This book, written for teachers by teachers, includes articles by 14 contributing authors and is divided into three sections. Section 1 is entitled "Practical Pointers for Team Sports" and contains the following chapters: "Mainstreaming the Physically Handicapped for Team Sports" (S. J. Grosse); "Program Guide to Team…

To comply with the Education for the Handicapped Act, comprehensive needs assessments were conducted in Ohio relative to appropriate physical education programming in the least restrictive environment. Results from an assessment in an urban school district confirmed the belief that physical education teachers did not possess needed competencies…

Designed to assist teachers of the handicapped in individualizing student instruction, this book contains a practical, field-tested organization and administrative plan of action, examples interspersed throughout its chapters, and many tasks and activities designed to assist teachers in diagnosing, prescribing, and evaluating individual student…

This book provides the motor development knowledge base and program planning procedures for developing the elementary physical education program. Part one is an overview of the motor development knowledge base and includes chapters on growth, how exercise affects children, motor skill development, how children learn motor skills, and psychosocial…

As one of the components of the Project ACTIVE (All Children Totally Involved Exercising) Teacher Training Model Kit, the manual is designed to enable the educator to organize, conduct, and evaluate individualized-personalized physical education programs for obese children (primary through secondary level). An introductory chapter on obesity…

A study was conducted to determine the educational needs of elementary and secondary school physical education teachers in Ohio in mainstreaming handicapped children in their classes. A validated questionnaire was sent to teachers in 35 school districts, and 241 teachers responded. The survey sought information on the experiences of teachers with…

This manual is a resource guide for physical education teachers, program directors, special education teachers and administrators, and parents of the handicapped. It provides direction for the development of physical education programs for handicapped children. Chapters discuss: (1) identification, assessment, and evaluation of special needs; (2)…

The document presents the draft of the state of South Carolina's amended annual program plan for the fiscal year 1980, which describes how South Carolina plans to comply with the regulations mandated by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). Information is provided regarding how the 1980 annual program plan was made public.…

Adapted physical education is the focus of articles on changing attitudes, perceptual motor training, adapted epee fencing, the role of teacher aides in adapted physical education classes, parent education, and developing individual skills. Guidelines and a short bibliography for developing an adapted physical education curriculum are provided.…

A model for teaching physical education classes to handicapped children emphasizes individualized instruction in self-contained classrooms. In the two-stage developmental paradigm, one stage focuses on program organization with each class having its own physical education instruction. The second stage allows for the varying physical and…

Six articles comprise this feature which explores ways in which educators and recreation leaders can respond to the needs of disabled individuals by adopting a flexible teaching style. The emphasis is on creative use of dance, movement, and music with children and adults having various disabilities. (IAH)

The article discusses mainstreaming of students with HIV/AIDS into physical education classes, describing HIV/AIDS conditions and presenting facts about prevalence, concerns related to the preschool and school-aged population, risks associated with the gym, safety precautions, and issues of confidentiality. (SM)

This study explored effects of social levels of play (isolate, dyadic, group, and team) on play behavior of autistic children in a leisure education/adapted physical education program with nondisabled peers. Findings indicate that structured integrated activities involving higher levels of social play elicit a higher frequency of appropriate play…

Prior to the early 1990s, Special Olympics research consisted of collecting anecdotal information about the "good stories." In 1993, Special Olympics International gathered its first statistical data on its athletes in conjunction with the first "Team USA" coming together from programs throughout the United States and traveling to Austria to…

This federally funded project's goals were to provide a competency-based training program that would enable Western Michigan University graduate and undergraduate students to meet Michigan's endorsement requirements for teaching physical education to handicapped individuals, and to provide direct services to handicapped children in the Kalamazoo…