With a few modifications, virtually everyone can enjoy this sport. Final Thoughts Remember, keep the activities and the equipment age appropriate. Even secondary students with elementary level intellectual functioning deserve the dignity of age-appropriate adaptations. Finally, keep activities geared for fun and success. Fun is an important goal to achieve every day.
Students have a lot more fun if they are successful with their efforts.
Successful programs are motivating because they are fun. Also, when teachers appear to be having a great time, students usually have the best of times. She is a NSCA certified trainer, a licensed athletic trainer in the State of Florida, and an NACA certified strength and conditioning specialist. Ann Goodman is an adapted physical education teacher with the Sidney Lanier Center which serves state-referred students with mental and multiple disabilities in Gainesville, Florida. Claudia Siders is a special education teacher in the nine-county referral unit for physically impaired students at the Howard Bishop Middle School in Gainesville, Florida.