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| Development | p. 1 |
| But First I Have Some Questions, Professor | p. 3 |
| Who Are Those Individuals with Disabilities? | p. 4 |
| General Characteristics of a Disabling Condition | p. 4 |
| Education of Individuals with Disabilities: A Brief History | p. 5 |
| Education For All Children with Disabilities: The Laws | p. 12 |
| Education of Individuals with Disabilities - 1954 to 1973: A Precedent Is Set | p. 1... MORE |
| Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (P.L. 93-112) | p. 13 |
| Education Amendments of 1974 (P.L. 93-380) | p. 15 |
| Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-142) | p. 16 |
| Education for All Handicapped Children Act Amendments of 1986 (P.L. 99-457) | p. 18 |
| Physical Education and Recreation for the Child with Disabilities | p. 19 |
| Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-336) | p. 22 |
| Problems and Solutions - The Law and Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities | p. 23 |
| Psychosocial Aspects of Disability | p. 34 |
| Self-Concept | p. 34 |
| Defense Mechanisms | p. 36 |
| Body Image | p. 37 |
| Striving for Acceptance Often Extracts Its Price | p. 37 |
| Severity of Disability, Adjustment, and Self-Concept | p. 38 |
| Empathy Versus Sympathy | p. 39 |
| Handling of Death in Our Society | p. 39 |
| Terminal Illness in Children | p. 40 |
| Teacher's Roles | p. 40 |
| The Helping Relationship | p. 42 |
| Infants, Toddlers, and Young Children: Birth to Three | p. 45 |
| Introduction | p. 46 |
| Laws and Programs for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers | p. 47 |
| Early Intervention Programs: A Rationale | p. 50 |
| Establishing a Need for Programs of Motor Stimulation | p. 54 |
| Motor Learning | p. 57 |
| Motor Assessment of the Infant | p. 59 |
| Primary Infant Reflexes | p. 61 |
| Postural Reflexes | p. 63 |
| Learning Characteristics of Infants | p. 66 |
| Motor Activities for Infants | p. 67 |
| Task Analysis | p. 69 |
| Infant Characteristics at 6 Months | p. 74 |
| The Toddler: The Second Year of Motor Development (12 to 24 Months) | p. 82 |
| The Young Child: The Third Year of Motor Development (24 to 36 Months) | p. 87 |
| Appendix 4A: Four Major Periods of Piaget's Developmental Theory | p. 98 |
| Appendix 4B: Gesell's Maturational Concepts | p. 99 |
| Appendix 4C: APGAR (1953) Infant Rating Scale | p. 100 |
| Assessment and Instruction | p. 101 |
| Assessment and the IEP: Process and Product | p. 103 |
| Overview of the IEP, IFSP, and Legal Requirements | p. 103 |
| The Written Document | p. 105 |
| Do All Children with Disabilities Need an IEP in Physical Education? | p. 106 |
| The Transdisciplinary Team | p. 108 |
| Parents' Approval of the IEP | p. 112 |
| The Physical Educator's Role on the Transdisciplinary Team | p. 113 |
| The Therapist's Role in Developing the IEP | p. 115 |
| Specific Assessment Techniques Used by Therapists | p. 116 |
| Assessment | p. 120 |
| Writing Basic Physical Fitness and Motor Proficiency Objectives Into the IEP | p. 132 |
| Basic Physical and Motor Proficiency | p. 138 |
| Dissecting Fitness | p. 138 |
| Specificity in Fitness | p. 140 |
| Developing Fitness and the Overload Principle | p. 140 |
| Physical Fitness Components | p. 141 |
| Motor Fitness Components | p. 145 |
| Assessing Basic Physical and Motor Fitness | p. 147 |
| Different Ways of Reporting and Interpreting Test Scores | p. 148 |
| Assessment Must Not Discriminate Unfairly | p. 148 |
| Assessment Instruments | p. 149 |
| Other Commonly Encountered Measures of Fitness by Component | p. 154 |
| Selected Assessment Batteries for Special Populations | p. 159 |
| Fitness Games and Activities | p. 160 |
| Fundamental Motor Skills | p. 168 |
| Causative Factors of Low Motor Skills | p. 169 |
| Intervention for Children With Low Motor Skills Owing to Attitudinal and Environmental Influences | p. 169 |
| Intervention for Children With Low Motor Skills Owing to Delayed CNS Development | p. 171 |
| Intervention for Children With Low Skills Owing to Minimal Brain Dysfunction | p. 172 |
| Screening, Diagnosis, and Activity Prescription | p. 173 |
| Learning and Performance | p. 174 |
| Massed Versus Distributed Practice | p. 175 |
| Specificity | p. 175 |
