Today's Class

SMILE: We started out with a video on the SMILE program. I had not heard of it and was truly moved by it. I was blown away by the number of Acadia students involved (over 400) It's only at Acadia that it is not attached to a course. Students can stay with the program througout their stay on Acadia. Sensory Motive Instructional Leadership Experience.

This is growing across Canada and internationally.

GROUP & CLASS DISCUSSION

We had a lively discussion on the good, the bad and the ugly on physical ed/activity taking place today in the class. I worked with Kate and Dave. It so good to have a variety of experiences and perspectives.

Here are our ideas for:

The Good: Learn to Move is a physical education class for students with various disabilities and is often tailored to their own needs/wants/stregnths . Kate and Dave had seen it in elementary school. While it is not an inclusion model and there are limits because the students are not interacting with their peers.

At a school Dave works at he has PEB’s-Friday, go to soccer dome together for last hour together-student led. It is the best part of the week.

For me, where I teach in High School, I see inclusion in in Dance/Yoga. Seems to be easier to include.

PAL: physically active living : academic course

After school clubs.

Resource mentorship programs-how to get information/knowledge to other teachers.

Board in N.B fought and got PE every day.

Wake up shake up-first thing in the morning every day they start off with a song and dance/ go noodle

The Bad. obestity and anxiety.

The first thing they take away from them is extracurricular activities.

Good: training, sharing of information, open mindset in schools to try to include everybody .

The Ugly: lack of physical fitness for kids. Costs of organized sports

Webinar: Inclusion 101 effective practice for students with disabilties.

This seminar showed how GPE is assessed in the US for students with disabilties.

1. Law: prior to the 60s many individuals were institutionalized, especially if they had developmental disabilities. Students with disaabilities were not educated in main stream schools. In conjunction with Civil Rights Movement. In the US EHA in 1975 Educatin for all Handicapped Dhildren Act. Movement from segration to inclusion. The focus of the laws was access to the general education curriculum for students with disabilties and that services and supports that must be in place for that to happen. Identified disabilities include cognitive, hearing, speech, visual, emotional, orthopedic impairment, autism, tramautic brain injury, learning disaibblities and multiple disabilities.

2. LRE: Least Restrictive Eudation is a legal term that describes the place where instrucigton must be provided. Examples include the general educaigotn setting, resource rooms, separate classes, separate schools or homebound/hospital settings

3. IEP: Is PE included in IEP

4. Inclusin what is needed to determine the best educaitonal situation? I find this very interesting. LRE is not a dumping ground. Benefits of inclusion: more stimulaing and motivating, friendships.

Limitations of inclusion: less attendtion from teacher, less time on task, teachers not adquatly prepared. Lack of interest an dmotivationb y teachers. Some students may get frustraed and it can be expensive.

4. Differentiation Separate Activity Parallel Activity Modified Activity Full Participation

Curriculum: Same Curriculum Multilevel Curriculum Modified Curriculum Different Curriculum

5. Assessments: Standardized or Criterion Referenced Standards or Alternative Approaches (Linking assessment to instruction)