Print and Online Resources
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Printed Resources
The following resources are available for check-out for all Pitt County School educators. Email your request to [email protected].
A Teacher's Guide to Including Students with Disabilities in Regular Physical Education - Martin E. Block
http://www.amazon.com/Teachers-Including-Students-Disabilities-Education/dp/1557668353
Provides teachers with a guide to including students with disabilities in general physical education programs. It includes methods that are cost effective and easily implemented for educators in the schools. It provides useful examples of adaptations, ranging from kindergarten through high school.
ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Diseases and Disabilities
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/acsms-exercise-management-for-persons-wchrnc-diseasesdisab-3rd
Offers information for both exercise and health professionals about the latest research and trends for integrating exercise into the treatment of chronic illnesses and disabilities. It provides a framework for determining functional capacity in persons with disabilities and offers guidance in developing appropriate exercise programs for this population.
Adapted Games and Activities - Pattie Rouse
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/adapted-games--activities
Provides fun games and activities that can be easily adapted regardless of physical or cognitive ability levels. The activities in this book have been proven to work in real world situations like school or recreation. The games and activities included in this book range from low to high organization and from teacher directed to community based.
Adapted Physical Activity, Recreation, and Sport - Claudine Sherrill
http://www.amazon.com/Physical-Activity-Recreation-Powerweb-Passcard/dp/0072878614
Features a lifespan, cross-disciplinary approach for including students with disabilities that has proven valuable for both teaching and non-teaching professionals. It emphasizes attitude change, inclusion, and psychosocial perspectives for understanding individual differences.
Adapted Physical Education and Sport - Joseph Winnick
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/adapted-physical-education-and-sport---5th-edition
Designed to keep you current with today’s trends in adapted physical education and sport. It is perfect for helping teachers, schools, and agencies develop and implement adapted physical education programs that align with federal legislation. This book is designed to provide educators with the information they need to develop high-quality physical education programs for persons with disabilities.
Adapted Physical Education Manual of Best Practices: Administrative Guidelines and Policies - Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (TAHPERD)
http://www.tahperd.org/LINKS/SUB_LINKS/PUBLICATIONS/publications_pdfs/ape2ndED_manual_orderform_web.pdf
Contains an easy to use resource guide for implementing adapted physical education in your current curriculum. This book includes information about fundamental movement skills, adaptive equipment, as well as resources for adapting the FITNESSGRAM and using alternative assessments.
Creative Play Activities for Children with Disbailities - Lisa R. Morris and Linda Schulz
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Play-Activities-Children-Disabilities/dp/0873229339
Contains over 250 games and activities for children with disabilities from birth to 8 years old. Many activities are designed for children with physical disabilities and hearing or visual impairments. This book would be good for parents of children with disabilities and educators alike.
Developmental and Adapted Physical Activity Assessment - Michael Horvat, Martin E. Block, and Luke E. Kelly
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/developmental-and-adapted-physical-activity-assessment
Helps educators to create and use authentic assessments for people with disabilities. It contains resources to help assess the social and affective domains as well as the physical domain so that teachers can help students develop to their full potential. This book will help novice and experienced teachers alike be more responsible for placement and learning.
Fitness Programming and Physical Disability - Patricia D. Miller
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/fitness-programming-and-physical-disability
Provides information for developing and conducting exercise programs for people with disabilities. It is an important reference for health fitness instructors, rehabilitation specialists, and fitness directors who design and lead group exercise programs and want to find ways to include people with disabilities in their classes.
Inclusive Games - Susan L. Kasser
http://www.amazon.com/Inclusive-Games-Susan-Kasser/dp/0873226399
Provides effective techniques for physical education teachers to ensure that everyone in your class is challenged according to his or her own capabilities. This book features more than 50 inclusive games with instructions as well as instructions on how to adapt classic game for students with disabilities.
