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?