Physical Education for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders - A Comprehensive Approach

Current estimates are that 1 out of 88 children will be diagnosed with some form of autism. Planning a curriculum that includes all students, including those with ASD, can be a challenging task but well worth the effort. This book identifies strategies that highlight students- skills, interests, and abilities though collaborative practices, environmental design, and assistive technologies.

Physical Education for Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Comprehensive Approach

- introduces the inclusion spectrum as a tool to help teachers analyze appropriate instruction for students, aligning abilities with curriculum and activity context;

- provides information on tools such as scripts, video modeling, social stories, and choice boards to assist teachers in developing programs;

- presents a variety of activities that teachers can choose from to help students with ASD develop social and motor skills; and

- assimilates best practice