INCREASING PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Lauren Lieberman Ph.D.
[email protected]
OVERVIEW
Increasing Fitness
 Increasing Motor skills
 Modifications to sports, games
 Sport Opportunities
 Summer camps
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INCREASING FITNESS
Guide running
techniques
 Biking
 Swimming
 Talking Pedometers
 Wii fit
 Dance Dance
Revolution
 Other?
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INCREASING MOTOR SKILLS
Assessments
 Opportunities
 Physical Guidance
 Tactile Modeling
 Peer tutoring
 Training
Paraeducators for PE
 Training Interveners
for PE
 Other?
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MOTOR SKILLS MUST FOCUS ON
IMPROVEMENT NOT JUST PARTICIPATION
Assessment
Modification
Feedback
MODIFICATIONS=NORMAL OPPORTUNITIES
MODIFICATION VARIABLES
Environmental modifications
 Instructional Modifications
 Equipment Modifications
 Rule Modifications
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SPORT OPPORTUNITIES
Community sports
 Intramural sports
 Interscholastic sports
 Blind sports-United States Association for Blind
Athletes (USABA.org)
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USABA
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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.
CAMP ABILITIES
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
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CAMP ABILITIES
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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.
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QUESTIONS?