Physical Education for the Handicapped: Meeting the Need Through Inservice Education. Proceedings of a National Conference held at Oregon State University (Corvallis, Oregon, May 1979).

Overview & Synopsis

Twenty papers presented at the Oregon state conference on "Inservice Physical Education and Public Law 94-142" are included in the volume. The first section focuses on the inservice challenge and includes papers on subjects such as the accountability of inservice training for implementation of Public Law 94-142, the practical implications of research in physical education, and needs assessment methodologies for inservice. The second section presents inservice models such as a field based model of physical education for the handicapped, a model staff development program for physical educators, a field delivery system for inservice in a rural area, and a motor development inservice training project. The final section considers inservice for special groups. Among topics covered are a psychosocial approach to inservice physical education, administrative inservice considerations, and an inservice model for university facilities. (PHR)