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Hi.
This is the video for module 8.
The focus is content knowledge in P.E.
We will actually keep this short, because P.E. is not something I have a lot of experience
with, to be honest.
If you have the sensory disabilities book, it is a wonderful resource.
It really has a lot of information about the variety of student needs as they relate to
P.E. and the different roles that you can take on.
Most of us are probably going to rely on the P.E. teacher for the content knowledge as
far as the standards and expectations.
When you are sharing information about your student with general ed. teachers, especially
at the beginning of the year and things like that, make sure that you don’t forget about
the P.E. teacher, O.T., and P.T., and anyone like that who will be working with the student.
It’s really important that they are aware of the student’s concerns, physically, and
cognitively, and any other issues that they may need to know and take into consideration
when they work with the student.
We really want to make sure that our students are safe.
With that said, there has been a lot of discussion in recent years about the safety of plastic
equipment being used with cochlear implants – some conflicting options recently.
And I am not an audiologist!
I don’t claim to have a say in that situation, but I do try to make sure everyone is aware
of the concerns, as far as P.E. teachers, elementary teachers who make take students
to the playground, and preschool teachers who put students down for nap on those nap
mats.
I just tell them that there’s a concern, I don’t know a lot about it, but it has
been stated before.
And usually what I try to do is get the official recommendation of the audiologist or the parents
in writing.
I know many of you are in regional programs, you have a lot of administrative support,
and they can take care of things like that.
If you are out on your own in a public school and you find yourself with a lot of responsibility,
some of that which may be beyond your area of expertise, go ahead and try to get something
in writing from the professional.
It never hurts!
Really quick, I just want to encourage you to encourage your students to live a healthy
lifestyle.
We are all role models for our students, but especially when we have students who have
limited communication partners, they really rely on us for a lot of information.
They really look up to us, so make sure you’re making good healthy decisions.
And please try to keep the candy rewards to a minimum.
I know I’m guilty of it myself, but I really want my students to live a healthy life.
There’s not much access to health education for them and so we could be their first or
really big influence on their lifestyle health choices, so please just kind of keep that
in mind.
Thank you!