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Worby, Carole – Academic Therapy, 1983
Perceptual training activities are described for use in the regular primary or intermediate class that will not disrupt the academic program. Materials and procedures are considered for developing visual and haptic abilities, visual memory and figure-ground discrimination, and auditory, olfactory, taste, and motor skills. (CL)
Descriptors: Games, Intermediate Grades, Motor Development, Perceptual Handicaps
Montague, Elaine C. – 1986
The paper describes a Logo environment designed by an occupational therapist to help 10 disabled students (6-9 years old) explore relative distance, directionality, and spatial relations. The program's goals include enhancing students' language development, planning skills, decision making, risk taking, and problem solving. Logo is briefly…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Motor Development
Gabbard, Carl – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
An example of a stability movement course for preschool children is presented. (JMF)
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Coordination, Perceptual Motor Learning
Sorrell, Howard M. – Practical Pointers, 1979
The article describes tasks that promote perceptual motor coordination in handicapped students. An introductory section provides suggestions for implementation and charts the activities in terms of emphasis on visual tracking, visual discrimination and/or copying of forms, spatial body perception, fine motor coordination, tactile discrimination,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Learning Activities, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Coordination
Association for Research, Administration, Professional Councils & Societies, Reston, VA. – 1989
This publication is a compilation of monographs offering practical suggestions for teachers of adapted physical education. It contains numerous suggestions on teaching techniques, activity adaptations, equipment modifications, programming information, coaching hints, skill development strategies, and curriculum data. The five sections offer…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Dance, Disabilities, Games
Kisabeth, Kathryn L. – 1981
Before discussing the development of skills for playing elementary school physical education games, this document lists basic assumptions about children, movement education, games, and elementary school physical education. Four basic concepts, which are common to all team games, are identified: (1) use of personal and moving space and finding…
Descriptors: Children, Elementary Education, Games, Kinesthetic Perception
Johnson, Candine E. – 1979
All learning takes place through the unification of body and mind. Within the realm of motor skill learning, the term mental practice has been used to explain this phenomenon. It has been found that individuals can use their imaginations to learn and to improve upon their performance. Mental practice can be used by teachers who have too little…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Drills (Practice), Elementary Secondary Education, Group Instruction
Gilroy, Pamela J. – 1989
The movement-exploration activities described in this book are designed to appeal to primary-level children's natural instinct toward imaginative play and discovery and offer opportunities to develop physical skills in a familiar environment. The discovery of the physical self involves body-part and body-surface identification, isolated movements…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Human Body, Motor Development, Movement Education
Boswell, Kathy S.; And Others – 1982
Intended for use with severely and profoundly multiply handicapped children within the 0-48 month developmental age range, the manual is designed for planning and implementing an educational treatment program in the areas of auditory discrimination, communication, gross motor, and visual/fine motor skills. The format of the Assessment/Curriculum…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Diagnostic Teaching
Gensemer, Robert E. – 1979
In this teaching guide, movement education is presented as a means for developing the inherent ties between mind and body and for increasing ties between the two. While it is designed for elementary and secondary physical education teachers, it may be used as a text at the college level. Examples of specific lessons, many of which require no…
Descriptors: Body Language, Cognitive Processes, Human Body, Individual Development
Hocking, Ron; Sampson, Janet – 1981
In this supplement to the "K-12 Physical Education Curriculum Guide," developed by the Manitoba Department of Education, the focus is on perceptual-motor programs for children in kindergarten and the first grade. Section I contains a discussion of the rationale for perceptual-motor programs, a curriculum outline, and definitions of terms used in…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education, Educational Diagnosis, Human Body
Yoches, Betty; Luera, Margarita – 1990
The purpose of this training manual is to assist parents and professionals in understanding how a child's temperament, sensorimotor system, and communication system support each other in helping the child develop a solid foundation for normal growth and development. Training is based on the premise that awareness of the interaction and integration…
Descriptors: Caregiver Role, Child Development, Communication Skills, Early Childhood Education
Pucciarelli, Catherine S., Ed. – 1987
Project CHIME (Children with Hearing Impairments in Mainstreamed Environments) was developed to create a curriculum for use by professionals who are providing mainstreaming opportunities for hearing-impaired preschoolers. The CHIME curriculum is divided into five activity areas that are part of the growth and development process for all…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Cognitive Development, Hearing Impairments, Housing
Roice, G. Robert, Ed. – 1981
One of five volumes intended to help teachers of mainstreamed handicapped students, the book presents twelve papers on physical education instruction. The following titles and authors are included: "The Heartbreak of Kickball, Dodgeball, and Drop the Hankie--Elementary School Physical Education--The Bases for the Basics" (R. Benton); "Shared…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Deafness, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Henn, Joan M. – 1978
The booklet describes a program designed to improve the play skills of seriously disturbed, multiply handicapped children (5 to 13 years old) through gross motor skill development. A six step process is described for the adaptive physical education program: assessment, development of interdisciplinary goals, interventions, development of goals for…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances
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