When we first opened Sky Zone at the very end of 2013, we were quickly surprised to see how many families began coming with different special needs. We started hearing feedback from parents and kids that being active and jumping around our trampoline-walled playing courts was improving focus for jumpers with autism, helping expand the comfort zones of some jumpers with Down Syndrome, and many other positive responses in between. It got us thinking and led the managers to a long discussions of how we could open up the park to better accommodate those most special jumpers.
We knew that while we keep our music up during the day, it could be an issue for some jumpers.Step 1 would have to be to get the music down, or off. We also had talked about wanting to give a bit more attention to each jumper, so adding a few extra Court Monitors and a few extra managers to keep an eye on the event would be important as well to maximize safety the of the jumpers. We quickly knew we needed some professional advice so we looked around and found some really helpful folks in town.
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