Burn 2 Learn Adapted

The Burn 2 Learn Adapted program is a school-based intervention that promotes participation in vigorous-intensity aerobic and muscle-strengthening exercise breaks for adolescents with disability.

The program is delivered during school hours as well as participation in lifestyle physical activity outside of school. It represents a new opportunity for adolescents with a disability to be physically active at school. It's also designed to enhance adolescents’ physical literacy (i.e., motivation, skills, knowledge and confidence) to support their participation in physical activity once they leave school.

Adolescents with disability are less physically active and more likely to have co-occurring chronic health conditions than their typically developing peers. Schools are ideal settings to address the physical activity decline that typically occurs during adolescence, but youth with a disability have been largely neglected in school-based health promotion efforts. The aim of this project is to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a time-efficient school-based physical activity intervention for adolescents with disability. We designed and pilot tested the Burn 2 Learn adapted (B2La) program in partnership with the NSW DoE and Special Olympic Australia.