Administrator Inservice Training for Program Implementation in Adapted and Developmental Physical Education.

Overview & Synopsis

A description is given of three workshops developed to assist school administrators in implementing programs in adapted and developmental physical education for mainstreamed students. The first workshop included information regarding services for the handicapped and approaches to program change in adapted physical education. The curriculum of an adapted physical education program was the subject of the second workshop. Workshop three included a management design developed as a feasible delivery system for adapted physical education. Participants in the workshops responded to an Administrator Opinion Survey both before and after the sessions. This questionnaire consisted of statements directed toward services and/or conditions that the administrators were aware existed in their school districts, or felt should be implemented in the future. Workshop evaluations by participants showed a mixed reaction. Posttests and the Administrator Opinion Survey failed to demonstrate whether conditions had improved, although positive actions and increased awareness were apparent. A copy of the Administrator Opinion Survey for Adapted and Developmental Physical Education is appended. (JD)