KINS 171 Adapted Physical Education Basic SkillFitness and Assessment

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KINS 171Adapted Physical EducationBasic
Skill/Fitness and Assessment

• Spring 2009
• Dr. Modell

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Meeting the needs of all learners

• What is physical education?
• All good physical education is adapted physical
  education (Sherrill, 1994)

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Physical Education

• Academic Subject
• Planned sequence of material to be presented and
  learned
• NOT RECESS!
• The development of physical and motor fitness,
  motor skills and patterns, and skills in
  aquatics, dance, individual and group games and
  sports.

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Development

• progressive change in motor behavior throughout
  the life cycle, brought about by interaction
  among the requirements of the task, the biology
  of the individual, and the conditions of the
  environment (Gallahue Ozmun, 1995)
• Takes place in three domains
• Cognitive
• Affective / Social
• Motor

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Purpose of Physical Education

• What do you think?
• to assist children in developing the skills,
  competencies and attitudes toward physical
  activity, so that they will not only be able to,
  but choose to participate in physical activity
  throughout their lives (Modell, 2004)

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Adapted Physical Education

• Believing
• Attitudes
• Doing
• P A P-T E -CA
• Knowing
• Theories

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Model Physical Education Programs

• Class size
• Needs and interests
• Age-appropriate activities
• Developmentally appropriate activities
• Adapting activities to meet the needs of all
  learners
• Any activity can be modified (adapted) to ensure
  successful participation
• Three S FAD

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Poor Teaching Practices

• Activity for the sake of activity
• Modifications that are not consistent with
  goals/objectives of lesson
• Developmentally Inappropriate activities
• Age-Inappropriate
• Non-functional activities
• Idea that all children must participate at the
  same level with the same equipment with the same
  rules
• Choosing sides
• Elimination games
• Expecting all students to engage in the same
  activity at the same level
• Examples dodge ball, 5v5 basketball, duck duck
  goose, kickball

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Program Modifications

• Successful Participation
• Rules
• Equipment
• Facilities

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Modifications (cont.)

• Natural Supports/Volunteers Community based
  instruction/Inclusion
• Time/Place Modifications
• Defining Success! (How do we know were doing
  any good?) Assessment
• 4 Purposes screening, diagnosis/placement,
  instruction/student progress, sport
  classification

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Purposes of Assessment (General)

• Confirms or allays concerns regarding students
  developmental status
• Aids in identifying students with special needs
  who have gone unnoticed
• Diagnosis-determines precise needs and how to
  meet those needs
• Curriculum/Program Development for funding,
  evaluation (environ, learner, and learning itself)

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Good Practices

• Working with Instructional Aids or Teacher Aids
• Issues

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Characteristics of Adapted Physical Education

• FAMILY SEAZ
• Federally mandated legislative base
• Assessment
• Multidisciplinary / Crossdisciplinary
• Inclusive of Infancy and Postsecondary
• Low or Different Psychomotor Performance

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Characteristics of Adapted Physical Education

• Yes, Sport Training and Competition
• Service Emphasis
• Ecological Orientation
• Accountability
• Zero Reject and Zero Fail

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Person First Philosophy

• P.L. 101-476 (IDEA) clearly identifies using
  person first, disability second
• Ex. Instead of handicapped child, use child
  (person-first) with a disability(second)
• Identify individuals with disabilities as people
  NOT as disabled!