What's New In Adapted Physical Education

Listen in on the December NCPEID APE Collaborative with guest speaker Cynthia D. Vargas as she discusses the development of a defensible IEP. This podcast will cover topics such as organizing IEP team meetings, IEP meeting notes, after the IEP meetings, and some thoughts on FAPE. Cynthia D. Vargas is the managing partner for F3 Law Firm’s Inland Empire office. She is a legal expert that represents and advises school districts, county offices of education, and special education local plan areas statewide. Prior to law school, she worked as a special education teacher providing her a practical understanding of the interconnectedness of education legal matters. She earned her Juris-Doctor at the University of California, Los Angeles, and bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from the University of California, Irvine.

Listen in on the October NCPEID APE Collaborative featuring guest speakers Heidi Ambrosius and Steve Eggerichs as they discuss everything Pre-School and Post Secondary Transition. Heidi discusses everything pre-school including APE services during early childhood, different models of delivery, and the importance of assessments. Steve Eggerichs touches upon post secondary/transition in APE and different programs including Projects L.I.V.E, Bridge, and SEARCH.

Listen in on today’s co-facilitator Brad Weiner (@APETeacher) and guest speakers Jenn Vedder (@CoachVedder_HPE) and Danielle Musser (@Musser_APE) as they discuss the highly asked for topic of navigating APE deserts with little to no support or infrastructure. Specifically, we discuss what it’s like to come into a school as a new APE teacher and build up an APE program that lacks foundation, history, and resources. This podcast will touch upon many issues related to this subject and provide advice and strategies for APE educators. Brad Weiner helps to facilitate this important discussion given his extensive experience as an APE teacher. Brad has been on the podcast several times and is an educational specialists with Fairfax County in Virginia, as well as a former APE SHAPE teacher of the year with over 17 years experience as an APE teacher. We were also joined by two APE specialists who have successfully navigated APE deserts. Jenn Vedder is an APE and general education teacher from Virginia, currently workin

Listen in on our international guest speakers Dr. Martin Giese (@MartinGiese5) and Dr. Tobias Buchner (@TobiasBuchner) as they discuss topics within their research article, “The Subject of Special Olympics - Interrogating the Inclusive Potentials of a Sport Movement from an Ableism - Critical Perspective.” Martin Giese is a professor for sport science and sport pedagogy at the Heidelberg University of Education in Germany. He has over 10 years experience with teaching throughout different schools and 6 years with teaching visually impaired students. Tobias Buchner is the head of department of inclusive education at the University of Education Upper Austria, as well as vice chair of the monitoring body of the UN-CRPD. He has experience as a professor for inclusive education and as a soccer coach for students with intellectual disabilities. Within this podcast we discuss how Special Olympics discusses inclusion in their programming, the concepts of ableism and inclusion, and how Special Olympics may be inadvete

Hello What's New in APE Podcast listeners. For this episode, we are featuirng the September NCPEID Collaborative, with special guests David Geslak and Kelly Bonner. David Gelsak has been a guest on the What's New in APE podcast several times and is the founder of Exercise Connection, which provides training, tools, and software to enable exercise and physical activity for children with autism. Kelly Bonner is an inclusive fitness trainer through NCHPAD. She has 15+ years of experience working with individuals with disabilities throughout numerous programs in her work at Lakeshore Foundation. She is a Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine and has a passion for designing inclusive workout programs.

Tune into today’s podcast featuring Dr. Andrew Colombo-Dougovito of the University of North Texas, to discuss a variety of big picture issues within the fields of Physical Education and Adapted Physical Education including societal issues, systematic issues, and inclusivity. Additionally, we discuss the book he recently co-edited "Not Playing Around: Intersectional Identities, Media Representation, and the Power of Sport". Dr. Colombo-Dougovito is a renown scholar in APE and serves as the Director of the Physical Activity & Motor Skills Program and as the Head of the Disability & Movement Research Collective. He also serves on the Advocacy and Policy Committee for NCPEID, and is a member of the editorial board for PALAESTRA and Revista de Sobama: Journal of the Brazilian Association of Adapted Motor Activity.

Listen in on Dr. Kevin Richards and Dr. Scott McNamara as they discuss their shared research around the Physical Education and Adapted Physical Education fields. This podcast will address many findings in their research, specifically focusing on the article recently published entitled "Adapted Physical Educators' Experiences With School Administration and Marginalization". They discuss how school administrators' impact on APE and PE services and how PE and APE teachers can navigate these situations . Dr. Kevin Andrew Richards (@KARRichards14), from the University of Illinois – Champaign is highly experienced and dedicated in the field of Physical Education. He has done a lot of work around the occupational socialization theory and is a big contributor to the “Playing with Research in Health and Physical Education” podcast.

