INCREASING PHYSICAL ACTIVITYLauren Lieberman Ph.D.llieberm@brockport.edu

OVERVIEW Increasing Fitness Increasing Motor skills Modifications to sports, games Sport Opportunities Summer camps

INCREASING FITNESS Guide running

techniques Biking Swimming Talking Pedometers Wii fit Dance Dance

Revolution Other?

INCREASING MOTOR SKILLS Assessments Opportunities Physical Guidance Tactile Modeling Peer tutoring Training

Paraeducators for PE Training Interveners

for PE Other?

MOTOR SKILLS MUST FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENT NOT JUST PARTICIPATION

MODIFICATIONS=NORMAL OPPORTUNITIES

MODIFICATION VARIABLES Environmental modifications Instructional Modifications Equipment Modifications Rule Modifications

SPORT OPPORTUNITIES Community sports Intramural sports Interscholastic sports Blind sports-United States Association for

Blind Athletes (USABA.org)

USABA One goal that USABA has is to increase the

number of youth who more consistently participate in local community-based programs. In order to do this, youth who may be in their home schools need to have access to a wide variety of sports that are offered through USABA. From this variety of sports, it is hoped they would determine which sport(s) they want to pursue and become more involved at the state, regional, national and for some; the international level.

A developmental sports camp for youth with visual impairments, blindness, and deafblindness

Track & field, swimming, tandem biking, goal ball, beep baseball, gymnastics, judo, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, rollerblading, horsebackriding, rock climbing, basketball, dancing and more

CAMP ABILITIES

CAMP ABILITIES Camps now available in: Brockport, NY Long Island, NY Tucson, AZ Anchorage, AK Baltimore, MD Ft. Myers, FL West Chester, PA Puerto Rico Guatemala City, Guatemala Austin, TX California (CTEVH

conference) Connecticut

SPORTS CAMP START UP MANUAL Perkins School for the

Blind General manual to

help start sports camps

Applications, forms, fund raising, orientation, etc.

QUESTIONS?