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  • Inclusion of youth with disabilities in afterschool programs

    Creator:
    Taylor, Jennifer Julie
    Abstract:
    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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    Dissertation
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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
    Abstract:
    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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    Dissertation
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    adolescents with and without disabilities in inclusive physical education classes at middle schools. The

  • Level of physical activity and duration of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity among youth with visual impairment

    Creator:
    Kindinger, Kerstin
    Abstract:
    Physical activity is increasingly recognized as a maj or component contributing to the promotion of a healthy lifestyle. Evidence exists that a physically active behavior is carried over from childhood to adolescents and possibly to adulthood. Limited research about the physical activity behavior of students with visual impairment is available,...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    ACTIVITY IN YOUTH WITH VISUAL IMPAIRMENT DURING PHYISCAL EDUCATION, RECESS, AND GENERAL CLASSROOM TIME... 8

  • 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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    Dissertation
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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.
    Abstract:
    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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    Dissertation
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    six-minute walk test in overweight and obese adolescents with intellectual disability. Disability and

  • Sources of variability in daily physical activity for secondary students with and without developmental disabilities

    Creator:
    Kim, So-Yeun
    Abstract:
    Generalizability theory was used to examine sources of variability in daily physical activity levels of secondary students with and without developmental disabilities (DD), and to determine minimum number of days required for monitoring their typical physical activity levels. Sixteen participants with DD (M = 16.7 years, SD = 2.7 years),...
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    Dissertation
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    Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. Limitations 1. The participants were volunteers. 2

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

    Creator:
    Bonnett, Amy K.
    Abstract:
    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...
    Resource Type:
    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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    Masters Thesis
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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

  • Evaluation of a measurement system for evidence-based physical education

    Creator:
    Jin, Jooyeon
    Abstract:
    The methods to educate students with disabilities in physical education contexts vary greatly due to their unique characteristics and special needs, requiring different teaching methods on an individual basis. In order to improve educational outcomes for students with disabilities in physical education settings, teachers should employ evidence-based practice (EBP). However,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Individuals with Disability Education Act (IDEA) and the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), are currently

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

    Creator:
    Iwertz, Chad E.
    Abstract:
    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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    Masters Thesis
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    bodies can and cannot act within a community. Nonetheless, once stigmatized with the mark of disability