| Day/Time | Monday 6:30 – 9:30 PM |
| Location: | VN 235 |
| Office Phone Number: | 616-526-6030 |
| Office Location: | SP 229 |
| E-mail & Web addresses: | yL33@calvin.edu; http://www.calvin.edu/~yl33/ |
| Office Hours: | Mon: 1:30 - 3:00 PM; Wed. & Fri.: 2 - 4 PM; |
| Additional times may be available if needed. |
I. COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Introductory course in the field of Adapted Physical Education and Recreation that provides an understanding of the nature, behavioral characteristics, physical and motor limitations of various disabilities and basic skills necessary to prepare meaningful individualized movement experiences for individuals with disabilities functioning in an integrated, segregated community or home environment.
II. COURSE TEXTS:
III. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
1. Three Examinations
2. Course Portfolio (Due: May 11)
This assignment is self-initiative in nature. Each student as a learner explores various information that may be useful as a student now as well as a teacher or therapist later. The portfolio can be a creative process. While students can include all the necessary information I described below, they can creatively add additional information associated with PE/REC 215 and further evidence of learning throughout the semester.
Self-Initiated Activities (Beyond these activities, you may add other items to demonstrate your self-initiative learning):
3. Access Paper (Due: April 27)
* Using the Accessibility Checklist, you are to complete an assessment of two environments: home and recreation. Your home environment can be your campus or permanent address. A recreation environment can be any that you regularly use outside of our home.
* You are to assess each environment for its physical and program accessibility. Begin each assessment with a brief paragraph describing the environment, followed by an assessment of the environments physical accessibility, and then an assessment of the environments program accessibility.
* The Access Paper will have 2 pages (single space; more than 2 pages acceptable). You should submit the "Accessibility Checklist" along with your project. In order to evaluate your paper, I need to examine your survey results using the Checklist.
Page One: Home/Residential Environment;
Page Two: Sport or Recreation Environment.
* Each assessment should be typed, single-spaced.
Paragraph 1: Brief description of the environment.
* You should address the following:
Paragraph 2: Physical accessibility of the environment.
* Use the Accessibility Checklist as the standard for determining the degree to which each environment is physically accessible.
* You should address the following:
Paragraph 3: Program accessibility of the environment.
* Although there is not a single, concise document for program accessibility, you are to address the degree to which persons with disabilities could readily participate in the activities that occur in each environment.
* You should address the following:
- What programs, services, and formal as well as informal activities are offered (be sure to include information services available to the public).
- If applicable, are there any policies, procedures, or rules that would inhibit or prevent full participation by people with disabilities? If so, how might they be modified to more fully include people with disabilities.
- Are all materials, equipment, and aids accessible to and usable by people with disabilities? If not, what changes would make them accessible?
- What types of adaptive equipment/supplies are available? How does one obtain these?
4. Service Learning Experience - Ready for Life Academy
A. Introduction
Each student will be assigned a CLC student or alternative client for the semester. You will be expected to meet with this student on a weekly basis similar to a Big Brother/Big Sister program.
B. Expectations
C. Student Goals/Outcomes
By the end of the semester, each student will be able to:
IV. GRADING SYSTEM:
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90 pts |
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40 pts |
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40 pts. |
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20 pts. |
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10 pts |
| Total Points | 200 pts |
- A range
90% or above
- B range
80 to 89%
- C range
70 to 79%
- D range
60 to 69%
- Not passing
59% or below
V. Course Policies:
This course is based on the assumption that effective learning takes place through hearing, seeing, and doing. With that in mind, the course has been designed to provide multiple exposures to the course content through class presentations (hearing & seeing), readings (seeing), and course assignments that apply the information learned (doing). Learning can and should be interesting, but that requires commitment from you as well as from the instructors. The following course policies are therefore intended to help you have enjoyable and meaningful learning experiences.
1. Students who need course adaptations or accommodations, have emergency medical information of which the instructors should be aware, or need specific arrangements in the event the building must be evacuated should contact the course instructors as soon as possible.
2. Students are allowed 1 excused absence without penalty. Beyond this, any additional absence will result in a deduction of 10 points. Any unusual medical absences will be accepted without penalty and students should provide doctor’s note. Two (2) times tardiness will be considered as one absence and will result in a deduction of 10 points.
3. Late assignments will be penalized 10 points per day
4. Punctuality is essential, as we will often have guest speakers or audiovisual presentations that will demand us starting on time.
5. Cell phone must be turned off during class, and should not be used during the class.
6. Any student leaving class before adjournment without prior excuse will result in a deduction of 5 points.
7. Students who have schedule conflicts (e.g., athletes, conference participants, etc.) should notify the instructor in writing prior to missing class.
8. All assignments must be typed (unless otherwise specified) and have consecutively numbered pages. Each assignment is to be submitted with a cover page specifying the course abbreviation and number, title of assignment, and student's name. All pages, including cover page, should be stapled together in the upper left hand corner.
9. Each student is strongly urged to make a copy of his or her written assignment before submitting to the instructor. In case of loss of the paper, the student can protect him/herself.
10. Exams will be administrated at the beginning of scheduled class time. Students arriving late to class will not be given additional time to complete the exam.
11. Special Accommodations: Calvin will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented disabilities. Students should contact the Coordinator of Services for Students with Disabilities located in the
Student Academic Services, HH 455 who will coordinate all needed services. Students should notify their instructors within the first week of class to receive any needed reasonable accommodations.
