Reflection On My Observation Experience At The Arkadelphia

Next,(section B) prior to my observation experience at the Arkadelphia human development center I would often ask myself why we had to do this observation work. I had read the book about patients with disability and I had thought that I had all the answers and I had thought I was ready to deal with any disability in a school setting. This observation has taught me that hands on experience with these disabilities was a game changer I know have seen disability up close and personal and I have seen what best to do to deal with the disability. The secret to me is how you treat the person with disability and how safe the environment is around them. We have talked a lot in class about making sure the environment is safe and appropriate for class …show more content…
In the next portion of the lesson I will focus around teaching a student with Cerebral Palsy in my 7th grade physical education class. The lesson that I will be teaching over is basketball and ways that I can teach the sport that will benefit all students in my class. In my make believe class I will say that I have a class of 10 and 2 students in the class are wheel chair bound due to Cerebral Palsy. The modifications to the lesson include playing wheel chair basketball putting every student in a wheel chair for the duration of the lesson. I will also modify the height of the goal bring it down to a height of eight feet which is different than the standard ten feet. My IEP goals will be students will be able to dribble the basketball the length of the court successfully without losing it or turning it over seven out of ten times. The next IEP goal will be students will be able to make seven out of ten layups on each side of the basket while preforming layup drills. As far as facility modifications I will make sure there is nothing in the floor that could cause any injury issue or get caught in a wheel chair. I will also make sure that there is at least one another paro professional on the opposite end of the court as me assisting at all times making sure that the environment is as safe as possible. Equipment modifications will depend on the students and how strong that they are. I feel that it will be best to play with a girls basketball to make sure that all students have a chance to shoot a basket and do not get discouraged and not want to participate. In terms of instruction I will began the class by teaching every student the fundamentals of how to work a wheel chair. We will begin the lesson by lining up on the baseline of the court and going forward and stopping with the wheel chair. Then I will line the class back up on the wheel chair and have them go backwards in the wheel