Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Learn how to use sport as the common element to build an effective physical education program that includes students with and without disabilities. Inclusion Through Sports is not merely a how-to for disability sport; it presents games and activities derived from six popular disability sports that will improve appropriate services to students with disabilities and broaden and enrich your curriculum for all students. If you are a teacher with minimal or no training in adapted physical education and you're being asked to teach students with disabilities, then this book is for you!

The disability sports featured in this book are promoted through organizations that conduct national or international competitions, so students learn skills that they'll have a greater opportunity to use throughout their lifetime. Specific inclusion suggestions address the psychomotor, cognitive, and affective domains, so students with disabilities can play decision-making roles that engage them as full participants.

Whether you want to present a disability sport in its entirety or integrate selected disability sport skills into your sport units, Inclusion Through Sports shows you how. After an introductory section, you'll find two disability sports for each of three categories:

-Invasion games

-Net games

-Court games and track events

For each sport you'll find an assortment of individual, small group, and teamwork games, complete with easy-to-follow adaptation guidelines. Each game is organized by skills taught, formation, equipment, description, and extension. The games also are grouped according to functional profiles for students with low, moderate, and high ability, so you can easily tailor your class activities to the capabilities of your students.

You'll also find these helpful features:

-A handy inclusion index that enables you to quickly find a sport and identify which disability sports use the same skills from your general physical education curriculum

-228 illustrations that clearly depict the games and techniques used, including wheelchair positioning, purchasing, and maintenance

-36 student functional profiles to help you modify activities for students with low, moderate, and high ability

-Several examples of how to apply the games to the assessment and IEP (individualized education plan) process

Inclusion Through Sports helps teachers expand students' awareness of disability sports and provide rich, individualized sport experiences for all students.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Inclusion Index (p. vii)
• Preface (p. ix)
• Acknowledgments (p. xiii)
• How to Use This Book (p. xv)
• Part I Fundamentals
• 1 Legal Background (p. 3)
• Direct Service (p. 4)
• Child Find (p. 4)
• LRE versus Inclusion (p. 5)
• LRE and Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) (p. 5)
• 2 Wheelchair Basics (p. 7)
• Wheelchair Mobility Skills (p. 7)
• Part II Invasion Games
• 3 Wheelchair Basketball (p. 17)
• Description of the Sport (p. 17)
• Skills to Be Taught (p. 21)
• Functional Profiles and General Modifications (p. 30)
• Game Progressions (p. 32)
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Low-Functioning Students (p. 32)
• Game Descriptions (p. 32)
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Moderate- to High-Functioning Students (p. 43)
• Game Descriptions (p. 44)
• 4 Indoor Wheelchair Soccer (p. 57)
• Description of the Sport (p. 57)
• Skills to Be Taught (p. 62)
• Functional Profiles and General Modifications (p. 69)
• Game Progressions (p. 70)
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Low-Functioning Students (p. 70)
• Game Descriptions (p. 71)
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Moderate- to High-Functioning Students (p. 81)
• Game Descriptions (p. 81)
• Part III Net Games
• 5 Sitting Volleyball (p. 93)
• Description of the Sport (p. 94)
• Skills to Be Taught (p. 97)
• Functional Profiles and General Modifications (p. 104)
• Game Progressions (p. 105)
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Low-Functioning Students (p. 105)
• Game Descriptions (p. 106)
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Moderate- to High-Functioning Students (p. 114)
• Game Descriptions (p. 115)
• 6 Wheelchair Tennis (p. 125)
• Description of the Sport (p. 126)
• Skills to Be Taught (p. 129)
• Functional Profiles and General Modifications (p. 134)
• Game Progressions (p. 136)
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Low-Functioning Students (p. 136)
• Game Descriptions (p. 136)
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Moderate- to High-Functioning Students (p. 143)
• Game Descriptions (p. 143)
• Part IV Court Games/Track Events
• 7 Goalball (p. 151)
• Description of the Sport (p. 151)
• Skills to Be Taught (p. 157)
• Functional Profiles and General Modifications (p. 160)
• Game Progressions (p. 161)
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Low-Functioning Students (p. 162)
• Game Descriptions (p. 162)
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index: Moderate- to High-Functioning Students (p. 168)
• Game Descriptions (p. 168)
• 8 The Slalom (p. 177)
• Description of the Sport (p. 177)
• Skills to Be Taught (p. 181)
• Functional Profiles and General Modifications (p. 186)
• Game Progressions (p. 186)
• Games-by-Skill-Level Index (p. 187)
• Game Descriptions (p. 187)
• Appendix A Legal Applications (p. 197)
• Appendix B Wheelchair Basics (p. 205)
• Appendix C Links to Other Sports and Adapted Activities (p. 213)
• Appendix D Equipment Concerns (p. 215)
• Suggested Readings (p. 217)
• Index (p. 219)
• About the Author (p. 221)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

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.