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Increasing Physical Activity

Increasing Physical Activity. Lauren Lieberman Ph.D. llieberm@brockport.edu. 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

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Increasing Physical Activity

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  1. Increasing Physical Activity Lauren Lieberman Ph.D. llieberm@brockport.edu

  2. Overview • Increasing Fitness • Increasing Motor skills • Modifications to sports, games • Sport Opportunities • Summer camps

  3. Increasing Fitness • Guide running techniques • Biking • Swimming • Talking Pedometers • Wiifit • Dance Dance Revolution • Other?

  4. Increasing motor skills • Assessments • Opportunities • Physical Guidance • Tactile Modeling • Peer tutoring • Training Paraeducatorsfor PE • Training Interveners for PE • Other?

  5. Motor skills must focus on improvement not Just participation

  6. Modifications=Normal opportunities

  7. Modification Variables • Environmental modifications • Instructional Modifications • Equipment Modifications • Rule Modifications

  8. Sport Opportunities • Community sports • Intramural sports • Interscholastic sports • Blind sports-United States Association for Blind Athletes (USABA.org)

  9. 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.

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. Sports Camp Start Up Manual • Perkins School for the Blind • General manual to help start sports camps • Applications, forms, fund raising, orientation, etc.

  13. Questions?

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