A Teacher's Guide to Adapted Physical Education
A Teacher's Guide to Adapted Physical Education
Including Students with Disabilities in Sports and Recreation, Fourth Edition
Author: Martin E. Block, Ph.D.
A healthy, active lifestyle for all students: That's the promise of physical education, and the goal of this comprehensive textbook. Now in a thoroughly updated fourth edition, this text prepares current and future PE teachers to lead welcoming, inclusive classes where every student participates, makes friends, and learns new skills and values.
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WHAT'S NEW:
- 9 new chapters on teaching students with specific disabilities. These significant new additions make this book an ideal primary text for Adapted Physical Education (APE) courses
- Aligns with key elements from the NASPE standards for general physical education and the Adapted Physical Education National Standards for APE
- More student-friendly features: updated tips and reproducible forms for planning and teaching, chapter objectives, additional resources, and more case studies
- More photos and illustrations throughout the book to emphasize key points
SELECTED TOPICS COVERED:
- Program planning and assessment
- Instructional modifications
- Curricular modifications
- Game modifications
- Autism
- Intellectual disabilities
- Learning disabilities
- ADHD
- Behavior disorders
- Hearing loss
- Visual impairments
- Physical disabilities
- Social acceptance
- Safety issues
- Positive behavior support
- Community-based recreation
- Diversity issues
FOR INSTRUCTORS:
Includes PowerPoint slides and sample syllabi for using the text in Inclusion in PE or APE classes. Click here to access instructor materials.
Reviews
Kevin Tiller, 2015 Massachusetts Elementary Physical Education Teacher Of The Year: “Once again Martin Block has produced the definitive book on including students with disabilities in Physical Education. The list of contributors is most impressive as well. Any Physical Education teacher, whether they teach Adapted Physical Education or not, needs to have this book!”
Mark Manross, Executive Director, PE Central: “Simply put, this is the best and most comprehensive book ever written about the teaching of adapted physical education. This should be required reading for every teacher tasked with the teaching of children with disabilities. No matter what grade level you teach, you will truly enjoy reading and implementing the strategies outlined in this book.”
Contributors:
Martin E. Block Ph.D., Jason Bishop, Ron Davis, Alicia Dixon-Ibarra, Simon Driver, Stephen N. Elliott Ph.D., M. Kathleen Ellis, Sean Healy, Hester L. Henderson Ph.D., Mel L. Horton, Luke Kelly, Aija Klavina, Barry Lavay Ph.D., Lauren J. Lieberman, Cathy McKay, Tom Moran, Iva Obrusnikova Ph.D., Ana Palla-Kane M.S., Amanda Stanec, Katie Stanton, Andrea Taliaferro
This product has additional material available on the Brookes Download Hub:
- sample syllabi
- PowerPoint presentations to accompany each chapter
- exercises for students
- 11 reproducible forms for planning and teaching
Visit the Download Hub for a preview of what's available.