Some of those things he could do, or his head movement exercises. Strategies for Inclusion offers you the most up-to-date and useful strategies to include children with disabilities in your physical education activities. Modifications refer to a change of expectations to meet the needs of the child. In terms of the actual relay, we would have planned that he would have gone half the distance and his ‘SNA’ would have been by his side even just encouraging him to stay focussed to look ahead and to be aware of the person coming before him. So, with throwing Ben actually had very little experience in just reaching his arm back and just releasing and he found that quite difficult and that took us quite a long time. 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Participant: So, when it came to the stretching I found that this was very important to him and he loved the freedom of getting out of the chair and I found that even when I took him to a local park being on the swings and getting out of the chair he really enjoyed, so, I thought I would incorporate this. Title III - Strengthening Institutions Grant, Marketing, Communications & Public Relations, Center for Career and Professional Development, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Information Security & Risk Management Certificate, School of Education Admissions Requirements, School of Management Admissions Requirements, School of Psychology & Counseling Admissions Requirements, School of Undergraduate Studies Admissions Requirements, Make Your 2021 New Year’s Resolution to Achieve Your MBA Degree at Cambridge College. Inclusion in Physical Education: A primary teacher’s actions features an interview with Catherine McBride a generalist primary teacher with a keen interest in Physical Education and Susan Marron a lecturer of Physical Education at the Institute of Education, Dublin City University (DCU) Ireland. Inspired by Catherine’s work, the design of this interview resource, including recording the interview, was undertaken by Susan with the support of her colleague Frances Murphy. I would research that area; I would adapt my own practice and then I suppose I would record how that all went. So, we were trying to look at all these things and our school is quite an old school and we were looking at practically putting in ramps, working out a classroom plan that would facilitate him moving around the classroom. In terms of resources like online resources or resources for my own planning, I found the ‘Best Start Inclusive Schools Project’ very good from the Irish Wheelchair Association, it is skill cards and pictures, it is really really useful. Each student is unique in what they bring to the physical education environment and consequently Simple things like, he had very little experience throwing or catching a ball for example. Inclusion means that, “All children, regardless of ability or disability, have the right to be respected and appreciated as valuable members of the school community, fully participate in all school activities, and interact with peers of all ability levels with opportunities to develop friendships.” 2 Inclusive physical education and physical activity: A Conceptual Framework for Inclusion: Social Ecological Constraint Model 5. Question 1: But before we get into the detail of your studies, could you tell me a little bit about yourself? Journal of Teaching in Physical Education. So, I recorded that data through mm…. This service can be provided in a self-contained class, in a modified class, in an inclusive class, in the community, or through a combination of options. Participant: I would have learned a lot through action research which is a process of self-reflective enquiry and basically looking at a specific setting and looking at one thing within that setting. Could you tell me a little bit about your interactions with Ben, maybe before he started in your school and maybe in the first term? So, the children I would have picked maybe fifteen different athletes, they’d pick it out of a hat and they’d research this athlete and created a profile which they shared then with the rest of the group and we were lucky enough with the forth lesson to have an athlete who is a Para chair soccer player, so she came and visited our class, she was fantastic. I have been teaching since 2013. The Inclusion Club. Interviewer – Question 5: Great and the problem was then, what was the problem you were pointing to look at? Inclusion in education is recognised as one of the five National Priorities for Education in Scotland by the Standards in Scotland’s Schools ect. Maidenhead, UK: Open University Press. ), Improving teaching and learning in physical education (pp. just the ability to speak for himself and to gain confidence in that way was really important in such a big classroom. I would  have put a cone maybe halfway for Ben so he would have had shorter distance, maybe just simply teaching him that he had to move around the cone and come back in a straight line and we’d be doing air high five to the next person in the relay. But Strategies for Inclusion, Third Edition, makes that transition much smoother and better for all parties involved. Also, you mentioned you did a lot of stretching. Just important to stay focussed on his part of the relay was very important and just to go as quick as he could showing him how to put his hands further back of his wheelchair and go as quick as he could was all a learning curve for him. Participant: So, with action research, I basically would choose one area and for me it was ‘PE’. Improving outcomes for pupils with SEND (closed). Participant: So, in the first term I had looked a little bit at games and I had also looked a bit at basketball and I had actually later on in the year we had revisited basketball and the Irish Wheelchair Association actually came in and gave us a two hour lesson where all the children were able to use wheelchairs with Ben which was lovely. So, what has it brought to the next stage of your teaching this year because now you’re teaching Ben again? Strategies for Inclusion. Interviewer – Question 12: You also had four social personal and health educational [SPHE] lessons that supported your athletics program. The first lesson of the ‘SPHE’ plan would have looked generally at the importance of physical education, the second would have looked at maybe the importance of a healthy diet, sleep and exercise. Presenter . Even simple things like he was running in straight lines, it was easier to teach jumping and that sort of thing so that’s why I went with athletics in the end. Interviewer: Welcome Catherine and thank you for agreeing to make this video with us today. Learn about our innovative programs during a casual information session. You also had four social personal and health educational [SPHE] lessons that supported your athletics program. He would take off the noodle and wanted to be down on the pool deck and I worked as a swimming coach myself in the past and I’ve swam myself so it’s something I’m very used to and I’m really interested in, so it was no problem. Using an inclusive approach allows all students to experience success, tackle challenges, and improve self-efficacy. They had jointly supervised Catherine’s research as part of her Masters in Teaching at DCU. Interviewer – Question 4:  Catherine, Jean McNiff is one of the theorists who promotes action research and it’s a cyclical process. Could you tell us a little bit about that cyclical process for practitioner teachers? Be emphasizing respect, acceptance and cooperation as core values in class, you will create an environment that recognizes the value of differences and helps everyone focus on what they can do. Introduction to the TREE Framework. But we had looked at games and then I suppose I specifically chose athletics because I felt it was a little bit clearer than games because games was a wee bit more complex and with Ben with his autism there was a little of kind of maybe social skills that were required for games and I found games to be honest…, I. suppose I started it at the start of the year because it is something I find is taught a lot whereas for me I choose athletics because it was a little clearer. So, when it came to the stretching I found that this was very important to him and he loved the freedom of getting out of the chair and I found that even when I took him to a local park being on the swings and getting out of the chair he really enjoyed, so, I thought I would incorporate this. Most school districts require schools to meet the physical education needs of students with disabilities by 8: Including accommodations in physical education in 504 plans or IEPs (98%).