PE 184 - Adaptive Physical Education

1 Credit(s)

Prerequisite(s): BT 113 or WR 115 or designated placement.

Course Description: This course focuses on knowledge, comprehension, and application of human movement principles related to individuals with disabilities. Prepares students with a foundation of special needs applications through a combination of research and practical classroom experience within the professional arena of persons with disabilities. Because student participation is both a vital part of the learning process and an important way to enrich the course experience, student to student interaction is required. Students are encouraged to raise issues, provide information from their own experience, and ask questions.

Course Level: Lower Division Collegiate

Course Learning Outcomes:

CLO#1: Identify and define basic terminology associated with various disabilities needed to write and speak as an informed and competent professional. (ILO: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Global Consciousness)
CLO#2: Identify and describe disabilities as defined in Public Law
CLO#3: Demonstrate a comprehension of the central principles and benefits of adaptive physical education for students.
CLO#4: Identify various disabling conditions and their significance in the broader context of health and fitness.
CLO#5: Design and write 3 lesson plans that include adaptations and modifications intended to individualize instruction to include children with disabilities in general in a “least restrictive environment” in a physical education class. (ILO: Communication)
CLO#6: Apply learned principles and strategies from the lectures and readings to a field work setting: Plan assessment, diagnostic, and prescriptive techniques in meeting the individual needs of 3 persons with disabilities