What's New In Adapted Physical Education

This podcast is very near to my heart as I have been blessed to have been apart of starting a Camp Abilities in Michigan. Camp Abilities is a sports camp specially designed for children with visual impairments. At Camp Abilities we grow leadership and sports skills in our campers and provide a unique experience for children with visual impairments. There are Camp Abilities all over the world, with most of them based within the United States. For this podcast we had Camp Abilities directors from all over the US. We were happy to have directors from Maryland, New York, St. Louis, and Alaska. We were also joined by the founder of Camp Abilities, Dr. Lauren Lieberman. This will be the first of a three part podcast focusing on what is Camp Abilities, how camp benefits children with visual impairments, and how camp gets the community involved in adapted sports and promote children with visual impairments to be more active in their own communities.

The second portion of the collaboration podcast discusses why we collaborate with one another and the use of social media in collaborating with other as well.

This podcast was dedicated to learning more about the collaboration process for APE teachers and the IEP process. This episode guest starred two North Dallas APE teachers, Geoben Johnson and Heather Katz. They discussed in-depth their programs and how they use collaboration to inform the IEP process as well as to strengthen their programs.

Hello podcast followers! I am excited to be bringing you the 13th official episode of the podcast. This podcast was a casual conversation about ADA with former guest Jeff Lee, from Adaptive Sports and Recreation Association in San Diego. In this podcast we have a casual conversation about some of the parts of the law, the history of how the law came to be, and Jeff's perspective of how the law affected his life, as a person who has a disability. The conversation we had was short and casual. I want to open this conversation up to our viewers and ask people to shed more light on the law of ADA and how it has affected your life and/or people in your lives.

This is the second episode that focuses on behavior management for adapted physical educators and physical educators. The host also discusses some updates from the latest SHAPE conference.

Hello APE Podcast Listeners! Sorry we haven't aired any episodes for a few weeks but that is all about to change now! This will be the first episode of a three part episode with a panelist of behavior management experts. Our panelist included Dr. Lavay, the author of the new textbook Positive Behavior Management in Physical Activity Settings; we also had on Celine Viajar, a ASD consultant for the Portland public schools; and last but not least we had our very first reoccurring guest, Brad Weiner, Brad is a former APE National Teacher of the year and works at a Maryland Public School as a APE teacher. In this episode we discuss the topics of how philosophy plays a role in behavior management, setting expectations for students and sensory integration needs. We hope you enjoy the episode!

I hope everyone enjoyed the last episode of the podcast with some of the non-profits from throughout the nation which focus on adapted physical activity. This was the second episode where we included the new portion of the show called, "What's New in the History of APE/APA"! This episode focused on the origins of Special Olympics. I hope you all enjoy!

his episode specifically focused on non-profits within the field of adapted physical activity for people with disabilities. We were able to gather a terrific panel of directors from various non-profits from across the nation. In this podcast we discuss topics relating to why someone would start a non-profit all the way to how to get people with disabilities more involved in physical activity. Additionally, we are very excited to have added a new portion to the show. It is called What's New in History in Adapted Physical Activity. The portion looks at interesting events and facts in history with people with disabilities. Not all of the features will pertain to APE/APA events. Such as the one I chose to spotlight today, where does sign language (ASL) come from. Let me know what you think of the new portion.

We did a best of all our 10 interviews. We also get to find out more about the creator of the podcast Scott McNamara.

I am proud to bringing you the 9th episode of Whats New in APE! It has been a tremendous journey so far and I am excited for it to continue. For the 10th episode we were honored to have on two adapted physical educators who are mother and daughter. The mother, Jean Young, is an adapted physical educator in Poway Unified School District in California. Jean's daughter, Amanda Young is an adapted physical educator at TCU in Texas. Amanda is also a colleague of mine at Texas Women's University and is working on her dissertation which focuses on communication with parents of children with Down Syndrome.

We discuss the new app everyone is talking about, Exercise Buddy and how it helps kids with Autism by creating a strong exercise program for them.

Interview with Dr. Hagaele from Old Dominion University on topics such as how to best work with para educators.

Para Pros and Road to the Field of APE by What's New In Adapted Physical Education

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Gold Medalist Tanner Gers discusses Beep Baseball and how he is trying to get it into the Paralympics and why he believes it is so important to do so

For the third episode of What's New in Adapted Physical Education, we were joined by the exceptional Brad Weiner, the 2013 AAPHRED Adapted Physical Educator of the Year. Brad has been an amazing asset to the field of APE for many years and has made many contributions to our field. Brad has created and published original assessments for children with special needs, founded Camp Abilities Maryland, is the Vice President for the National Consortium For Physical Education For Individuals With Disabilities(NCPEID), and has presented on the topic of adapted physical education at conferences all across the country. During our interview we discussed a variety of topics including how he became an APE teacher, what the NCPEID is and how it benefits APE teachers, inclusion for kids in a PE setting, and some of the biggest obstacles APE teachers come across.

I am proud to be giving you our second exciting episode! In our second episode, I interviewed Erica Hope, a 3rd year APE teacher in Michigan. Erica's day primarily consist of working with adapted aquatics and early childhood at a center-based school for students with a wide variety of disabilities. During the interview we discuss an array of topics. The topics ranged from adapted aquatics, early childhood, the IEP process, and issues with being a new APE teacher. In the podcast she goes into detail about the accommodations she uses on a regular basis in an aquatics and early childhood setting.

This very special first episode was conducted with Caryl Dazer and I. Caryl is a very passionate APE teacher in Livonia Public Schools in the state of Michigan. We discussed her views on the field of APE, strategies on how to communicate with parents and other staff and some common obstacles that an APE teacher may find in the field.