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Adapted Physical Education (APE)

Adaptations

Throwing & Catching

Kicking

Games

Throwing and Catching - Balls

have a wide selection

yarn balls do not bounce or roll away easily, they can be caught by a strand of yarn

Whiffle balls (different sizes and colors) are lightweight

use Nerf balls

multi-colored balls for students with visual impairments

beach balls are large and soft to catch

balloons for slower action and easier targets

bell balls for goal ball (students with visual impairments)

balls from panty hose, foams, tape: they are lightweight and will not easily roll away

paper balls made of crushed paper bound with masking tape

sock ball made of a sock stuffed with other socks or paper and tied off

garbage bag ball made of a garbage bag filled with balloons or

crumpled newspaper

Kicking

use large light balls (balloons, beach balls) for the student in a wheelchair or using a walker or crutches

tether a ball to the wheelchair using elastic

place beanbags on students feet and ask them to try and kick them off

remove foot plates on wheelchairs (when appropriate)

Students who use power wheelchairs or manual wheelchairs with assistance have limited movement or no movement of their legs. These students may kick using a two foot thrusting motion. This forward motion of the legs can be developed to perform the skill on request with increasing accuracy and timing:

use a ball larger than a soccer ball

move the legs through the kicking action so they understand the concept

stabilize the ball to be kicked

have students focus on their leg actions

try the chairs in different positions, i.e.; facing the direction of the kick or sideways to the direction of the kick

Ambulatory students with cerebral palsy may be able to run and kick stationary and moving balls. These students may have limited preparatory leg swing and follow through as well as limited trunk rotation. With practice, range of motion and trunk rotation will occur.

Games

Pillow Polo

Equipment:

Pillow polo hockey sticks
Volley ball trainers
Scooter boards

How to play:

Play pillow polo with floor hockey rules
Depending on mobility of students, kids are on scooter boards
May use multiple volleyballs

Chariot Races

Equipment:

jump ropes
scooter boards

How to play:

Students partner up and take turns riding scooter boards, partners pull the each other
Teacher can have set courses or have students travel in certain directions

Wheelchair Dance
Wheelchair dance is a wonderful activity for the non-ambulatory student as well as the ambulatory student. Smiles galore with this activity! as always, orientate your students with safety issues always speak of the person, not the wheelchair DO NOT let peers pull or tug on non-ambulatory students have teaching assistants monitoring closely Remember, students in the chairs are depending on you, staff & their peers for their safety
Recommended dances warm-up/stretching waltz chicken dance folk dances limbo		Music Enya Christy Lanes' Party Mix
1. Ask the person in the wheelchair to dance		2. Place one hand on the chair and one hand on the person to guide the chair while maneuvering through a dance step
3. Depending on the ability of the person in the chair, twirl steps can be performed; the ambulatory student twirls under the arm of the non-ambulatory student
4. Students that are fragile need to be monitored by a teaching assistant		5. One of the few times this beautiful young lady would smile was while she was dancing!

Adapted PE Resources

Adapted Physical Education (APE)

Adaptations

Throwing and Catching - Balls

Kicking

Games

Pillow Polo

Chariot Races

Wheelchair Dance

1. Ask the person in the wheelchair to dance

2. Place one hand on the chair and one hand on the person to guide the chair while maneuvering through a dance step

3. Depending on the ability of the person in the chair, twirl steps can be performed; the ambulatory student twirls under the arm of the non-ambulatory student

4. Students that are fragile need to be monitored by a teaching assistant

5. One of the few times this beautiful young lady would smile was while she was dancing!