Inclusion through Sports

Enable disabled students to take part and excel in PE

It explains how each disability sport is played and how these sports can be included in a daily teaching routine.

This unique book moves beyond other disability sport books.

Practical games, activities and modifications are included in order to enable students with disabilities to take part and excel in general PE classes and at sports including basketball, football and volleyball.

Part I: Fundamentals

Chapter 1. Legal Background

• Direct Service
• Child Find
• LRE Versus Inclusion
• LRE and Individualized Education Plans (IEPs)

Chapter 2. Wheelchair Basics

• Wheelchair Mobility Skills

Part II: Invasion Games

Chapter 3. Wheelchair Basketball

• Description of the Sport
• Skills to Be Taught
• Functional Profiles and General Modifications
• Game Progressions
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Low-Functioning Students
• Game Descriptions
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Moderate- to High-Functioning Students
• Game Descriptions

Chapter 4. Indoor Wheelchair Soccer

• Description of the Sport
• Skills to Be Taught
• Functional Profiles and General Modifications
• Game Progressions
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Low-Functioning Students
• Game Descriptions
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Moderate- to High-Functioning Students
• Game Descriptions

Part III: Net Games

Chapter 5. Sitting Volleyball

• Description of the Sport
• Skills to Be Taught
• Functional Profiles and General Modifications
• Game Progressions
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Low-Functioning Students
• Game Descriptions
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Moderate- to High-Functioning Students Game Descriptions

Chapter 6. Wheelchair Tennis

• Description of the Sport
• Skills to Be Taught
• Functional Profiles and General Modifications
• Game Progressions
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Low-Functioning Students
• Game Descriptions
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Moderate- to High-Functioning Students
• Game Descriptions

Part IV. Court Games/Track Events

Chapter 7. Goalball

• Description of the Sport
• Skills to Be Taught
• Functional Profiles and General Modifications
• Game Progressions
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Low-Functioning Students
• Game Descriptions
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Moderate- to High-Functioning Students
• Game Descriptions

Chapter 8. The Slalom

• Description of the Sport
• Skills to Be Taught
• Functional Profiles and General Modifications
• Game Progressions
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index
• Game Descriptions

• Appendix A. Legal Applications
• Appendix B. Wheelchair Basics
• Appendix C. Links to Other Sports and Adapted Activities
• Appendix D. Equipment Concerns
• Suggested Readings
• Index

Ronald W. Davis, PhD, is a professor of adapted physical education at Ball State University. He has two decades of experience teaching, researching, and serving as an advocate for people with disabilities in physical education. A former disability sports coach and referee, he was director of athlete classification in the 1996 Atlanta Paralympics. He was also a project director for three professional preparation training grants from the United States Department of Education. Dr. Davis has published extensively throughout the world and is considered an expert on teaching people with disabilities. He served as president of AAHPERD's Adapted Physical Activity Council and won AAHPERD's Adapted Physical Education Program of the Year award in 2001.