HPES 404 - Strategies for Managing Individual Differences in Physical Education

(3 hours) A course designed to study the characteristics and motor abilities of disabled students including: multicultural characteristics, psychosocial and physical development, mental disabilities, specific learning disabilities, emotional and behavioral disorders, orthopedically disabling conditions, hearing and visual impairments, diabetes, etc. The specific responsibilities mandated to Physical Education by Public Law 94-142 are discussed as well as methods and types of screening and assessment, writing individualized education programs (IEPs), facilitating learning by determining unique needs and eliminating disruptive behaviors. (10 hours practicum required) This course cannot be challenged.