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Inclusive Games
Susan Kasser / Paperback / Published 1999

This book provides games and activities, for both the regular and adapted physical educator, who want to include all children into their physical education program. The games are categorized into easy, medium, and complex and also list the skills the students develop while playing the activity.

Inclusive Games
Making Connections: From Theory to Practice in Adapted Physical Education
Janet Seaman / Paperback / Published 2003

Strategies for Inclusion: A Handbook for Physical Educators
Lauren J. Lieberman, Cathy Houston-Wilson / Human Kinetics Publishers / Paperback / Published March 2002

 

The Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual
Joseph P. Winnick, Francis Short / Human Kinetics Publishers / Paperback / Published Jan., 1999

This manual addresses fitness concerns of individuals with disabilties. The book describes 27 tests the practitioner can choose from when assessing individuals with disabilities. The book also makes recommendations on which tests to use when assessing individuals with specific disabilities, such as mental retardation and visual impairment. This is an excellent resource for all professionals working with individuals with disabilities.

Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual

A Teacher's Guide to Including Students With Disabilities in General Physical Education
Martin E. Block / Paperback / Published 2000

The newly revised version of this book is packed with state-of-the-art strategies and ideas on how to include students of all ages with disabilities in general physical education classes. With updated information based on IDEA 1997, this resource helps you make the mandated changes necessary for successful inclusion — emphasizing collaborative teaming, including families and their goals in the physical education curriculum, and raising the expectations for children with disabilities. Throughout the book, reproducible forms will help you easily organize objectives, plan activities, and track student progress.

Teachers Guide to Inclusion-Martin Block

Adapted Physical Education National Standards: National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals With Disabilities
Luke E. Kelly / Paperback / Published 1995

This book is the result of a project funded by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and developed by the National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities. It details 15 standards that the project identified as important for practicing adapted physical education teachers to know and understand. These standards form the basis for the APENS exam given each year.

Adapted National Standards

Case Studies in Adapted Physical Education: Empowering Critical Thinking
Samuel R. Hodge, et. al. / Paperback / Published 2002

Case Studies in Adapted PE

Inclusion Through Sports
Ronald W. Davis / Paperback / Published 2002

 

Adapted Physical Activity, Recreation and Sport: Crossdisciplinary and Lifespan
Claudine Sherrill / Hardcover / Published 1997

This is a textbook designed for the basic adapted physical education course. The book covers a broad spectrum of the topic, including areas such as: planning, assessment, placement, and advocacy.

 

Strategies for Inclusion: A Handbook for Physical Educators
Lauren J. Lieberman, Cathy Houston-Wilson / Human Kinetics Publishers / Paperback / Published 2002

 

Games for People With Sensory Impairments: Strategies for Including Individuals of All Ages
Lauren J. Lieberman / Human Kinetics Publishers / Paperback / Published 1996

 

A Teacher's Guide to Including Students With Disabilities in General Physical Education
Martin E. Block / Paperback / Published 2000

This book is divided into three sections. Section I introduces you to terminology, inclusion, and the collaborative team. Section II presents practical models for including students with disabilities in regular physical education. Section III details case studies of students with disabilities, ranging from preschool to high school age children. This is an informative book and a good resource for adapted physical education teachers.

 

Disability and Sport
Karen P. Depauw, Susan J. Gavron / Hardcover / Published 1995

This is a great resource for professionals and others working with individuals with disabilities competing in various sports. It contains a wealth of information on national/international associations, coaching techniques, rules, etc.

Disability and Sport

Creative Play Activities for Children With Disabilities: A Resource Book for Teachers and Parents
Lisa Rappaport Morris, et al / Paperback / Published 1989

In this book you will discover 250 games and activities designed to help infants to 8-year-olds with all types of disabilities grow through play. Many activities describe special adaptations for physically, visually, and hearing impaired children and for emotionally and mentally handicapped children.

