This custom ebook includes chapters from Adapted Physical Education and Sport, Seventh Edition, and The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Third Edition. It has been specifically designed for students taking the course Foundations of Health, Physical Education and Adaptive PE (PreProf 166) at University of Wisconsin–Whitewater.
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Custom ebook for students taking the course Foundations of Health, Physical Education and Adaptive PE (PreProf 166) at University of Wisconsin–Whitewater.
Introduction to Adapted Physical Education and Sport
Joseph P. Winnick and David L. Porretta
From Adapted Physical Activity and Sport, Seventh Edition
Program Organization and Management
Joseph P. Winnick and David L. Porretta
From Adapted Physical Activity and Sport, Seventh Edition
Adapted Sport
Ronald W. Davis
From Adapted Physical Activity and Sport, Seventh Edition
Measurement, Assessment, and Program Evaluation
Brock McMullen and Manny Felix
From Adapted Physical Activity and Sport, Seventh Edition
Individualized Education Programs
Brock McMullen and Manny Felix
From Adapted Physical Activity and Sport, Seventh Edition
The Role of Health Education
From The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Third Edition
Understanding a Skills-Based Approach
From The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Third Edition
Six Steps for Curriculum Development
From The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Third Edition
Designing Meaningful Assessments
From The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Third Edition
Creating a Positive Learning Environment
From The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Third Edition
Meeting the Unique Needs of Teaching Elementary Health Education
From The Essentials of Teaching Health Education, Third Edition
Joseph P. Winnick, EdD, passed away in 2019. He was a distinguished service professor in the department of kinesiology, sport studies, and physical education at State University of New York at Brockport. He received his bachelor’s degree from Ithaca College and his master’s and doctoral degrees from Temple University. For more than 50 years, Winnick taught undergraduate and graduate courses in adapted physical education at Brockport in addition to developing and coordinating programs for adapted physical education. He also directed nationwide research projects related to the physical fitness of people with disabilities and was involved in the publication of the Brockport Physical Fitness Test and support materials.
Winnick had been president and a board member of the National Consortium for Physical Education for Individuals With Disabilities and a consultant for the U.S. Department of Education since 1969. He also served as a reviewer for several professional journals, had more than 70 publications to his credit, and was a member of SHAPE America. His previous editions of Adapted Physical Education and Sport have been translated into five languages.
David L. Porretta, PhD, is an emeritus professor at Ohio State University and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in adapted physical education for over 35 years. He earned his BS from Niagara University, his MS from Ithaca College, and his PhD from Temple University. Porretta has numerous major scholarly publications and a continuous record of external funding. He has served as editor of, and on the editorial board of, Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly (APAQ). He is a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology, the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity, and the Research Council of SHAPE America. Porretta is the recipient of the Julian U. Stein Lifetime Achievement Award from SHAPE America as well as the recipient of the Hollis Fait Scholarly Contribution Award and G. Lawrence Rarick Research Award, both from the National Consortium for Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPEID). He also served as NCPEID’s president. Porretta has been a contributing author to all editions of Adapted Physical Education and Sport. He enjoys golf, traveling, and attending Ohio State sporting events.
Sarah Benes, EdD, MPH, CHES, is an assistant professor and the coordinator of the school health education program at Southern Connecticut State University. She earned a BS in athletic training at University of Connecticut, an EdM in human movement from Boston University in 2006, and an EdD in curriculum and teaching from Boston University in 2010. In 2021, she also completed a master’s degree in public health. She worked as a graduate assistant athletic trainer and an assistant athletic trainer at Boston University before transitioning to teaching full time and running the physical and health education programs for six years. Benes then held a position as an associate clinical professor in the School of Health Sciences at Merrimack College.
Benes’ research and scholarship interests include skills-based health education, equity and justice in health education, physical activity in the classroom, and enhancing school-based physical and health education programming. She is a past president of SHAPE America, after serving on the board for three years and as chair of the Health Education Council. She has done curriculum development with many districts in Massachusetts, has conducted skills-based health education professional development in multiple states across the country and internationally, and has written more than a dozen health education presentations and publications. She currently lives in Natick, Massachusetts, with her husband and two daughters. She enjoys yoga and meditation, reading, hiking, and going on adventures with her family.
Holly Alperin, EdM, MCHES, is a clinical associate professor at the University of New Hampshire (UNH) with over 20 years’ experience in both public health and education. As a faculty member and program coordinator of the department of kinesiology’s health and physical education teacher preparation program, she focuses on preparing preservice educators to teach using a skills-based approach. Prior to UNH, she worked at the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in a variety of roles that supported schools in their efforts to strengthen policies and increase capacity around school health education and programs, school nutrition programs, and professional learning experiences for educators.
Through her work at the local, state, national, and international levels, Alperin provides guidance to schools as they create a culture of health and well-being for each student—both in the health education classroom and throughout the school. In addition to other volunteer roles, she is the past vice president of health education for New Hampshire Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance; served on the task force to revise the National Health Education Standards; and is the past chair of the Health Education Council for SHAPE America.
Alperin received her master’s in education in policy, planning, and administration from Boston University and her bachelor’s degree in health education and health promotion from Central Michigan University. She holds the Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES) credential. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband and two daughters. In her free time, you can likely find her in the mountains or at the beach enjoying the best New England has to offer.
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