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Strategies for Inclusion - A Handbook for Physical Educators - 073600324X

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Edition: 1
Pages: 272 (Paperback)
Year Published: 03/06/2002
Author: Lieberman, Houston-Wilson
Size: 8.5 x 11
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Item #: 073600324X

Strategies for Inclusion - A Handbook for Physical Educators

Strategies for Inclusion - A Handbook for Physical Educators Strategies for Inclusion - A Handbook for Physical Educators

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Get up to date on the latest and most useful strategies for successfully integrating children with disabilities in physical education. Strategies for Inclusion: A Handbook for Physical Educators dispels myths about instructing children with disabilities and provides guidelines for appropriate inclusion in the least restrictive environment.

Strategies for Inclusion: A Handbook for Physical Educators sets the stage with a clear discussion of current disabilities legislation and its impact on K-12 teachers. Next, using real-life examples to illustrate each point, it provides solid advice on these issues:

• Making placement decisions
• Developing and implementing a physical education Individual Education Plan (IEP)
• Assessing students using traditional methods or creating functional rubrics for any unit
• Adapting activities sports and recreation to meet unique needs
• Overcoming blanket medical excuses
• introducing disability/ability awareness activities
• training peer tutors
• using support personnel
• using homework in physical education
• using the community to facilitate inclusion

The authors present ready-to-use skill-related rubrics for the quantitative and qualitative assessment of children both with and without disabilities. The 38 units of instruction include

• 16 elementary units,
• 11 sports units,
• 8 recreation units, and
• 5 fitness units.

In each unit you’ll also find flexible and creative tips to make inclusion easier, including adapting the teaching environment, using rule changes, modifying equipment, and adjusting your teaching style and methods.

The book includes these useful teaching tools:

• Case studies with helpful questions and answers
• Teaching tips that give hands-on solutions for teachers
• Discussion and comparison of assessment tools
• A Unit Finder that makes it easy to locate units according to the sport or activity involved
• Resource indexes with a myriad of additional tools, including a glossary of disabilities in kid terms, a peer tutor training guide, disability awareness activities, a list of organizations, equipment companies, and a list of state directors of special education

Strategies for Inclusion: A Handbook for Physical Educators empowers current and future teachers to create inclusive classrooms where every child can fully participate in fun and health-building physical education.

About the Author

Lauren Lieberman, PhD, is an associate professor in the department of physical education and sport at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in adapted physical education and coordinates five practicum programs, including Camp Abilities, a developmental sports camp for children who are blind. She conducts research in inclusion and physical activity for people with sensory impairments. She coauthored the books Games for People With Sensory Impairments (Human Kinetics) and Case Studies in Adapted Physical Education.

In 1995, Lieberman earned her PhD from Oregon State University in human performance with a minor in movement studies and disabilities. While there, she taught classes in adapted physical education and coordinated a play-based program for infants and toddlers. Her research at Oregon State focused on inclusion of deaf children in physical education.

Cathy Houston-Wilson, PhD, is an associate professor in the department of physical education and sport at the State University of New York at Brockport, where she coordinates the physical education teacher education concentration. She earned her PhD in adapted physical education from Oregon State University in 1993.

Houston-Wilson has taught general and adapted physical education, and she developed the early childhood inclusive motor program at SUNY Brockport. Currently, she advises school districts on appropriate inclusion of students with disabilities into general physical education.

Unit Finder

Part I Understanding Inclusion
Grasp the current trends in inclusion and understand the importance of making inclusion a priority in the physical education setting.

Chapter 1 Defining Inclusion in Today’s Classroom
Gain valuable perspective on the history of the inclusion movement and its impact on physical education programming. Influential legislation is explained and pre-inclusion planning is introduced.
Chapter 2 Preparing for Inclusion
Understand how accurate assessment in adapted physical education directly affects inclusion planning. This chapter provides insight into both traditional assessment techniques and authentic assessment techniques and their strengths and weaknesses.
Chapter 3 Planning for Success
Learn how effective Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) set the stage for successful inclusion. Components of the IEP, the IEP meeting process, and the IEP team members and their roles are discussed and defined in detail.
Chapter 4 Adapting the Curriculum to Fit Special Needs
Discover new theoretical constructs that drive the adapted physical education field. Concrete examples are provided to help bring these theories to life. Basic principles of adapting games and activities as well as instructions on implementing the adaptations suggested are also included in this chapter.
Chapter 5 Creating an Atmosphere for Achievement
Identify support personnel and services that can help to create an open atmosphere for student achievement. Learn the strategies and techniques needed to develop disability awareness and peer tutoring programs. This chapter also covers how to overcome blanket medical excuses, how to utilize homework, how to work with teacher assistants, and how to use community support personnel, including grandparents and university students.

Part II Strategies for Inclusion
Put into action the theories and techniques explained in part I. Specifically, chapters 6, 7, 8, and 9 contain thematic, adaptable instructional units. Each unit includes adaptation checklists and rubrics for easy implementation.

Chapter 6 Basic Skills
Fundamental motor skills such as balance, coordination, and body awareness are the foundation for future physical education success. In addition to the basics, units cover specific activities such as parachute, scooterboard, and jumprope.
Chapter 7 Sport Skills and Teamwork
Sport and teamwork skills can help any child feel accomplished and accepted. Fundamental sport concepts and cooperative teamwork through units including baseball, football, golf, and gymnastics are reinforced in this chapter.
Chapter 8 Health and Fitness
Health and fitness skills cannot be overlooked at any age. This chapter pairs units of basic fitness skills with health knowledge essential for successful performance throughout life. Units include fitness activities such as aerobics, aquatics and swimming, and weight training.
Chapter 9 Recreation and Life Skills
Recreation and life skills improve quality of life. Recreation skills in particular can be adapted to meet most children’s needs. A few of the units included within this chapter are backpacking and hiking, bowling, canoeing, fishing, and in-line skating.

Appendix A Disabilities in Kid Terms
Appendix B Peer Tutor Training Program
Appendix C Disability Awareness Activities
Appendix D Aquatics Checklist
Appendix E Organizations in Adapted Physical Education and Disability Sport
Appendix F Equipment Companies
Appendix G Additional Resources
Appendix H State Directors of Special Education

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Index
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Reference for K-12 physical education and adapted physical education teachers, recreation teachers and therapists, special education teachers, and parents; supplemental text for adapted physical education and physical education methods courses and practicums.

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