Standish,+Amanda,+Inclusion+Strategies+in+PE

Hello, My name is Amanda Standish. I graduated last year from Southern Oregon University with my Bachelors Degree in __elementary education__ and minor in psychology.I have always enjoyed working with children. I went to Ecuador with an organization called International Student Volunteers. We worked on an organic farm, but the best __part__ was working with the children in the school. Even though we had a language barrier, we had a blast playing “ula ula”, singing and dancing. I have also worked in the afterschool program for the YMCA with students from kindergarten to 6th grade. I am in first grade right now at Griffin Creek in Medford and love it. They are so fun and lively! My goal is to always grow and learn as a teacher. But first to get a job! J Taking photographs or going on hikes with my husband and dogs bring me joy. Also, Oregon Duck football. Whoo hoo Rose bowl champs! I love visiting my mom, dad and younger sister who live on the beautiful North Umpqua River. I suppose my greatest fear about becoming a teacher is letting students down. I want to always acknowledge them and make __time__ to hear their stories. I want to teach __students__ to love learning. I remember becoming frustrated in school learning some methods in math. It lessoned my confidence and courage. This will defiantly help me connect with my students. I will remind them that some learning takes work and time, but that is ok. Knowledge is something that is so valuable. I hope from this course I can learn how to better modify my lessons to make sure that all my students are getting a rich education. I want to learn more about all the different categories of impairments and what I can do as a general education teacher to assist all students.

=**Inclusion Strategies for P.E.**=

Physical Education is defined as a movement __program__ __sponsored__ by k-12 __schools__ and institutions of higher education. Researching P.E. methods is important to me because being __active__ is something that I believe is important in child and adult life. Children spend too many hours indoors and not enough time outdoors exploring and playing. Because teachers who are specialized in P.E. are getting fewer and fewer in our elementary __schools__, it is important that we know not only how to teach P.E. but how to teach it so that every students can participate. I hope these recourses help you do just that.

Top Five things learned:


 * 1) Modifications for P.E. can be simple adjustment. It is not as hard as it sounds.
 * 2) 85% of parents polled in a __survey__ believe that students should have daily physical education at every grade level.
 * 3) IDEA defines Physical Education as:

ü The development of physical and __motor__ __fitness__

ü Fundamental __motor__ skills and patterns

ü Skills in aquatics, dace and individual and group games and sports

ü Occurring through __special education__, adapted physical education, movement education and motor development.

4.Snow shoeing, without there even being any snow, is a great exercise for students with and without __disabilities__. 5. 95%of parents polled, believe that daily pysical activity leads to higher academic achievement.


 * Number one Resource: **

[|Palaestra] This is a website where you can __subscribe__ to a magazine called Palaestra. PALAESTRA is an ancient Greek meaning sport school or gymnasium. It is pronounced pa-les´-tra. Feature articles focus on the activities of various __disability__ sports organizations (DSOs), including __special__ events and national/international championships, photo essays, historical features, personality studies, and all aspects of human anatomy, kinesiology, psychology, and sociology that can be applied to the development of practical physical education,training,and skill techniques for the recreational, as well as the competitive individual: i.e., adapted physical activities. Perhaps Angela should add a year subscription for $21 to her required texts……

This text is a book that we used in P.E. methods. It has come back ground on what physical education is. It also has a ton of lesson for P.E. Each lesson has a section called success for all. It predicts what students might have troubles with as gives alternatives. Chapter 5 is called planning for children with diverse and special needs. It is a great chapter to assist teachers when adapting P.E. lessons.
 * Resources:**
 * Elementary classroom teachers as Movement Educators by Kovar, combs, Campbell, owen, and Worrell.**

Scroll down once you open the page. This is an article that talks about the impact of physical education for all students. I give this a 3 out of 5. This websites it packed full of useful tools. It talks about what is adapted P.E., alternatives to assessment, info for parents and a lot more. I give this site a 5 out of 5. This link takes you to a booklet on how to have a quality physical education for children with autism. It includes strategies! This article is specific to autism, but beneficial. I give this a 4 out of 5. This website gives resources for workshops and __webinars__ coming up for adaptive P.E. I give this site a 3 out of 5. media type="youtube" key="R5hTa3X4u1A" height="299" width="376" This video talks about how important physical education is. It also shows some examples of what we can do to adapt our P.E. curriculum.I give this a 4 out of 5.
 * [|Inclusion]**
 * [|Inclusion for P.E.]**
 * [|Inclusion for Children with Autism in P.E.]**
 * [|American Association for Physical Activity and Recrecation]**

media type="youtube" key="PB9eCkh4Ryk" height="291" width="374" This video specifically targets strategies for students with visual impairments or blind for several different P.E. games. Because this is so specific I give this s 3 out of 5.

media type="youtube" key="s0Vt6W5VIzc" height="278" width="369" This is an extremely motivating video about a father who did not give up on his son who had a disability. This is not very informative, but I give it a 5 out of 5 because it is so inspirational.

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Wow that was amazing. At first I did this project because I was running out of time and someone suggested it. However, I am so glad that I came and toured the Dogs for the Deaf facility. They are truly an amazing company. Having dogs myself, one rescued, I fell in love with their philosophy of rescuing dogs from the shelter and __training__ them. They place the dogs for no fee. They do collect a $500 deposit to know that people are serious and can afford to provide for a pet. It is refundable I learned a lot through the experience and never knew such a great facility was right here in the Rogue Valley. Dogs are chosen from the shelter by having outgoing personalities and being friendly. Usually they adopt dogs ten months to 5 years old. If a dog does not make it through the training, they never go back to the shelter. They find homes for ALL of their dogs. I was really impressed by the four different play areas and one grassy area complete with toys and slides that the dog gets to play with. Volunteers come and take the dogs for walk twice a day. They get more attention than my dogs! I learned that there are for areas in which this company operates:
 * 1) Autism- These are mostly the bigger dogs. The dog is connected to the child and the parent has hold of the leash. If the child with autism bolts, the dog is trained to lie down to be an anchor for the child. Also, having dogs around children with autism really improve their skills. They can bond with the dog a lot easier then with people. Once the child is comfortable in the relationship with dogs, it transfers over to people.
 * 2) Professional- some of these dogs go out to professionals. They live and go to work with them. For example, a special education teacher.
 * 3) Miracle mutt program- dogs that go to people that may have other things going on in their life where they need a furry friend. For example depression and so on.
 * 4) Dogs for the deaf- dogs who are trained in real life apartments to listen for sounds. When the oven goes off, someone is calling the person’s name, or a knock at the door the dog will paw at the owner and lead them to the sound.

We saw a video that interviewed people who were recipients of dogs from this __program__. They said that without the dog, they would not be able to live on their own. I think it is amazing that a dog can give a person their independence. They said that the dog is their ears and that they feel safer with them. I think that it is so great to support people who could live on their own expet for this one disability. What a great feeling is must be to know that if something is going on and you can't hear it, that your dog will let you know. I love dogs and always have, but they just keep seeming to impress me.

This experience makes me a little less nervous to teach students with __disabilities__. I am nervous because I am afraid I won’t know how to do help. It is all about finding the recourses to best assist them. In this case and I personally believe, dogs are a recourse to use. In other cases, perhaps a dog wouldn’t work. However, it is our job to find out what will help and obtain that for our students.

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