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Now in its eighth edition, this leading text remains essential for physical education teacher education (PETE) and adapted physical education (APE) students preparing to teach individuals with disabilities. Adapted Physical Education and Sport offers comprehensive, accessible guidance for future teachers to support individuals with diverse physical education needs, abilities, and learning differences.
As the best-selling text in adapted physical education, this text continues to evolve with the field. The latest edition features extensive new and updated content designed to reflect current research, practices, and instructional approaches. Updates include the following:
- Discussions of the role that physical education can play in the community integration and social integration of individuals with unique needs
- Further development of content on adapted sport to reflect progress in the field
- Completely revised and updated content on instructional strategies for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities
- A new chapter devoted entirely to dance to showcase the importance of this activity area to the physical, motor, and social development of individuals with disabilities
- Key terms with definitions at the end of each chapter for easier studying
Joining the editor team for this eighth edition is Lauren Lieberman, a leader in the adapted physical education field. In addition, 17 new writers, including 3 with disabilities, have joined the returning renowned contributors; these new contributors bring their unique perspectives to this eighth edition.
The many learning aids in Adapted Physical Education and Sport offer students further guidance in implementing appropriate programs:
- Video clips that demonstrate 26 fitness tests from the Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual, reproducible forms, and new digital flash cards to help students review materials are delivered online through HKPropel
- Chapter-opening scenarios that introduce one or more of the chapter's concepts
- Application examples that explore real-life situations and show how to apply the text concepts to solve relevant issues
- Appendixes that offer definitions based on the IDEA legislation, a scale to evaluate adapted physical education programs, the Brockport Physical Fitness Test, and more
The book's contents are aligned with the IDEA legislation and will help current and future educators identify the unique needs of children with disabilities, adapt physical education to meet those needs, and develop effective individualized education programs (IEPs) for those students. Adapted Physical Education and Sport is the ideal book for those who want the foundational knowledge that leads to the development and implementation of top-quality physical education and sport programs for people with disabilities.
Note: A code for accessing HKPropel is included with all new print books.
Joseph P. Winnick, EdD, passed away in 2019. He was a distinguished service professor in the department of kinesiology, sport studies, and physical education at State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport. He received his bachelor's degree from Ithaca College and his master's and doctoral degrees from Temple University. For more than 50 years, Winnick taught undergraduate and graduate courses in adapted physical education at SUNY Brockport in addition to developing and coordinating programs for adapted physical education. He also directed nationwide research projects related to the physical fitness of people with disabilities and was involved in the publication of the Brockport Physical Fitness Test and support materials.
Winnick had been president and a board member of the National Consortium for Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPEID) and a consultant for the U.S. Department of Education since 1969. He also served as a reviewer for several professional journals, had more than 70 publications to his credit, and was a member of SHAPE America. His previous editions of Adapted Physical Education and Sport have been translated into five languages.
David L. Porretta, PhD, is an emeritus professor of Ohio State University and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in adapted physical education for over 35 years. He earned his bachelor's degree from Niagara University, his master's degree from Ithaca College, and his doctorate from Temple University. Porretta has numerous major scholarly publications and a continuous record of external funding. He has served as editor of, and on the editorial board of, Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly (APAQ). He is a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology, the International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity, and the Research Council of SHAPE America. Porretta is the recipient of the Julian U. Stein Lifetime Achievement Award from SHAPE America as well as the recipient of the Hollis Fait Scholarly Contribution Award, the G. Lawrence Rarick Research Award, and the Claudine Sherrill Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Consortium for Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPEID). He also served as NCPEID's president. Porretta has been a contributing author to all previous editions of Adapted Physical Education and Sport. He enjoys golf, traveling, and attending Ohio State sporting events.
Lauren J. Lieberman, PhD, is a distinguished service professor in the kinesiology department at State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport. She started her career teaching in the Deafblind program at the Perkins School for the Blind. She is co-director of the Institute on Movement Studies for Individuals with Visual Impairments (IMSVI) and the founder and director of Camp Abilities--an educational sports camp for children with visual impairments. Camp Abilities have been replicated in 20 states and 10 countries.
Lieberman has published over 275 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters as well as 27 books. She was awarded a Global Fulbright Scholarship to promote Camp Abilities worldwide in 2019. She won the Lifetime Achievement Award from both the National Consortium of Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPEID) and SHAPE America. She was also recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award from Division 19 of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind. She won the Physical Literacy Champion Award from the National Academy of Health and Physical Literacy in 2026.
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