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Direct linkLieberman, Lauren J.; Childs, Ruth – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2020
Children with visual impairments are often behind their same-age peers in motor skills and physical activity (Haibach et al., 2014; Lieberman et al., 2010). Their physical education teachers and coaches do not always know how to include them in general physical education programs (Conroy, 2012; Haegele & Sutherland, 2015; Haegele & Zhu,…
Descriptors: Athletics, Self Advocacy, Visual Impairments, Adapted Physical Education
The Expanded Core Curriculum Areas Experienced by Campers during Camp Abilities: A Qualitative Study
Lieberman, Lauren J.; Ericson, Katie; Lepore-Stevens, Maria; Wolffe, Karen – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2021
Introduction: The expanded core curriculum (ECC) refers to the generally accepted nine areas of instruction that children who are visually impaired (i.e., those who are blind or have low vision) must learn through explicit instruction in order to live independently as adults. Children with visual impairments must experience immersion in the ECC in…
Descriptors: Core Curriculum, Visual Impairments, Athletes, Adapted Physical Education
Sladewski, Jennifer; Lieberman, Lauren J.; Haibach-Beach, Pamela; Conroy, Paula – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2022
Introduction: This aim of this online study was to determine what teachers of students with visual impairments (TVIs) and orientation and mobility (O&M) specialists learned and experienced in their professional preparation programs regarding physical education, physical activity, and sport for students with visual impairments. Methods: In…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Visual Impairments, Physical Education, Physical Activities
Perkins, Kara; Columna, Luis; Lieberman, Lauren; Bailey, JoEllen – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2013
Introduction: Ongoing communication with parents and the acknowledgment of their preferences and expectations are crucial to promote the participation of physical activity by children with visual impairments. Purpose: The study presented here explored parents' perceptions of physical activity for their children with visual impairments and explored…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Physical Activities, Parents, Visual Impairments
Peer reviewedSkaggs, S. O.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1994
This study compared the batting swing of two skilled congenitally blind beep baseball players to a perfect kinetic-link model for the batting skill. It found that the subjects used a modified batting technique and that there was an inverse relationship between the subjects' performances and the kinetic-link model. (Author)
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Baseball, Biomechanics, Blindness
Download full textO'Connell, Megan; Lieberman, Lauren J.; Petersen, Susan – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2006
Physical guidance and tactile modeling, coupled with explanation, are effective methods of improving the motor skills and physical activities of students who are blind (O'Connell, 2000). It is important that students with visual impairment are given the option to use one or the other method with each new skill, since they may have a preference for…
Descriptors: Children, Special Needs Students, Blindness, Teaching Methods
