I had only heard positive comments about Adapted Physical Education from my peers when I had enrolled in the course last spring. They told me what wonderful experiences they had teaching a student with a disability and assured that I would have a great time. Little did I realize, I would encounter challenges as well. On the first day of the lab, I arrived ready to assess my 4 year old student Colson in his skills based on the Ohio State University SIGMA skill chart. I did not, nor did I ever learn what his disability was. From what I observed, I believe that he had an intellectual or learning disability. During the first two labs he appeared to enjoy the lab, or so I thought. Having little experience working with children, I mistook his good
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Everything started off great, he met the goals I had set for throwing and catching. However, before we could begin striking with a baseball bat, his eyes began to fill with tears. He started sobbing and told me that he didn’t want to do any other planned activities for the day because they were all boring. After some cajoling, he willingly finished the rest of the skills we had to complete in the gym. Nevertheless, my efforts and his teachers’ efforts to persuade him to complete the pool activities for the day were fruitless because he refused to do any of them. Despite crying and asking to see his mom, I managed to keep him in the pool for the entire …show more content…
In physical therapy, I will certainly encounter patients who have intellectual or learning disabilities that I may or may not know about. The sticker chart that I developed for my student would be similar to recording the progress made by a patient in physical therapy such as increased range of motion at a joint. The high fives that I gave Colson would correspond to praising a patient for completing the stretches and exercises I assign for them to do on their own time. Finally, there are times in physical therapy where I will need to ensure that the patient stays on task so I will have to be firm, but kind as I was with Colson when I told him which activities I would have him
Everything started off great, he met the goals I had set for throwing and catching. However, before we could begin striking with a baseball bat, his eyes began to fill with tears. He started sobbing and told me that he didn’t want to do any other planned activities for the day because they were all boring. After some cajoling, he willingly finished the rest of the skills we had to complete in the gym. Nevertheless, my efforts and his teachers’ efforts to persuade him to complete the pool activities for the day were fruitless because he refused to do any of them. Despite crying and asking to see his mom, I managed to keep him in the pool for the entire …show more content…
In physical therapy, I will certainly encounter patients who have intellectual or learning disabilities that I may or may not know about. The sticker chart that I developed for my student would be similar to recording the progress made by a patient in physical therapy such as increased range of motion at a joint. The high fives that I gave Colson would correspond to praising a patient for completing the stretches and exercises I assign for them to do on their own time. Finally, there are times in physical therapy where I will need to ensure that the patient stays on task so I will have to be firm, but kind as I was with Colson when I told him which activities I would have him