For this episode, we were able to recover a "lost episode" of the NCPEID collaborative from this Spring featuring guest speakers Dr. Justin Haeglele and Dr. Joonkoo Yun where they discuss why to get your PhD in APE and how to identify the PhD for you. Dr. Haegele (@Justin_Haegele) is an associate professor at Old Dominion University and a frequent guest on this podcast. Dr. Yun is a full professor and chair of the Kinesiology Department at East Carolina University. Both are accomplished researchers, as well as they have OSEP grant (Office of Special Education Programs) funding for PhDs. This training will occur through coursework, practicum, a consortium-wide enrichment program, community based service-learning programs, and research engagement.

For this episode we had a discussion with Dr. Ron Croce, a full professor at the University of New Hampshire, about his interesting career that intersected with adapted physical education, neurology, biomechanics, and motor learning. Dr. Croce is a distinguished scholar and professor, and has received several awards for his accomplishments. Dr. Croce’s research focuses on: (1) physical and motor functioning of individuals with cognitive and motor impairments, and (2) human neuromuscular functioning and cognition. He has 100+ peer-reviewed publications and is a co-author for the "Developmental and Adapted Physical Activity Assessment" textbook. More specifically, in this discussion we talked about how biomechanics and motor learning fit within adapted physical education, and their importance.

For this episode, I spoke with Dr. Justin Haegele about his most recent research around children with visual impairments and their experiences with inclusion in a physical education setting. Dr. Justin Haegele (@Justin_Haegele) is an associate professor at Old Dominion University, an accomplished researcher in the field of adapted physical activity, and a frequent guest on this podcast. For this episode, Dr. Haegele and I had an in-depth discussion about his recent paper entitled "Absent, Incapable, and “Normal”: Understanding the Inclusiveness of Visually Impaired Students’ Experiences in Integrated Physical Education" where he and his research team interviewed several children and youth with visual impairments about their experiences with feeling a sense of belonging and acceptance within their integrated physical education setting. Within this discussion, we also revisited some of our previous discussions about inclusion vs integration and the notion of how we as physical educators may at times do more har

Listen in on this very interesting podcast, where we have a different format where myself and our guest co-host Dr. Garth Tymeson (Emeritus Professor @ UW-La Crosse) had several generations of APE professionals on the podcast for a short time to discuss their experiences with the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) personnel development grant. More specifically, the purpose of this grant was to discuss the significant impacts of the longstanding OSEP personnel development grant programs on APE throughout the US, the current opportunities for higher education faculty and prospective students, and the need for more APE higher education faculty to submit OSEP grant proposals. Dr. Tymeson gathered a group for this podcast that represents 5 “generations” with OSEP ancestry and DNA, who have and will continue to impact the APE profession and countless students with disabilities' lives. These "generations" who had received OSEP funding were represented by: Dr. Ron French (Emeritus Professor @ Texas Woman's

Listen in on the May NCPEID APE Collaborative, featuring two well-experienced guest veterans in the field of APA, to discuss current issues in adapted aquatics as well as lessons and tips for adapting, innovating, and inventing in the APE field. Dr. Monica Lepore (@MonicaLepore), retired APE professor from West Chester University will be discussing current issues in adapted aquatics. Ann Griffin (@GWAEA_AdaptedPE), retired APE teacher and consultant from Grant Wood Area Education Agency in east central Iowa will be sharing her knowledge and expertise on the challenges and lessons she’s learned from her 40 years of experience in the field.

Listen in on the March NCPEID collaborative featuring a panel of experts in the Adapted Physical Activity (APA) field, as they discuss what’s going on in the field of physical education from services & programs, to inclusion and support, and how these compare from a North American context to a European context. This panel of experts include Hayley Morrison (@Ms_HMorrison), assistant professor at the University of Alberta in Canada, Aija Klavina (@aijapro), professor at Lithuanian Sport University in Lithuania, Kwok Ng (@kwokwng) from the University of Limerick in Ireland and University of Eastern Finland, and Michelle Grenier (@michellegrenie1), President of NCPEID and recently retired professor at the University of New Hampshire.