Parachute Games (with DVD)- Todd Strong and Dale LeFevre
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/parachute-games-with-dvd-2nd-edition
Great for physical education teachers who enjoy using the parachute during their physical education classes. Parachute is a great activity for including students with disabilities in your classes. This book contains 59 parachute games and an extra 28 games on the DVD. It will help you to feel comfortable leading the activities successfully and offers children great fitness benefits that enhance their social and motor skills.
Paraeducators in Physical Education - Lauren Lieberman
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/paraeducators-in-physical-education
Contains an easy-to-use guide on how to train your paraeducators to work with students with disabilities. It provides them with support, information, and strategies they can use everyday in the classroom. This is the first book of its kind and is designed to provide effective training for paraeducators from prekindergarten through high school settings.
Strategies for Inclusion - Lauren J. Lieberman and Cathy Houston-Wilson
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/strategies-for-inclusion:-a-handbook-for-physical-educators---2e
Provides physical education teachers with all the knowledge and tools they will need to include students with disabilities in their physical education classes. It is filled with easy-to-implement planning and assessment strategies as well as training and duties for educators to get everyone involved and working together.
The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder - Carol Stock Kranowitz
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Sync-Child-Has-Revised/dp/0399532714
Provides information for parents and educators alike about specially designed activities for children with Sensory Processing Disorders. This text includes over 100 activities to help students with touch, balance, movement, body position, vision, hearing, smell, and taste, motor planning, or other sensory problems. This book is especially useful for the parents of students who have Autism and Aspergers.
http://www.amazon.com/Teachers-Including-Students-Disabilities-Education/dp/1557668353
Provides teachers with a guide to including students with disabilities in general physical education programs. It includes methods that are cost effective and easily implemented for educators in the schools. It provides useful examples of adaptations, ranging from kindergarten through high school.
ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Diseases and Disabilities
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/acsms-exercise-management-for-persons-wchrnc-diseasesdisab-3rd
Offers information for both exercise and health professionals about the latest research and trends for integrating exercise into the treatment of chronic illnesses and disabilities. It provides a framework for determining functional capacity in persons with disabilities and offers guidance in developing appropriate exercise programs for this population.
Adapted Games and Activities - Pattie Rouse
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/adapted-games--activities
Provides fun games and activities that can be easily adapted regardless of physical or cognitive ability levels. The activities in this book have been proven to work in real world situations like school or recreation. The games and activities included in this book range from low to high organization and from teacher directed to community based.
Adapted Physical Activity, Recreation, and Sport - Claudine Sherrill
http://www.amazon.com/Physical-Activity-Recreation-Powerweb-Passcard/dp/0072878614
Features a lifespan, cross-disciplinary approach for including students with disabilities that has proven valuable for both teaching and non-teaching professionals. It emphasizes attitude change, inclusion, and psychosocial perspectives for understanding individual differences.
Adapted Physical Education and Sport - Joseph Winnick
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/adapted-physical-education-and-sport---5th-edition
Designed to keep you current with today’s trends in adapted physical education and sport. It is perfect for helping teachers, schools, and agencies develop and implement adapted physical education programs that align with federal legislation. This book is designed to provide educators with the information they need to develop high-quality physical education programs for persons with disabilities.
Adapted Physical Education Manual of Best Practices: Administrative Guidelines and Policies - Texas Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (TAHPERD)
http://www.tahperd.org/LINKS/SUB_LINKS/PUBLICATIONS/publications_pdfs/ape2ndED_manual_orderform_web.pdf
Contains an easy to use resource guide for implementing adapted physical education in your current curriculum. This book includes information about fundamental movement skills, adaptive equipment, as well as resources for adapting the FITNESSGRAM and using alternative assessments.
Creative Play Activities for Children with Disbailities - Lisa R. Morris and Linda Schulz
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Play-Activities-Children-Disabilities/dp/0873229339
Contains over 250 games and activities for children with disabilities from birth to 8 years old. Many activities are designed for children with physical disabilities and hearing or visual impairments. This book would be good for parents of children with disabilities and educators alike.
