 4,765 xx 5,610 1,290 $11,665
99-00 13,000 4,772 12,670 11,376 $41,818
02-03 14,585 1,177 17,100 16,000 $48,862
03-04 20,830 3,350 21,500 19,100 $64,780
05-06 22,799 4,421 23,936 17,966 $69,125
06-07 21,825 3,840 24,030 22,681 $72,436
Account Balances: 8/06 8/07 Change
Program Account: $14,508 $14,661 +1%
Mission Valley Account: $134,000 $59,257 +18%
Fitness Quasi Endowment: $264,366 $445,892 +31%--(100,000
transferred
Parodi Endowment Fund: $23,163 $26,896 +16% in)
Fundraising: $15,901 $24,075 +51%
Total Assets: $451,938 $570,781 +26%
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