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In an attempt to broaden my university students' perspectives about
the world of disabilities, I have them do a World Wide Web project.
This project consists of developing a 5-site annotated bibliography.
The only stipulation is that their sites need to be connected to
ANY aspect of disability.
As they have just completed their 5-min oral presentation, I was
once again amazed with the amount of credible information available.
Thus, I would like to share their sites and my highlights with you
in this issue.
Sue Tarr, Ph.D.
Adapted Section
Editor
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Re-visit this site to determine how your favorite athlete or team
performed in the areas of alpine, nordic, and sledge hockey! Read
about amazing feats accomplished in these games and view wonderful
photos from the opening to closing ceremonies.
www.2002paralympics.com
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In our quest as physical educators to move away from the traditional
physical education curriculum toward a lifetime health and activity
curriculum, aerobic activity should be one component. Step aerobics
has become a popular activity but, sometimes, it is difficult for
students with disabilities to reach & maintain activity in their
target heart rate zone.
Please click step
aerobics to read about topics that help you get your students started in
step aerobics. Sample topics: To sit or not to sit, Standing modifications,
Positioning tips, Music selection suggestions, and Movements to
avoid & include. Several advanced topics include Muscles used
in seated aerobics, Movement in seated aerobics, and Spinal cord
injuries. With each of these sections, you are able to download
the text -- happy stepping!!
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Training for equestrian competition (part II).
Potential coaches and prospective riders could greatly benefit
from this featured article. Basic tips and strategies were provided
to assist in the learning and performance of equestrian competition.
For example:
- lots of repetition is needed to develop
good riding skills
- good riding is based on mutual confidence
between the rider, horse, coach
- prerequisite skills MUST be mastered
before advanced skills
- care must be taken in the selection
of horse and rider
- take into consideration the needs of
the rider and horse in regard to tack and each riding session
component
- develop specific plans for the warm-up
component, and the riding technique and endurance components
- Sally Swift recommends four techniques
to develop 'oneness' with your horse
- an explanation of dressage and a brief
history to assist the rider & coach
- lastly, a variety of competitions were
described.
Citation:
Bieber, N. (1996), Training for equestrian competition (Part II).
Palaestra, 12(3).
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In a time of extreme budgetary constraints for public school education,
purchasing adapted equipment may not be high on your priority list.
But remember, there are different ways in which you can gather funding
(e.g., private donations, philanthropic organizations). Sportime
Equipment offers some specific products for students with disabilities.
Several other features on this site include links for Discussion
Groups (pe-talk, adapt-talk, thera-talk); an updated convention/conference
schedule, and a link to Adapted Activity Guides. I think these guides
are great! With 27 (to date) selected pieces of equipment, members
of the Board of Consultants develop activities to assist physical
educators and adapted physical educators provide meaningful activity
experiences. The activity guides may also be downloaded in HTML
and PDF formats.
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WOW!!! What an awesome site for teachers, parents/guardians, and
students/adults with disabilities. Click on awesome site
to access any and everything you ever wanted to know about disability
resources
on the Web. Listed below you will find an abbreviated sample of resource
topics.
- use of the DRM WebWatcher to search for specific subject
areas of
interest; one can use a main index option or identify your topic via
an
alphabetical menu option
- use of the DRM Regional Resource Directory to search
for resources
in your state or community; resources are arranged by state and subdivided
by topic
- the site also provides a listing of 'Popular Pages'
selected from
topics in the web site; for example, Assistive technology, Children
(just
for kids), Conference connections, Education, Employment, Legal rights,
. . . . .
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