Physical Education for Handicapped Children and Youth. INSTITUTION Ithaca Coll., N.Y
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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 083 778 EC 060 409 AUTHOR Sator, Rita A., Ed. TITLE Physical Education for Handicapped Children and Youth. INSTITUTION Ithaca Coll., N.Y. School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. SPONS AGENCY New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. for Handicapped Children.; New York. S'to Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Health, Ph. ,ical Education, and Recreation. PUB DATE [73] NOTE 173p.; Proceedings from the first Statewide Conference, October 1-3, 1972, Ithaca. College, New York EDRS PRICE MF-$0.65 HC-$6.58 DESCRIPTORS *Athletics; Behavioral Objectives; *Conference Reports; *Exceptional Child Education; Games; Handicapped Children; Motor Development; Perceptual Development; *Physical Education; Physical Fitness; Recreation; *Teaching Methods ABSTRACT. Included in the daily program are listings of demonstration events, film showings, sports activities and session offerings. After a greeting from Jean Kennedy Smith for the Kennedy Foundation, the Special Olympics program is reviewed and ways are suggested for developing a local program. Discussed are new dimensions in physical education for the handicapped; also considered are methods, procedures, and planning for a comprehensive. high school physical education program for severly physical handicapped (PH) students. Perceptive motor-development exercise are presented by objective, learning experience, and resource for preprimary through intermediate level educable mentally retarded (EMR) and trainable mentally retarded (TMR) students in areas such as sensory awareness; and for primary through advanced level emotionally disturbed (ED), learning disabled,-brain injured, and visually impaired students in areas such as spatial relationships. The following exercises are presented in the same format: physical fitness exercises for all age levels of handicapped students; aquatic exercises for primary and intermediate TMR and hearing impaired students; basic conditioning exercises for gymnastics for intermediate and advanced EMR and TMR students; lead up skills for group games and team sports for intermediate ED and PH students; and corrective, developmental, and recreational activities for children with chronic respiratory conditions and for Milwaukee brace wearers. A conference evaluation and sources of materials are appended. (MC) FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY OCTOBER 1-3, 1972 ITHACA COLLEGE S DEPAFITMINI Of -HEALTH EDUCATION k frEl E ARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE Of EDUC4NOKI 0 0 u PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN A FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLECOPY HACA COLLEGE S DL vvr,v,,,N,c- N1 Of HE:v(1111-1 C13,11: A 11 tON 'CALLA API: .ht,110NAI 04511101f OF OV IA AVON !CATION FOR HANDICAPPEDCHILDREN AND YOUTH FILMED FROM BEST AVAILABLE COPY --...1111.11/ -4430te41) .ty PROCEEDINGS from THE FIRST STATEWIDE CONFERENCE on PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND YOUTH Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, October 1-3,1972 Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York sponsored by THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Division for Handicapped Children Division of Physical Education and Recreation Division of Curriculum Development in cooperation with ITHACA COLLEGE School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation and TOMPKINS-SENECA-TIOGA COUNTY BOCES under a grant from P.L. 91-230 CONFERENCE PLANNING COMMITTEE Raphael'F. Simches Assistant. Director, Division for Handicapped Children, New York State Education Department George H. Grover Director, Division of Physical Education and Recreation, New York State Education Department Gordon E. Van Hooft Director, Division of Curriculum Development, New York State Education Department Eugene T. DeLuca Director of Undergraduate Physical Education and Recreation, Ithaca College Arnold E. Wilhelm Professor of Physical Education, Ithaca College Edward S. Witko Superintendent, Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga County BOCES Michael R. Pronti Administrative Assistant for Special Education, Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga County BOCES CONFERENCE STEERING COMMITTEE Dorothy W. Buehring Associate in Education of Mentally Retarded, New York State Education Department Gerald J. Hase Associate -in Physical Education and Recreation, New York State Education Department Theodore E. Kurtz, Chairman Associate in Education for the Emotionally Handicapped, New York State Education Department Rita A. Sator, Chairman Associate in Secondary Curriculum, New York State Education Department Joanne W. Sculli, Chairman Associate in Physical Education and Recreation, New York State Education Department CONFERENCE DIRECTOR Robert J. Caliel Associate Professor or Physical Education, Ithaca College CONFERENCE HOST William B. Koch Dean, School of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, Ithaca College FOREWORD On October 1-3, 1972, more than 1200 public, private, and parochial school teachers and administrators; college or university students and professors; Board of Cooperative Educational Services personnel; school board members; parents; and other community representatives participated in The First Statewide Conference on PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND YOUTH.