Juliet Haarbauer-Krupa, Jennifer P Lundine, Roberta DePompei, Tricia Z King
Rehabilitation and school services following traumatic brain injury in young children
NeuroRehabilitation
schools play important role promoting physical activity youth however schoolbased physical activity opportunities often compete academic priorities limiting implementation purpose study qualitatively explore elementary school teacher staff perspectives providing physical activity opportunities impact students learning partnered school district texas conduct semistructured individual interviews used purposeful sampling approach recruit elementary teachers staff knowledgeable physical activity opportunities provided school interviews included questions participant opinions providing physical activity opportunities types opportunities provided analyzed data using directed content analysis iterative categorization approach fifteen participants 4 teachers 4 physical education teachers 3 assistant principals 4 principals completed interviews 10 elementary schools participants discussed observed perceived benefits providing physical activity opportunities emerged four themes subthemes 1 academic benefits learning readiness learning engagement academic performance 2 socialemotional benefits behavior interpersonal social skills classroom culture 3 physical benefits brain health skill development physical health 4 instructional benefits quality teaching time helpful teaching tools teacherstudent relationships teachers staff observed numerous benefits students opportunities physically active including positive impact academic socialemotional outcomes findings highlight alignment physical activity school priorities physical activity programming used ways support academics learning behavior important outcomes