| Cephalocaudal and Proximodistal Progressions | p. 176 |
| Gross and Fine Motor Control | p. 177 |
| Summarizing the Skill Acquisition Process | p. 177 |
| Developing Fundamental Motor Skills | p. 177 |
| Evaluating Progress | p. 193 |
| Perceptual-Motor Development | p. 196 |
| Definitions and Rationale | p. 197 |
| What does the Literature Say? | p. 199 |
| Questioning the Validity of Perceptual-Motor Theory and Practice | p. 205 |
| Components of Perceptual-Motor Efficiency | p. 206 |
| Evaluating Perceptual-Motor Efficiency | p. 224 |
| Mainstreaming and the Least Restrictive Environment | p. 240 |
| Research and Mainstreaming | p. 241 |
| The Law and Mainstreaming | p. 243 |
| Social or Physical Development? | p. 244 |
| Is Mainstreaming Appropriate for All Individuals with Disabilities? | p. 244 |
| The Least Restrictive Environment | p. 248 |
| Placement Alternatives | p. 249 |
| Placement in the Regular Program | p. 249 |
| Organization and Administration of a Flexible Curriculum | p. 251 |
| The Teacher's Responsibility | p. 252 |
| Teaching Techniques for Successful Mainstreaming | p. 253 |
| Conditions | p. 257 |
| Learning Disabilities | p. 259 |
| Possible Causes and Diagnosis | p. 260 |
| Nonverbal Disorders | p. 262 |
| Verbal Disorders | p. 269 |
| Behavior Disorders | p. 275 |
| Degrees of Emotional Disturbance | p. 277 |
| Behavior Disorders | p. 277 |
| Behavior Modification | p. 282 |
| All Reinforcers Are Not Created Equal | p. 285 |
| Deviant Behavior | p. 288 |
| Self-Injurious or Stereotypic Behavior | p. 288 |
| Positive Reinforcement and Long-Term Positive Change | p. 291 |
| Conditioning Responses in Children | p. 292 |
| Neuroses | p. 294 |
| Psychoses | p. 298 |
| Mental Retardation | p. 305 |
| Terminology | p. 306 |
| A Definition | p. 307 |
| Deficits in Intellectual Adaptations | p. 309 |
| Mental Age as an Indicator of Intellectual Function | p. 311 |
| Characteristics of Children by Level of Retardation | p. 312 |
| Prevalence During School Years | p. 313 |
| Deficits in Adaptive Behavior | p. 313 |
| Causes of Retardation | p. 314 |
| Motor Characteristics | p. 323 |
| Is There a Relationship Between Motor and Cognitive Development? | p. 327 |
| Communicating and Relating in a Physical Education Setting | p. 328 |
| Use of Short Sentences and Single-Syllable Words | p. 329 |
| Using Physical Education to Help Overcome Nonverbal Behavior | p. 329 |
| Problem of Newness | p. 329 |
| Attention Span | p. 330 |
| The Need for Structure | p. 330 |
| Praise and Recognition | p. 331 |
| Culminating Activities | p. 331 |
| Use of Mental Age in Selecting Activities | p. 332 |
| Assessing Physical and Motor Performance | p. 332 |
| Skill in Aquatics, Dance, and Individual and Group Games and Sports, Including Intramural and Lifetime Sports | p. 334 |
| Translating Assessment into Individualized Education | p. 340 |
| Incentives to Encourage Effort and Achievement | p. 340 |
| Beyond the Physical Education Class, What Next? | p. 340 |
| Hearing Impairment | p. 346 |
| How Many? | p. 347 |
| Hearing Impaired Defined | p. 347 |
| Anatomy and Physiology of the Ear | p. 350 |
| Etiology of Hearing Impairment | p. 351 |
| Hearing Defects | p. 352 |
| Acoustical Trauma | p. 353 |
| Physical Education: Adapted or Regular? | p. 355 |
| Fundamental Motor Skills | p. 357 |
| Balance and the Hearing Impaired | p. 357 |
| Tests of Balance | p. 360 |
| Activities for Improvement of Static and Dynamic Balance | p. 362 |
| Teaching Suggestions | p. 363 |
| Special Motor Activities for Students with Hearing Impairment | p. 369 |
| Hearing Aids | p. 371 |
| Total Communication and the Physical Education Teacher | p. 372 |
| Meeting the Individual Who is Hearing Impaired for the First Time | p. 376 |
| Fingerspelling | p. 376 |
| Signing | p. 376 |
| Deaf/Blind | p. 377 |
| Visual Impairment | p. 383 |
| Definitions | p. 383 |
| Physiology of the Eye | p. 385 |
| Causes of Visual Defects | p. 387 |
| Visual Aids: Glasses and Contact Lenses | p. 389 |
| Professionals Who Work With Individuals With Visual Disabilities | p. 389 |
| Common Concerns About Vision | p. 390 |
| Physical Activity - How Much and for Whom? | p. 390 |
| Regular or Adapted Physical Education...Or Both? | p. 391 |
| Unique Characteristics of Individuals Who Are Blind | p. 392 |
