McGraw-Hill Education Principles and Methods of Adapted Physical Education and Recreation

Provides physical educators with up-to-date knowledge and skills to deal with all levels of students' abilities. It is the only text in the adapted physical education market that provides both task-specific and developmental teaching approaches. With the national movement to include most students with disabilities into the general curriculum, the text is designed to enable adapted and regular physical education teachers to successfully address those students’ needs in the regular physical education class. From the Publisher Includes teaching suggestions for speech and language-learning disorders in new Chapter 16, Communicative Disorders, featuring coverage of topics such as stuttering, delayed speech, cleft lip and palate, and aphasia, as well as providing updated coverage and teaching strategies for hearing impairments. Presents new coverage of Childhood Disintegrative Disorder (CDD) and Pervasive Developmental Disorders-Not Otherwise Specified (PDDNOS), as well as updating coverage of autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and Rett Syndrome in new Chapter 12, Pervasive Developmental Disorders. Includes new coverage of obesity, and updates coverage and teaching strategies for physical fitness deficiencies in Chapter 8, Health and Fitness Issues. Expanded to include new coverage of conduct and behavior (briefly discussing the disorders of conduct, anxiety, dissociation, personality, and mood), as well as continuing to discuss emotional disorders in Chapter 14, Conduct, Behavior, and Emotional Disorders. Increased to provide more coverage of traumatic brain injury and the resulting difficulties in Chapter 15, Physically Disabling Conditions. Includes updated coverage of Attention Deficit Disorders (ADD) for consistency with current laws in retitled Chapter 18 Other Health Impairments. Provides case studies in selected chapters that feature Critical Thinking Tasks or Application Tasks that challenge the reader to apply the chapter content to determine possible solutions. Offers a list of helpful web sites and/or a list of videos at the conclusion of selected chapters to provide additional resources for readers. Assists instruction with an on-line Instructor's Manual and Test Bank located on the McGraw-Hill Higher Education Human Performance web site. Comes packaged with a copy of the revised Gross Motor Activities for Young Children with Special Needs, a pocket resource guide that includes more than 200 games and activities for use by early childhood and elementary teachers serving children with special needs in inclusive and more restrictive settings. Identifies recent laws and litigation that affect programs for individuals with disabilities. Provides strategies for interacting effectively with parents, their advocates, professional, paraprofessional , and volunteer personnel. Presents practical suggestions for providing quality physical education and recreation services for children and adults with disabilities and their families in the most inclusive environments and in response to educational change. Provides practical information to the regular physical educator on how to serve students with disabilities in the general classroom, covering evaluation, placement, specific strategies, alternative environments, grading, and enhancing instruction through computer technology in Chapter 5. Offers a separate chapter (10), which specifically examines early childhood intervention including typical and atypical development, assessment, indoor and outdoor active learning centers, and preschool inclusion programs. Integrates consistently a real-life example (Maria Garcia - a real child with a fictitious name) in Chapters 2 through 9 to demonstrate the relationship between comprehensive assessment and intervention. Concludes with three practical appendixes on posture and body mechanics, stress reduction techniques, and sports organizations for persons with disabilities.