Developmental and Adapted Physical Activity Assessment - Michael Horvat, Martin E. Block, and Luke E. Kelly
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/developmental-and-adapted-physical-activity-assessment
Helps educators to create and use authentic assessments for people with disabilities. It contains resources to help assess the social and affective domains as well as the physical domain so that teachers can help students develop to their full potential. This book will help novice and experienced teachers alike be more responsible for placement and learning.
Fitness Programming and Physical Disability - Patricia D. Miller
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/fitness-programming-and-physical-disability
Provides information for developing and conducting exercise programs for people with disabilities. It is an important reference for health fitness instructors, rehabilitation specialists, and fitness directors who design and lead group exercise programs and want to find ways to include people with disabilities in their classes.
Inclusive Games - Susan L. Kasser
http://www.amazon.com/Inclusive-Games-Susan-Kasser/dp/0873226399
Provides effective techniques for physical education teachers to ensure that everyone in your class is challenged according to his or her own capabilities. This book features more than 50 inclusive games with instructions as well as instructions on how to adapt classic game for students with disabilities.
Parachute Games (with DVD)- Todd Strong and Dale LeFevre
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/parachute-games-with-dvd-2nd-edition
Great for physical education teachers who enjoy using the parachute during their physical education classes. Parachute is a great activity for including students with disabilities in your classes. This book contains 59 parachute games and an extra 28 games on the DVD. It will help you to feel comfortable leading the activities successfully and offers children great fitness benefits that enhance their social and motor skills.
Paraeducators in Physical Education - Lauren Lieberman
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/paraeducators-in-physical-education
Contains an easy-to-use guide on how to train your paraeducators to work with students with disabilities. It provides them with support, information, and strategies they can use everyday in the classroom. This is the first book of its kind and is designed to provide effective training for paraeducators from prekindergarten through high school settings.
Strategies for Inclusion - Lauren J. Lieberman and Cathy Houston-Wilson
http://www.humankinetics.com/products/all-products/strategies-for-inclusion:-a-handbook-for-physical-educators---2e
Provides physical education teachers with all the knowledge and tools they will need to include students with disabilities in their physical education classes. It is filled with easy-to-implement planning and assessment strategies as well as training and duties for educators to get everyone involved and working together.
The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder - Carol Stock Kranowitz
http://www.amazon.com/Out-Sync-Child-Has-Revised/dp/0399532714
Provides information for parents and educators alike about specially designed activities for children with Sensory Processing Disorders. This text includes over 100 activities to help students with touch, balance, movement, body position, vision, hearing, smell, and taste, motor planning, or other sensory problems. This book is especially useful for the parents of students who have Autism and Aspergers.
Online Resources
Abilitations
http://store.schoolspecialtyonline.net/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?minisite=10206§ion=31091.
American Association of Adapted Sports
http://www.adaptedsports.org/.
American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/.
American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/.
Challenged Athletes Foundation
http://www.challengedathletes.org
Challenger Baseball League
http://www.littleleague.org/learn/about/divisions/challenger.htm.
Chicago Institute of Rehabilitation
http://www.rehabchicago.org
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
http://www.paralysis.apacure.org
Move More, Eat Less
http://www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com/ESMMWeighLess/ESMMWeighLess.html.
Project INSPIRE (Texas Women’s University)
http://www.twu.edu/inspire/.
Epilepsy Foundation of America
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/.
Heart Talker Heart Rate Monitors
http://www.newlifetech.com
Open Phys. Ed.
openphysed.org
National Center on Physical Activity for Persons with Disabilities
http://www.ncpad.org/
National Consortium on Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities
http://www.ncperid.usf.edu
National Wheelchair Basketball Association
http://www.nwba.org
No Limits: Mark Wellman
http://www.nolimitstahoe.com
North Carolina Adapted Physical Education Advisory Council (NC-APE-AC)
http://www.nc-ape.com/
North Carolina Association for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
http://www.ncaahperd.org
North Carolina Recreation and Resource Guide, 2005
http://fpg.unc.edu/sites/fpg.unc.edu/files/resources/other-resources/NCODH_RecreationResourceGuide.pdf
Palestra: The forum on Sport and Fitness for the Disabled
http://www.palestra.com
PE4Life
http://www.pe4life.org/.
