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Alison Nordberg (Alison)
New member
Username: Alison
Post Number: 1
Registered: 3-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, March 20, 2005 - 5:44 pm: |       |
Is it possible to fully include the physically and mentally disabled children in a physical education class without taking away experiences from the "normal" students? |
Helena Novakova
Unregistered guest
| | Posted on Sunday, September 11, 2005 - 11:05 am: | |
I started teaching in 1973. We had wonderful programs in California that included field games, track & field events, compulsory swimming, gymnastics (including trampoline), all court games, and dance - it was phenomenal! For over 21 years I taught in American schools overseas and now I am back in the USA, in Miami - what a difference of what I am permitted to offer to children in my Physical Education now and then!?
The inclusion of disabled children definitely takes away from the caliber of program that could be delivered otherwise; however it is not just the inclusion that is lowering the standards, it is also the "scratched" activities like tumbling and swimming that are fundamental to good physical development yet the equipment and/or facilities for those activities are absent from the school campuses. Physical wellbeing of an American child is seriously threatened in my eyes.
Helena Novakova
novakova9@earthlink.net |
Jennifer Mitchell (Jmm763)
Junior Member
Username: Jmm763
Post Number: 5
Registered: 3-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, March 30, 2006 - 9:17 am: | |
I think that if all possible, it is beneficial to include physically and mentally disabled students in class. However, it varies on the severity of their disability. If they are mildly disabled then I feel it is beneficial to include them. It teaches the students around them that there are different people in the world, and how to get along and get tasks accomplished with people different then yourself. It can also be a good motivator for a child with a disability to have "normal" kids cheering them on. If a child has a severe disability then I think it is detrimental to include them to the class. It will hold up class time, and certain activities will have to be taken out to accommodate for them. The rest of the class is likely to suffer. Therefore I think it depends on the degree of the disability on whether or not to include the student with a disability. |
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