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Adapted Physical Education
Northeastern University (Burlington,
Campus) July 17th – 21st, 2006
Summer Institute Series 2006 Programs
Course Description
By John R. Passarini Ed.D., CAPE.
“Nobody is disabled, we are all
differently-abled.”
An inclusive environment ensures that all
students feel they belong. An inclusive Physical Education program
recognizes the inherent value of each student; the right to take
risks and make mistakes; the need for independence and
self-determination; and the right to choice.
Adapted physical education is the
art and science of assessment and prescription within the
psychomotor domain. It ensures that an individual who is
differently-abled has access to programs designed to develop
physical and motor fitness, fundamental motor skills and patterns,
and skills in aquatics, dance, and individual and group games and
sports so that the individual can ultimately participate in
community-based leisure, recreation, and sport activities and as
such, enjoy an enhanced quality of life.
At the completion of this course
teachers will be able:
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To apply knowledge about the physical,
motor, cognitive/learning, and social/emotional characteristics
and needs typical of individuals who are differently-abled.
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To demonstrate knowledge about safety and
planning aspects (including developmentally appropriate formal and
informal assessment, collaboration of services, strategies, and
resources, IEP writing, behavior management, and activity
selection).
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To demonstrate knowledge in lesson planning
and instruction to meet multiple needs and learning styles of
individuals who are differently-abled. These skills will include
adapting activity/equipment, using instructional tasks, cues, and
prompts, implementing managerial and instructional routines;
identifying signs of learner distress and designing strategies for
safe reflective teaching of physical education.
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To effectively utilize the “Inclusion Cube”
check lists and grid. The Inclusion Cube program is designed to
represent a large amount of information that can be identified,
separated, categorized, and accessed systematically, orderly, and
quickly. This program will help teachers provide a continuum of
services by increasing their knowledge of a wide range of
“Ability” and by taking a logical and rational approach to
implement effective instructional techniques that craft the
Learning environment for children of all abilities.
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Dr.
John R. Passarini
