MF01 Plus Postage. PC Not Available from EDRS. Adapted Physical Education; Elementary Secondary

Intended for teachers of students with severe multiple impairments, the booklet examines the role of physical activities in the education of this population and suggests approaches to exhancing their motor development. Suggestions are offered for stimulating movement in preschool, elementary, and secondary immobile children, including tactile stimulation, passive range of motion exercises, moving the child through or over obstacles, and parachute play.sAmong motivational techniques considered are modeling the activities, providing visually stimulating equipment or tasks, emphasizing repetitions,, and using age-appropriate activities/equipment. Specific suggestions are outlined for preschoolers (such as using a multisensory approach), elementary students (including providing imitative activities), and secondary students (such as working.with balloons and rubber bands). Individualized education program 'pais in the physical domain are discussed, and ways to teach specific motor skills to preschool, elementary, and secondary students are reviewed. The importance of selecting individually appropriate activities in developing the student's'functioning is emphasized. (CL) * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be-made