Chapter 3 - Adapted Physical Activity (APA) Flashcards
define physical activity
intentional voluntary movement directed at an identifiable goal
define adapted physical activity (APA)
modifications of PA to accommodate a persons needs
what are the names of 2 people who contributed to the definition of APA
Claudine Sherrill
Greg Reid
define adapted physical education (APE)
PA education adapted for children with special needs/disabilities
what are the 5 cross-disciplinary roots of APA knowledge
- Medical Gymnastics
- helped establish APA foundations - Special Education
- helped establish APA foundations - Life-Span Human Development
- Social Science
- Sport, Dance, Aquatic and Leisure Studies
who developed Swedish Medical Gymnastics
Per Henrik Ling
who brought the swedish system to the US in the late 1800s
Nils Posses
who developed the teacher prep program for physical education
Amy Harris Homans
who wrote Exercise in Education and Medicine
R. Tait Mackenzie
who wrote Corrective Physical Education
Josephine Rathbone
who is the founding father of special education
Jean Marc Itard
what are three major topics in APA
Adaptation
Appropriate Language
Aging and Disability
what are 7 areas of research in APA
- Administrative and Epidemiological
- Biomechanical
- Motor Behavioural
- Neurocognitive
- Pedagogical
- Physiological
- Psychological
