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  • Inclusion of youth with disabilities in afterschool programs

    Creator:
    Taylor, Jennifer Julie
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    Afterschool staff have been identified as a critical piece in the positive outcomes youth receive through participation in afterschool programs (Apsler, 2009; Daud & Carruthers, 2008; Riggs & Greenberg, 2004). These programs may benefit youth with disabilities but little is known about what influences staff to include youth with disabilities...
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    and Greenberg, (2004) suggested that youth with disability can benefit from quality afterschool

  • Understanding physical activity behavior in inclusive physical education

    Creator:
    Jin, Jooyeon
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    Physical education is important to promote physical activity of adolescents with and without disabilities, but many adolescents are not active during physical education classes. Innovative instructional strategies are imperative to change this phenomenon, but it will be challenging to develop effective instructional strategies without thorough understanding of students' physical activity...
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    adolescents with and without disabilities in inclusive physical education classes at middle schools. The

  • Factors influencing physical educators' inclusion behaviors towards students with autism spectrum disorder

    Creator:
    Morgan, Jennifer A.
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    The inclusion of students with disabilities in general physical education (GPE) classes has become a concept and practice that is expected if not always understood. A review of inclusion in physical education literature suggested that GPE teachers possess less than favorable feelings towards the inclusion of students with disabilities in...
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    Heidi M. Wegis The inclusion of students with disabilities in general physical education (GPE

  • Relations between Physical Fitness and School-Day Physical Activity Behavior in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Creator:
    Tyler, Kiley J.
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    Background. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is characterized by impairments in social-communicative deficits and restricted and repetitive behaviors, interests, or activities (APA, 2013). While current estimates suggest 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with ASD, more alarming statistics indicate 1 in 50 school-aged children live with the disorder (Blumberg, Bramlett, Kogan,...
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    six-minute walk test in overweight and obese adolescents with intellectual disability. Disability and

  • Attitudes Toward Disability in Self and Other : Assessment and Educational Intervention

    Creator:
    Bonnett, Amy K.
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    Negative attitudes towards people with disabilities persist in our society, limiting the inclusion of people with disabilities in a multitude of social roles. Despite existing research on the nature of these attitudes and interventions to improve them, people with disabilities continue to cite social barriers as some of their greatest...
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    Masters Thesis
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    effects of education and the social model of disability on attitudes toward people with disabilities

  • Motor Skill Proficiency, Performance and Participation in Children with Physical Disabilities

    Creator:
    Ross, Samantha M.
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    Background: Mastery of fundamental motor skills (FMS) in childhood is proposed to facilitate participation in physical activity (PA) opportunities, through context-specific application of FMS (Clarke & Metclafe, 2002; Stodden et al., 2008). Children with disabilities impacting motor skill development thus are at greater risk for low PA participation. Evidence indicates...
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    disability is more likely to report having gone on a walk or played with a pet in the last week, than

  • Classified bodies : disability, identity, and the technological classroom

    Creator:
    Iwertz, Chad E.
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    This thesis pursues a flexible understanding and definition of dis/ability as a broadly and liberally applied mark of stigma. It asks questions that develop a deeper understanding of how disability influences mētis, a knowledge or cunning use of the body. Through this framework of mētis, this thesis explores technologies as...
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    bodies can and cannot act within a community. Nonetheless, once stigmatized with the mark of disability

  • Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Outcomes for Young Adults

    Creator:
    Roberts, Sean D.
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    Those experiencing significant psychosocial problems in adolescence and young adulthood are at higher risk for psychological disorder (Pottick, Bilder, Vander Stoep, Warner, & Alvarez, 2008). Compared to peers, these individuals struggle to complete school, fit with social roles, and acquire occupational skills necessary for adulthood (Pottick et al., 2008). Providing...
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    , Warner, & Alvarez, 2008). Compared to peers, these individuals struggle to complete school, fit with

  • Predictors and Outcomes of Physical Activity for Young Adults with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Creator:
    Hamm, Jessica L.
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    The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion released the Healthy People 2020 plan in 2010 (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion [ODPHP], 2010). The mission of Healthy People 2020 is focused on improving the health of all Americans. One common tool utilized to improve the health of Americans...
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    that youth with ASD engage in low levels of physical activity (Bandini et al., 2013; Borremans et al

  • Predicting School Readiness Using Motor Skill Proficiency of At-Risk Preschoolers

    Creator:
    Tepfer, Amanda Taek Soon
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    Background: Early childhood is filled with incredible growth in all areas of development and offers a critical period for optimal learning (Lerner, 2002). During this critical period both motor skills (Bouffard, Watkinson, Thompson, Causgrove Dunn, & Romanow, 1996; Clark & Metcalfe, 2002; Lubans, Morgan, Cliff, Barnett, & Okely, 2010; Stodden...
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    children with at least one biological (e.g. disability) or environmental (e.g. low-income) risk factor