| Internal (Kinesthesis) and External Orientation | p. 392 |
| Mobility Training | p. 393 |
| The Sixth Sense | p. 393 |
| Students Who Are Congenitally Blind | p. 395 |
| The Adventitious, or Newly Blinded | p. 396 |
| Individuals Who Are Visually Impaired or Partially Sighted Are Not Blind | p. 396 |
| Teaching Techniques | p. 397 |
| Specific Suggestions for Teaching Individuals with Visual Disabilities | p. 397 |
| Manual Assistance, or the Sighted Guide | p. 398 |
| Body Image and Spatial Awareness | p. 399 |
| Gross Body Movement | p. 400 |
| Developing Concepts | p. 401 |
| Methods to Increase Visual Tracking | p. 402 |
| A Special Exercise Program | p. 402 |
| Physical Fitness for Individuals Who Are Blind | p. 407 |
| Special Equipment | p. 408 |
| Athletic Competition | p. 410 |
| Seizures and Convulsive Disorders | p. 413 |
| Definition | p. 413 |
| Abnormal Brain Wave Patterns | p. 415 |
| Etiology | p. 416 |
| Diagnosis | p. 417 |
| Types of Seizures | p. 418 |
| Medication | p. 422 |
| Controversial Issues Regarding Seizure Disorders | p. 425 |
| First Aid for Tonic-Clonic Grand Mal Seizures | p. 427 |
| General Guidelines for Teachers | p. 428 |
| Social Acceptance | p. 429 |
| Physical Education Activity Recommendations | p. 429 |
| Cerebral Palsy | p. 433 |
| A Definition | p. 434 |
| Etiology | p. 435 |
| Severity Classification | p. 437 |
| Topographic Classification | p. 438 |
| Physiological Classification | p. 438 |
| Initial Physical Education Program Considerations | p. 443 |
| Assessment | p. 445 |
| Activities and Rehabilitation | p. 458 |
| Balance Improvement | p. 464 |
| Walking Progressions | p. 466 |
| Orthotic Devices or Braces | p. 468 |
| Surgical Techniques | p. 469 |
| Programming for Cardiorespiratory Improvement | p. 469 |
| Games and Activities to Improve Eye-Hand Coordination and Object Release | p. 471 |
| Lifetime Sport Skills and Athletic Competition | p. 473 |
| Chronic Disabilities | p. 477 |
| Muscular Dystrophy | p. 478 |
| Spina Bifida | p. 485 |
| Congenital Hip Dislocation | p. 494 |
| Talipes (Clubfoot) | p. 497 |
| Skeletal Dysplasia | p. 499 |
| Congenital Heart Disease | p. 500 |
| Physical Activity for Children with Congenital Heart Defects | p. 504 |
| Functional Classification of Individuals with Heart Disease | p. 505 |
| Therapeutic Classification of Individuals with Heart Disease | p. 505 |
| Summary of Activity Planning for Students with Cardiovascular Conditions | p. 506 |
| Role of Exercise in Rehabilitation of Cardiovascular Defects | p. 507 |
| Beginning Program of Progressive Calisthenics | p. 508 |
| Precautions | p. 508 |
| A Test and Exercise Program for Students with Cardiovascular Abnormalities | p. 513 |
| Sickle-Cell Anemia | p. 514 |
| Hemophilia | p. 515 |
| Acquired Conditions | p. 524 |
| Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis | p. 526 |
| Pregnancy | p. 532 |
| Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome | p. 534 |
| Asthma | p. 536 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | p. 540 |
| Limb Deficiency | p. 547 |
| Spinal Cord Injury | p. 555 |
| Severe and Profound Disabilities | p. 561 |
| Assessment of Motor Development | p. 566 |
| Sports | p. 577 |
| Swimming | p. 579 |
| Goals and Benefits of a Swimming Program for Students with Disabilities | p. 579 |
| Safety Considerations | p. 581 |
| Facilities for the Swimmer with Disabilities | p. 582 |
| Therapeutic Benefits | p. 584 |
| General Teaching Techniques | p. 585 |
| Techniques for the Student with Mental Retardation | p. 596 |
| Techniques for the Student with Cerebral Palsy | p. 597 |
| Techniques for the Student with Spina Bifida or Traumatic Paralysis | p. 598 |
| Concerns Related to Students Who Experience Seizures | p. 599 |
| Opportunities in Sport | p. 605 |
| Sports Participation and Mainstreaming | p. 606 |
| Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) and Access to Opportunities in Sports and Athletics | p. 606 |
| Examples of Access Denial | p. 606 |
| When Special Sport Program Participation Is Indicated | p. 608 |
| Concern for Participant Dignity in Modified Sport | p. 608 |
| Risk Sports | p. 609 |
| A Final Word About Competition | p. 617 |
| Glossary | p. 621 |
| Index | p. 633 |
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