Pilates for Children and Adolescents

is the first comprehensive manual of guidelines and formal curriculum for teaching Pilates to young people. This book includes:

- Guidelines for teaching Pilates to young people

- Why Pilates is beneficial for children age 6 - 11 and adolescents age 12 - 19

- Crucial anatomical and cognitive development considerations for working with young people

- Additional relevant topics designed to equip the Pilates teacher with tools for creating relevant and safe programs for different age ranges, such as:

- safety considerations, exercise contraindications, scope of practice, and ethics

- considerations for working in a variety of environments within both the public and private sectors

- age appropriate exercises from the Pilates repertoire

- a formal curriculum for teaching Pilates in schools including sample lesson plans

- appendices which cover working with children with special needs, Pilates in the Schools pilot study results, and resources.