This podcast features Dr. Sean Healy from the School of Nursing, Psychotherapy, and Community Health at Dublin City University in Ireland. Dr. Healy has studied around the world, receiving his Master’s Degree in Adapted Physical Activity (APA) in Belgium, and PhD at the University of Virginia. Before recently returning back to Ireland, he also worked for 3 years in the APA program at the University of Delaware. Discussed in today’s episode is Dr. Healy’s article, The Gatekeepers to Fitness: A Correspondence Study to Examine Disabling Practices Among Fitness Center Personnel. This article examines the discrimination faced by disabled people in the fitness industry, along with physical and social barriers, and how these differ throughout different types of disabilities. Listen in for more information on the results of Healy’s study and theories as to why this problem occurs.

A continuation of the podcast discussion on APE hiring and mentoring processes with recurring guest speakers Dr. Barry Lavay (@BarryLavay), Professor Emeritus who recently retired and was a full professor of APE at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and the APE coordinator for 33 years and Dr. Melissa Bittner (@MBittner_APE), Assistant professor since 2017 and current APE Coordinator at CSULB. Building off of the hiring process discussion, this podcast discusses the importance for new faculty mentoring as well as explores strategies needed for a strong mentoring relationship between veteran professors and recently hired faculty. Most importantly, we believe replacing retired APE faculty positions and strong mentoring of junior faculty are two topics that are often not discussed but have strong ramifications to preserving the APE profession! While all “What’s New in APE” listeners will find this podcast of interest, higher education Ph. D. APE candidates and junior faculty will find this podcast e

In this podcast we talk to Dr. Barry Lavay (@BarryLavay), Professor Emeritus who recently retired and was a full professor of APE at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and the APE coordinator for 33 years and Dr. Melissa Bittner (@MBittner_APE), Assistant professor since 2017 and current APE Coordinator at CSULB, regarding the hiring and mentoring of new faculty. Both critical issues that are needed to help continue to maintain a strong APE higher education program. In this podcast we discuss the importance of replacing the positions of retired APE higher education faculty and the cruciality of these veteran APE professionals being involved in the search process for new hires, as well as remaining on the faculty for a few years in order to mentor the new faculty members.

Listen in on the February NCPEID collaborative featuring guest speakers Dr. Rebecca Lytle and Danielle Musser! Dr. Lytle, professor and APE program coordinator at California State University at Chico discusses the key factors to writing successful grant applications and specifically the OSEP grant (Office of Special Education Programs). She has had an OSEP personal preparation grant for over 15 years and is currently finishing up her third 5 year grant. Her presentation speaks upon everything from following format guidelines, adjusting your content to reach your audience, required training, benefits of a strong team, how to effectively portray plans & objectives, and many more topics. NCPEID’s second guest speaker, Danielle Musser, the 2020 SHAPE Colorado APE teacher of the year, discusses how to be successful with APE program funding. Musser earned her Master’s degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in APE from Texas Woman's University, she has earned CAPE certification and has been able to raise over $130

For this episode of What's New in APE, I led a discussion with Matt Ney, who is the founder of the new company called Kakana. Kakana is a online service that provides physical activity opportunities tailored to meet individuals with disabilities' unique needs. More specifically, Kakana offers a wide range of adapted classes (e.g., yoga, mediation, cardio), a team of instructors (many of whom have disabilities) that are trained in working with people with disabilities, and a large catalog of fitness videos. In addition, this is Matt's second business in the area of health and physical activity, as he initially created a company Fitbound that focused short bursts of exercise, or brain breaks, for all children to do while in school. Within this podcast we discuss how and why he developed Kakana, the reasons he chose to be for profit vs. non-profit, and why this service is so unique.

Hello APE podcast listeners and welcome to another episode/post on the What's New in APE platform! For this episode, I was able to bring back Paralympian Jessica Heims to talk about here recent experiences with competing in the 2020 Paralympics and navigating COVID. Jessica is a recent graduate from the University of Northern Iowa, where she competed on the University's track and field team as a discus thrower and sprinter. You can follow Jessica on Twitter @Jessie_Heims.

For this episode of the What's New in APE Podcast, we are able to deliver a recording of the December NCPEID APE Collaborative where two highly regarded experts in the field of APA discussed different types of assessments, how to use them, and how they were developed. First Tonya Moore (@mooretonya2003), the Physical Education and Health Coordinator at Los Angeles County Office, explained how to use the CARE-R2 assessment. The CARE-R2 assessment is often used to assess the motor skills and development of children with moderate-severe disabilities to help determine appropriate placement options and IEP goals. when determining appropriate adapted physical education placement, triennial assessments and IEP goal development. The second guest speaker was Dr. Dale Ulrich (@TGMD3Ulrich), who is an accomplished researcher and professor emeritus at the University of Michigan and the developer of the TGMD. The most recent version of this assessment is the TGMD-III and is a psychometrically validated motor skills asse