Benefits and Blessings for All: Successful Integration of Service Learning in Teaching Adapted Physical Education to Multiply Handicapped Students in Multicultural Settings
George M. DeMarco1, George Mario Paul DeMarco1, Nan Crawford2, James Bayes3, James Ullmer1 and Lauren Sylvester1, (1)University of Dayton, Dayton, OH, (2)Patterson Kennedy International Heritage Academy, Dayton, OH, (3)Trotwood-Madison High School, Trotwood, OH

Guided by the University mission to educate the whole person, and to link learning, leadership, scholarship, and service, the Adapted Physical Education Program at the University of Dayton provides local school children with adapted physical education and teaches Student Interns to work with multiply handicapped students in multicultural settings. The purpose of this presentation is to describe how the program provides successful service-learning while developing community partnerships from which all participants benefit. Descriptions of the program’s organizational structure, protocols, mission, goals, objectives, performance data, and recommendations for practitioners seeking to establish/enhance their own adapted physical activity programs will be provided.

Service Learning in Adapted Physical Education

The Preliminary Program for 2003 AAHPERD National Convention and Exposition