Each chapter focuses on a particular “world,” or active theme. Themes include exploring the world of the senses; active games with rolling, crawling, walking, and more; building and creating; imaginative outdoor fun and water play; music play; and group games and activities.

 

Developmental/Adapted Physical Education: Making Ability Count (4th Edition)
Michael Horvat, et al / Hardcover / 2002

The new edition of Developmental/Adapted Physical Education: Making Ability Count takes a developmental approach to special education and physical education, and focuses on the physical functioning and motor functioning that is relevant to both physical education and adapted physical education instructors. The book incorporates the extensive changes in methodology, teaching techniques, and legal requirements for instructors of individuals with disabilities that have occured over the past 15 years. Drawing on the extensive teaching and coaching experience of all four authors, the book encourages teachers to emphasize what students with disabilities can accomplish, and stresses the importance of a collaborative team approach to meet the needs of individuals with disabilities. Coverage of assessment techniques includes performing valid and reliable assessment, selecting appropriate programming, making proper placement, and using various teaching methods and evaluation procedures. For anyone interested in adapted physical education.

 

Gross Motor Activities for Young Children With Special Needs
Carol Huettig, Jean Pyfer / Paperback / Published 1993

This handbook contains over 200 activities to use for early childhood and elementary school children with disabilities, and is a good resource for the practitioner. It is included when you buy the book, Principles and Methods of Adapted Physical Education and Recreation by David Auxter, et. al which is listed below.

 

Special Physical Education: Adapted, Individualized, Developmental
John M. Dunn / Paperback / Published 1996

The book is organized into four major sections: Fundamentals, Managing the Learning Environment, Conditions Resulting in Enervated and Impaired Movement, and Activities and Programs. The text is organized to use in several settings, such as a preservice course in adapted physical education or an inservice course for physical education, elementary, and special education teachers. The activities/programs section details many activities and adaptations you can use to teach aquatics, fundamental motor skills, and specialized sports skills.

 

Principles and Methods of Adapted Physical Education and Recreation (9th Ed.)
David Auxter, et al / Hardcover / Published 2000

This is a comprehensive book covering all areas of adapted physical education, such as historical perspective, assessment, IEP development, and inclusion. The book also includes chapters on several disabling conditions (i.e. mental retardation, autism, hearing impairments), with information on characteristics, strategies, and modifications to use.

 

Adapted Equipment Ideas to Facilitate Inclusiory Teaching
Christine Stopka, Lorilynn Bowie / Textbook Binding / Published 2000

 
Applied Magic
by Michael Kett / Paperback / Published 2000
 

Developmental/Adapted Physical Education: Making Ability Count
Carl B. Eichstaedt, Leonard H. Kalakian / Hardcover / Published 1993

 

Adapted Physical Education and Sport (3rd Ed.)
Joseph P. Winnick / Hardcover / Published 2000

Joseph Winnick and 14 leaders in the field present chapters on topic such as non-disabled students, infant and toddler physical activity, preschool adapted physical education, rhythms and dance, and wheelchair sport performance. You will also find current information on traumatic brain injury, stroke, autism, and dwarfism; the implications of federal legislation like IDEA; and more than 170 two-color tables and illustrations.

Adapted PE and Sport

Physical Activities for Improving Children's Learning and Behavior
Billye Ann Cheatum, Allison A. Hammond / Paperback / Published (Jan. 2000)

 

Movement Skill Assessment
Allen Burton, Daryl Miller / Library Binding / Published 1997

Movement Skill Analysis

My Buddy
Audrey Osofsky, Ted Rand (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1994

This heart-warming story focuses on the wonderful relationship between a boy with muscular dystrophy and his loyal golden retriever. Throughout the beautifully illustrated story you will see Buddy and his friend play catch and tee ball and it celebrates being active and happy despite being "differently-abled." A terrific book for parents, kids and PE teachers to have on hand.

My buddy


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