2. DEFINITION
Adapted physical education
is a diverse program of
developmental activities,
exercises, games, rhythms
and sports designed
to meet the unique
physical education
needs of individuals
3. 1838 – Perkins school for visually handicapped in
Boston - compulsory recreation – gymnastics
exercise and swimming.
1900 – Medical oriented gymnastics and drill -
Preventive-developmental and corrective in nature
1930’s – Shift to sports centered physical education,
games, sports, rhythmic activities calisthenics
1950’s – Diversity in program
1952 – AAPHERD-a diversified program of
developmental activities, sports and rhythms suited
to the interests, capacities and limitation of students
with disabilities.
History of Adapted Physical
Education
4. CONT….
1962’s – more humanistic - Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
launched a project on Recreation and Fitness for the
mentally retarded individuals
1968 – Establishment of Special Olympics - National
Institute of Mental Health, U.S. Public Health
services – Physical activity for the well being of
those with emotional problems
1924 – First international silent games competitions
1976 – United States Association for Blind athletes
1950 - Wheel chair competitions
1960 – designed as Paralympics
1980 – Olympics for the disabled
7. Intellectual Disability
refers to significantly
sub average (IQ<70)
general intellectual
functioning existing
concurrently with deficits in
adaptive behavior and
manifested during the
developmental period.
10. ACTIVITIES
Individual rather than team activities
Activities involving music
Activities requiring little emphasis on
strategy, rules or memorizing
Gross motor movement rather than fine
motor
Special Olympics – the mission of special
Olympics is to provide year round sports
and competition in a variety of Olympic
type sport for all children and adults with
mental retardation
11. Learning disability
Specific learning disability means a
disorder in one or more of the basic
psychological process involved in
understanding or in using language, spoken or
written which may manifest itself in an
imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read,
write, spell or do mathematical calculation
Problem within
- the child
- the curriculum
- inability in teaching
12. Motor behavior
Above average in motor
performance – 12% normal
Deficit in tasks requiring balance,
perceptual motor development, hand
control and speed
Suggested practice :
Repeated routine
Slow movement exercise
Environment not distracting
Use visual and verbal clues
Adapt less competitive team games
More cooperative games
14. Physical education and Sports
Deficiency in physical and motor
proficiency
Below average perceptual motor ability
10 minutes jogging- reduce
disrupted behavior
Ball play – better response
Relaxation techniques – listening music,
yoga, meditation…
Simple rule games
fewer skill games
non body contact games
15. Visual impairment
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS :
o postural deviation
o unusual head position
o low physical fitness
o lack of opportunity
METHODS AND ACTIVITIES :
Auditory cues – buzzer, tin, bell
e.g.. Throwing a ball direction
placement accuracy
Activities not heavily dependent on
visual input
Folk dance-rope jumping-tug of war-
bowling – jogging with partner
17. Kinesthetic cues
A scale model with movable joints
Conveying relative body position
Using different surfaces –playing area- mat
–rope
Enhance visual cues()
• bright, contrast &
multi colored ball.
Auditory cues:
Sound balls, anklets, bells
Modified rules:
wire lane markers in lane
allowing touching crossbar
no jump in balance beam
music direction
tapping during turn in swimming
18. Hearing impairment
TYPES:
Deaf- total loss
Hard of hearing- less severity & able
to hear with hearing aid
BY NATURE:
Gradual hearing impairment
Sudden hearing impairment
20. Orthopedic impairment
Cerebral palsy-damage to the motor
control area of the brain
Amputations – loss of an entire limb
or segment
Muscular dystrophy – difficult in
walking
24. Classification
Diplegeic – any two limbs
Hemiplegic-two on same side
Paraplegic-lower limbs
Quadriplegic-all 4 limbs affected
25. Development aspects of Adapted
Physical Education
Physical Fitness :”The ability to carry
out daily tasks with vigor and
alertness, without undue fatique and
with ample energy to enjoy leisure
time pursuits and to meet unusual
situations and unforeseen
emergencies”
Components : Strength,
speed,endurance, flexibility, body
composition,agility
26. Physical activities
Weightloss : swimming,walking.bicycling
jogging whole body activity
Active - Assistive –mat activities –
isokinetic – cumulative running
Motor development sequence:
simple to complex
isolated to coordinated
head to foot
gross movement to precise movement
27. Body mechanics and Posture
Strengthen the muscles used to pull
Stretch and lengthen the muscles
Exercise twice a day
Exercises:
• upper back-
Swimming stroke
various arm lifts
hanging
bending exercise
• lower back –
Sit-up - pelvic tilt
Bicycling – leg lifts
knee tuck
28. Elementary games and Activities
Modifying games of low organisation :
tag games-cooperative games –
musical hoop- nonelimination games
Remedial exercises : relaxation – the
imagery – yoga – deep breathing
Flexibility exercises:
head rotation-arm circles- trunk
rotation – leg lifts – elephant walk –
walking on heels and toes – toe
circles
29. Muscular Strength and endurance
exercises
Medicine ball throw
Modified push up
Crab walk
Tug of war
Heel raise
Bent knee sit ups
34. Abilympics
Vocational skill competitions
Not sports
Sir Harry Fang
1972 japan association of
employment for the disabled
First abilympics held at tokyo
Aim – improve vocational abilities and
reach highest potential
Showcasing abilities and not
disabilities
35. India blind sports association
April 1986 – initiation of blind relief
association of Delhi
Non profit body
Recognized by Indian Olympic
association
Affiliated to the International blind
sports federation
Affiliated to Paralympic committee of
India
36. All India Chess federation for
the BLIND - AICFB
Founded in 1997
Affiliated to international Braille chess
association
Head quarters Mumbai
World chess championships –12 times
Asian chess champ- org – Dec2003
37. Paralympic association - IPC
Multi sport event – range of
disabilities
OH, VI, MR
Impaired passive range of movement
Impaired muscle power
Limb deficiency
Leg length difference
Short stature
Hypertonia, Ataxia, athetosis
Vision impairment and ID
38. VI – partial vision, legally blind,
totally blind
Winter and summer Paralympic
Immediately after Olympic games
British world war 2 veterans – 1948
Largest international sports
Classification
39. Creative arts for the visually
impaired
Elisabeth Saizhauer axel founder and
executive director- Art education for
the blind (AEB)in 1987
Mission is to make art, history and
visual culture.
Museum visit