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1 I NCREASING P HYSICAL A CTIVITY Lauren Lieberman Ph.D. llieberm@brockport.edu

2 O VERVIEW Increasing Fitness Increasing Motor skills Modifications to sports, games Sport Opportunities Summer camps

3 I NCREASING F ITNESS Guide running techniques Biking Swimming Talking Pedometers Wii fit Dance Dance Revolution Other?

4 I NCREASING MOTOR SKILLS Assessments Opportunities Physical Guidance Tactile Modeling Peer tutoring Training Paraeducators for PE Training Interveners for PE Other?

5 M OTOR SKILLS MUST FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENT NOT J UST PARTICIPATION AssessmentModificationFeedback

6 M ODIFICATIONS =N ORMAL OPPORTUNITIES

7 M ODIFICATION V ARIABLES Environmental modifications Instructional Modifications Equipment Modifications Rule Modifications

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9 S PORT O PPORTUNITIES Community sports Intramural sports Interscholastic sports Blind sports-United States Association for Blind Athletes (USABA.org)

10 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.

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12 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 C AMP A BILITIES

13  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

14 S PORTS C AMP S TART U P M ANUAL Perkins School for the Blind General manual to help start sports camps Applications, forms, fund raising, orientation, etc.

15 Q UESTIONS ?


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