MaineHealth Let's Go! IDD Resources

Let’s Go!
Let’s Go! is an obesity prevention initiative working with communities to create environments that support healthy choices. Bringing evidence-based strategies for healthy living into schools, early care and education, out-of-school programs, health care practices, and workplaces, Let’s Go! reaches children and adults where they live, learn, work, and play.

One of the guiding principles of Let’s Go! is the belief that all individuals deserve equal opportunities to lead healthy lives. To put that belief into practice Let’s Go! develops tools, strategies, and trainings to help educators, health care providers and community service providers to promote healthy habits for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD).

Below are links to videos to help agency professionals and the individuals they support to eat well, be active and reduce their level of stress. While some videos are geared towards school-age children they can be enjoyed by people of any age or ability. Please contact Diane Boas at dboas@mmc.org if you have any questions.

Healthy Eating
The American Heart Association: https://recipes.heart.org/
Healthier Generation: 
https://foodplanner.healthiergeneration.org/recipes/baller-bean-salsa/
https://foodplanner.healthiergeneration.org/recipes/fast-break-hummus/
https://foodplanner.healthiergeneration.org/recipes/chili-con-carne/
https://foodplanner.healthiergeneration.org/recipes/beans-and-rice-black-red/
Accessible Chef: https://accessiblechef.com/recipes/
NCHPAD: https://www.nchpad.org/288/1804/Eating~Well~for~Diabetes
EatRight: https://www.eatright.org/search-results?keyword=videos

​Physical Activity
Walking
https://www.nchpad.org/453/2306/Walk~Your~Way~to~Fitness
Balance
https://www.nchpad.org/579/2521/Video~Review~~~Fitness~1-2-3~~8482~~Video~on~Balance~Core~Training
Hip Hop Dance
https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-sz-002&hsimp=yhs-002&hspart=sz&p=youtube+Mihran+kirakosian+simple+dances&_guc_consent_skip=1585752625#id=1&vid=a4516f8680c7136a76d64b81dcc73781&action=click
Hip Hop Public Health:  https://hhph.org/h-y-p-e-at-home/
https://hhph.org/resources/cross-dip/
https://hhph.org/resources/slide-up-back/
https://hhph.org/resources/side-bounce/
https://hhph.org/resources/dribble-bounce/
https://hhph.org/resources/can-ya-kick-it/
https://hhph.org/resources/up-down-now/
Seated or Standing Hip Hop
https://hhph.org/resources/show-em-how-now/
https://hhph.org/resources/knees-up/
https://hhph.org/resources/yaaas-bounce/
https://hhph.org/resources/round-the-world/
https://hhph.org/resources/flow-the-wave/
Other Dance
DANCEPL3Y: https://www.dancepl3y.com/
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up9_9WIScPM
African Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewqq-3xJFdI
Seated Dance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zww0h9cHu0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgDppkLnImI
Fitness
YMCA: https://ymca360.org/
American Heart Association: https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/fitness/getting-active/how-to-move-more-anytime-anywhere
Special Olympics: https://www.specialolympics.org/school-of-strength/fitness-movies/video-1-welcome-and-warm-up
Online Physical Education: https://openphysed.org/activeschools/activehome
https://openphysed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/MMNOW04-InvisibleDumbbellStationspdf.pdf
https://openphysed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/MMNOW06-TabataStationspdf.pdf
https://darebee.com/video.html
https://www.healthiergeneration.org/app/resources/169 (stand 6 feet apart)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll0UCPRff98
Standing or Seated Fitness
https://www.nchpad.org/1723/6844/8~Minute~Workout~Video
Tao Bo
https://www.healthiergeneration.org/app/resources/185
https://www.healthiergeneration.org/app/resources/226
Yoga/Adapted Yoga
https://www.downdogapp.com/healthcare (register to access free resource.)
https://www.nchpad.org/1718/6838/Adapted~Kids~Yoga~Video~Series
https://secure.dailyom.com/cgi-bin/courses/courseoverview.cgi?cid=877&aff=&co=
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7NyggiAThc
Activity Planning/Tracking Tools:
https://health.gov/MoveYourWay/Activity-Planner/activities/
https://openphysed.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/AH-X8-ActiveHome-ActivityLogPage-English.pdf
Relaxation
Check out this calendar from health. moves. minds. for daily ideas to help your mind-body connection.
https://www.drweil.com/health-wellness/body-mind-spirit/stress-anxiety/breathing-three-exercises/
Apps
http://www.exercisebuddy.com/app.html