Understanding Adapted Physical Education

Understanding Adapted Physical Education is a fresh, forward-looking introductory textbook for all Adapted Physical Education (APE) courses. Moving away from dated medical models toward a social-relational understanding of disability, it opens up the subject more effectively for students than cumbersome existing textbooks, offering practical guidance throughout as well as introducing all the most important concepts and key theory. Written by a team of leading and emerging scholars in APE, this book first introduces foundational issues related to disability and schools, and APE specifically. It then explores those impairments that are commonly experienced among students within public schools, including physical, intellectual, and visual impairment, and describes strategies to reduce barriers to access and meaningful participation in physical education. This book also reviews important contemporary topics in the study and practice of APE, such as ableism, intersectionality, the use of language, adapted health education, APE outside of the classroom or gym, and Paralympic school days, to give pre-service teachers all the skills and knowledge they need to become effective practitioners. With useful features in every chapter designed to encourage the reader to think about how they teach rather than simply what they teach, this is an essential textbook for any APE course, and an invaluable reference for in-service teachers working with students with disabilities. This book is accompanied by a test bank for use by instructors.

Justin A. Haegele is the Colgate Darden Endowed Professor and the Director of the Center for Movement, Health, & Disability in the Department of Human Movement Studies & Special Education at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, USA. He serves as the director of Project CAPER and the co-director of the MAMC, two initiatives funded by the US Department of Education to train doctoral scholars in Adapted Physical Activity. He is also the immediate-past president of the North American Federation of Adapted Physical Activity, and the editor-in-chief for the peer-reviewed publication Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly.

SECTION ONE: FOUNDATIONAL UNDERSTANDINGS 1 Understanding the Basics of Adapted Physical Education Justin A. Haegele 2 Understanding Laws and the IEP Process Scott McNamara 3 Understanding Disability and Disability Language Justin A. Haegele 4 Understanding Inclusion and Exclusion Justin A. Haegele and Anthony J. Maher 5 Understanding Ableism Lindsey A. Nowland and Martin Giese 6 Understanding Critical Thinking, Reflection, and the Implementation of Evidence-Based Practice in Adapted Physical Education Joonkoo Yun 7 Understanding Behavior and How to Support It Chloe Simpson 8 Understanding Intersectionality and Teaching Multiply Marginalized Students Fabián Arroyo-Rojas SECTION TWO: UNDERSTANDING IMPAIRMENT 9 Understanding Autism and Neurodivergence Samantha Ross-Cypcar and Layne Case 10 Understanding Orthopedic Impairment Katherine Holland and Laura J. Pisciotta 11 Understanding Visual Impairment Lindsay E. Ball 12 Understanding Deafness and Hearing Impairment Anthony J. Maher 13 Understanding Intellectual Impairment E. Andrew Pitchford 14 Understanding Multiple Disabilities T. N. Kirk SECTION THREE: UNDERSTANDING DIVERSE INSTRUCTIONAL AREAS 15 Understanding Paralympic School Day Cathy McKay 16 Understanding Adapted Health Education Maria Lepore-Stevens 17 Understanding Adapted Dance Baillie R. Ollila 18 Understanding Adapted Aquatics Jihyun Lee 19 Understanding APE Outside of the Gym Steven K. Holland 20 Understanding Transition Services: Beyond Adapted Physical Education Wesley J. Wilson