Adapted Games and Activities: From Tag to Team Building
Pattie Rousehas more than 20 years of experience teaching physical education to persons with disabilities. Building on her tremendous success using games to help all groups of learners develop team-building skills, she has also trained other teachers to use the same type of team-building programs. This book is an outgrowth of the positive results her methods have engendered.Rouse currently works for Georgia's Cherokee County school system, where she teaches adapted physical education at 11 schools. She is also co-coordinator and coach for the Cherokee County Special Olympics. She holds a BSED in health and physical education from Georgia Southern University and a master's of education in integrated studies from Cambridge College in Boston. She also has been trained in instructional strategies for children with emotional and behavioral disabilities, adventure-based counseling, and developmental therapy for children with autism. In 1995 Rouse received the Teacher of the Year award from Sixes Elementary School. Rouse lives in Marietta, Georgia, with her five dogs and cat. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking, biking, reading, and volunteering with dog rescue groups.