PE4U
http://www.pe4u.co.uk/.
PE Central
http://www.pecentral.org.
President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
http://www.fitness.gov
Rocking Horse Ranch Therapeutic Riding Program
http://www.rhrnc.com/_pdf/10-RHR-029_2010_Derby_Invitation.pdf.
Special Olympics International
http://www.specialolympics.org/.
Special Olympics North Carolina
http://www.sonc.net/.
United States Paralympics
http://usparalympics.org/.
United States Association for Blind Athletes
http://www.usaba.org
United States Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association
http://www.powerhockey.com/
Grant Resources
In-School Bowling
http://www.bowlersed.com/
USA Ultimate Frisbee
http://www.usaultimate.org/resources/grants/
Autism Speaks - Swimming and Water Safety
http://www.autismspeaks.org/family-services/grants/swimming
SPARK - Grant Finder Tool
http://www.sparkpe.org/grants/
NC Council for Exceptional Children
http://community.cec.sped.org/nc/new-item/new-item5
NC Tennis Association
http://nctennis.com/node/78
http://store.schoolspecialtyonline.net/OA_HTML/ibeCCtpSctDspRte.jsp?minisite=10206§ion=31091.
American Association of Adapted Sports
http://www.adaptedsports.org/.
American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/.
American Lung Association
http://www.lungusa.org/.
Challenged Athletes Foundation
http://www.challengedathletes.org
Challenger Baseball League
http://www.littleleague.org/learn/about/divisions/challenger.htm.
Chicago Institute of Rehabilitation
http://www.rehabchicago.org
Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
http://www.paralysis.apacure.org
Move More, Eat Less
http://www.eatsmartmovemorenc.com/ESMMWeighLess/ESMMWeighLess.html.
Project INSPIRE (Texas Women’s University)
http://www.twu.edu/inspire/.
Epilepsy Foundation of America
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/.
Heart Talker Heart Rate Monitors
http://www.newlifetech.com
Open Phys. Ed.
openphysed.org
National Center on Physical Activity for Persons with Disabilities
http://www.ncpad.org/
National Consortium on Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities
http://www.ncperid.usf.edu
National Wheelchair Basketball Association
http://www.nwba.org
No Limits: Mark Wellman
http://www.nolimitstahoe.com
North Carolina Adapted Physical Education Advisory Council (NC-APE-AC)
http://www.nc-ape.com/
North Carolina Association for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
http://www.ncaahperd.org
North Carolina Recreation and Resource Guide, 2005
http://fpg.unc.edu/sites/fpg.unc.edu/files/resources/other-resources/NCODH_RecreationResourceGuide.pdf
Palestra: The forum on Sport and Fitness for the Disabled
http://www.palestra.com
PE4Life
http://www.pe4life.org/.
PE4U
http://www.pe4u.co.uk/.
PE Central
http://www.pecentral.org.
President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
http://www.fitness.gov
Rocking Horse Ranch Therapeutic Riding Program
http://www.rhrnc.com/_pdf/10-RHR-029_2010_Derby_Invitation.pdf.
Special Olympics International
http://www.specialolympics.org/.
Special Olympics North Carolina
http://www.sonc.net/.
United States Paralympics
http://usparalympics.org/.
United States Association for Blind Athletes
http://www.usaba.org
United States Electric Wheelchair Hockey Association
http://www.powerhockey.com/
Grant Resources
In-School Bowling
http://www.bowlersed.com/
USA Ultimate Frisbee
http://www.usaultimate.org/resources/grants/
Autism Speaks - Swimming and Water Safety
http://www.autismspeaks.org/family-services/grants/swimming
SPARK - Grant Finder Tool
http://www.sparkpe.org/grants/
NC Council for Exceptional Children
http://community.cec.sped.org/nc/new-item/new-item5
NC Tennis Association
http://nctennis.com/node/78
