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Modifying Activities. Modifying Activities. Modifications should enable all to participate: Change task demands for example visual instead of auditory cues limit running demands lower the basketball hoop height Change rules (allow double dribbles, promote cooperation instead of competition)
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Modifying Activities • Modifications should enable all to participate: • Change task demands for example • visual instead of auditory cues • limit running demands • lower the basketball hoop height • Change rules (allow double dribbles, promote cooperation instead of competition) • Use an assistive device (walkers, crutches, wheelchairs, peer buddy)
What to modify? • REMEMBER, you may modify ANY portion of an activity including rules, equipment, scoring, groupings, pace, etc to promote student success and learning.
What to Modify - Examples • Rules • Affective environment • Amount of time • Equipment used • Partner (group) work/size • Size of objects • Teaching style: command, practice, self-selection • Provide a list of tasks to complete (PSI) • Position of student for ease of feedback and monitoring
What to Modify - Examples • Distance • Speed (walk, power walk, jog, run) – both offensive and defensive • Scoring (how score, point value, etc) • Passing (can be intercepted?) • Offensive/defensive strategies and points for use • Size of playing area • Number of passes or touches • Substitutes for players
What to Modify - Examples • How start each game? • Accuracy required • Length of striking implement • Trajectory of ball (rolling, bouncing, in air) • Zone around student (how close can other students get?) • Size of goal • Many other examples
Developmental Task Analysis • One of the best ways to examine how you can modify a task is to perform a task analysis. • Developmental task analysis outlines all of the task and environmental factors that influence the performance of students in the general movement categories (e.g., throw, strike, jump). • Under each of these factors, modifications are given, from the simplest to the most difficult. • Internet – great place to start • http://edweb6.educ.msu.edu/kin866/default.htm
Helpful Document • Modifications for specific activities
Group Practice • Select activities from list • Create a developmental task analysis • Example from badminton • Group work form
Resource Websites • http://www.specialolympics.org/Special+Olympics+Public+Website/English/Coach/Coaching_Guides/default.htm • http://www.twu.edu/inspire/modifications.htm • http://www.pecentral.org/adapted/adaptedactivities.html • Many others via google