| Developing meaningful professional preparation and continuing education opportunities to deliver services to children with disabilities can be challenging. Part I of this presentation depicts processes taken to develop an adapted physical activity program within the university community. Topics: facilities, equipment, recruiting participants, promotion, and linking undergraduate/graduate level courses to the APA program; Part II describes one university’s undergraduate practicum experience. Topics: collaboration with LEAs, technology, assessments, IEPs and lesson plans, teaching evaluations, transportation, and programming concerns; Part III highlights one university’s efforts to assist professionals delivering APE services to satisfy physical education certification requirements through taking continuing professional development units. |
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Developing and Implementing a University-Based Adapted Physical Activity Program
David G. Lorenzi1, Margaret Stran2, Gary E. Clark3 and Brent Hardin2, (1)Indiana University Of Pa, Latrobe, PA, (2)University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, (3)Indiana University Of Pa, Indiana, PA |
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Good Practices of an APE Practicum
Leslie M. Waugh1, Lisa Silliman-French2 and Sharon Tiffany Bowers1, (1)Denton, TX, (2)Denton Independent School District, Denton, TX |
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Professional Development in Adapted Physical Activity: What’s out there? Where do I look?
Linda Hilgenbrinck, Northern Illinois University, Aurora, IL and Lauriece Zittel, NIU, DeKalb, IL |
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