KINE 101 Week 2 Lecture Notes: Chapter 3 Adapted Physical Activity

Physical activity

Any form of movement that causes your body to use energy

Baseline activity

Light-intensity activities of daily life

Health enhancing physical activity

Activity that, when added to baseline activity, produces health benefits

Adapted Physical Activity

Physical activity modified for people with special needs to promote their health and active lifestyles

Claudine Sherrill

Definitions of APA: "Umbrella term for services that promote an active, healthy lifestyle by remediating psychomotor problems that interfere with goal achievement and self-actualization"

Adapted Physical Education

PE that's been adapted and modified so its appropriate for children and youth with disabilities

Medical gymnastics, special education, life-span human development, social Science, sport/dance/aquatic/leisure studies

What are the five roots of cross-disciplinary nature of APA?

Medical gymnastics

Gymnastics applied to the treatment of disease

Special education

Programs that address the needs of students with mental, emotional, or physical disabilities.

Life-span human development

An approach to studying human development that examines ways in which individuals grow, change, and stay the same throughout their lives, from conception to death.

Social science

The study of the social features of humans and the ways in which they interact and change

Sport, dance, aquatic, and leisure studies

Developed into disability sport, dance therapy, adapted aquatics and aquatic therapy, and therapeutic recreation.

Adaptation

Modification, adjustment, accommodation, broader concept of individualization.

Ernst Kiphard

Who developed the Application of adaptation theory to APA

Motor adaptation

"Individual and environmental interaction as a means of maintaining homeostasis" and "adaptation as a reciprocal process"

Person first language

Placing the individual ahead of the disability. (ie person with autism vs autistic person)

Certified Adapted Physical Educator (CAPE)

The National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPERID) and the Adapted Physical Activity Council (APAC)

Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer (CIFT)

American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and the National Center on Health, Physical Activity, and Disability (NCHPAD)

Movement mechanics and science

What is the 1st standard of ATRIC?

Aquatic principles

What is the 2nd standard of ATRIC?

Basic principles and methods used in aquatic therapy and rehab

What is the 3rd standard of ATRIC?

Professional responsibility

What is the 4th standard of ATRIC?

Safety and risk awareness

What is the 5th standard of ATRIC?

Legal consideration

What is the 6th standard of ATRIC?