* Both in content and in purpose, the conference underscored the inherent value of each individual human being and the importance of his con-, tribution to, and his involvement in, the community. Sponsored by the New York State Education Department, in cooperation with Ithaca College and the Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga County BOCES, the conference attempted to improve experiences in physical education and recreation for all children regardless of handi- cap by: Acquainting special education teachers with effective ways of using developmental physical educationlactivities with their pupils; Increa3ing the physical education teacher's understanding of and ability to work with the special child's interests, needs, capabilities, and limitations; Building stronger liaisons between physical education and special education teachers which would make more effective use of individual expertise in both areas; Stimulating chief school officers and other leadership personnel to develop or improve demonstrably effective physical education programs for handicapped children and youth; . Inspiring undergraduate and graduate students in colleges and universities to prepare themselves for occupations con- cerned with the physical education .of handicapped children; and Stimulating similar conferences and workshpps at local and/or regional levels. With these objectives in mind, some of the finest teacher/specialists in adapted physical education were invited to prepare a series of model instructional units and then to demonstrate them at the conference with representative groups of handicapped chil- dren. These units, plus the speeches given at the opening session, comprise the "proceedings" in this publication. A copy of the full conference program, a general profile of the participants, and an evaluation report have also been included. The success of any happening as comprehensive as The First Statewide Conference on PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND YOUTH is dependent upon careful planning, cooperative effort, and an unremitting attention to detail. In this case, the con- cerns included safely transporting busloads of handicapped children to and from specific destinations at specific times on tightly _devised schedules; arranging box lunches, dinner, a piz.ta party, and overnight lodging for the participating youngsters; and r *See the participant profile on p. 161 for a more complete listing. procuring clearly identified numbers of hoola hoops, inner tubes, high and low balance beams, mats, trampolines, etc. which not only had to be available at particular times and places, but had to be returned as well. For these and a thousand other deeds and services that helped to make the conference a memorable one for all concerned, Bette Hollers of the Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga County BOCES and the following persons from the Ithaca College School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation* deserve special recog- nition: Helen Blauvelt, Professor of Anatomy Charles A. Kerr, Assistant Professor of Physical Education Herbert E. Broadwell, Associate Professor of Physical Education Beverly Klausner, Assistant Professor of Physical Education Edmund J.-Burke, Jr:, Assistant Professor of Physical Education Doris Kostrinsky, Assistant Professor of Physical Education Philip J. Butterfield, Jr., Assistant Professor of Physical Education Walter R. Lalor, Assistant Professor of Physical Education Iris Carnell, Associate Professor of Physical Education Rita D. LaRock, Professor of Physical Education Robert Charney, Instructor in Physical Education Kenneth E. Long, Assistant Professor of Physical Robert Congdon, Associate Professor of PhySical Education Education Louis R. Munch, Assistant Professor of Physical Gordon Eggleston, Assistant Professor of Physical Education Education Christine Nicoloff, Assistant Professor of Physical Fenwick Faulkner, Instructor in Physical Education Education A. Craig Fisher, Assistant Professor of Physical Edward Pesaresi, Associate Professor of Physical - Education and Chairman of Graduate Programs Education Mearl H. Greene, Associate Professor of Physical Sara M. Rich, Visiting Professor Education Kent Scriber, Assistant Athletic Trainer Joseph L. Hamilton, Professor of Physical Education 'William F. Straub, Professor of Physical Education Hugh Hurst, Assistant Professor of Physical Education William H. Ware, Assistant Professor of Physical Education Gordon Forbes Keith, Instructor of Physical Education