Palaestra articles from September 2006

Palaestra archives from September 2006

Nutrition, undernourished, overweight and obesity--concerns for all of us!(Editor's Corner)
September 22, 2006... During the past year and a half readers surely have become aware of the growing concern being overweight or obese holds for the general population, as well as the dramatic increase in obesity within the school-age population. Legislative Update...

Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act--regulations released.
September 22, 2006... IDEIA Regulations On August 14, 2006, the regulations providing guidance for the implementation of the most recent reauthorization of PL 108-446, The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA) were published in the...

Baltimore 2007 AAHPERD: Adapted Physical Activity council sessions promise to be informative and fun.(APAC Action)
September 22, 2006... Look for the following sessions to be presented in Baltimore, Maryland, March 13-17: Creative Dance and Movement Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Students with cognitive and intellectual disabilities are entitled to...

Long and Popovich lead strong U.S. team as it prepares for World Championships.(U.S. Paralympics Forum)
September 22, 2006... The U.S. Paralympics Swimming World Championships Team met at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, October 5-8, for a training camp as the squad prepared for the IPC Swimming World Championships, December 2-8, in...

NDSA.(National Disability Sports Alliance)(competitions of disability sports)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... USA Boccia Nationals Hats off to Chicago-land's Kathy Brinker. She and MaryBeth Jones were the local hosts for the USA Boccia Nationals. Boccia is a throwing sport played by athletes with severe physical disabilities. The sport is...

SOI.(National Scene)(Special Olympics)
September 22, 2006... Inaugural Special Olympics USA National Games The home of the Field of Dreams was also home to the 2006 Special Olympics USA National Games. From July 2-7, more than 3,000 Special Olympics athletes, representing every Special Olympics state...

USABA.(National Scene)
September 22, 2006... National Records Set in Rocky Mountain State Games The Festival was August 1-3 at the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind, with the 2006 Rocky Mountain State Games following on August 4-6. The State Games are the first in the nation to...

WS/USA.(National Scene)
September 22, 2006... National Junior Disability Championships Joey's Story & Reconciliation The National Junior Disability Championships (NJDC) has provided its participants and their families with an unforgettable experience for twenty-three years. For...

Calendar of events.(Calendar)
September 22, 2006... Camps/Clinics December 1-2 Wheelin' Sportsmen of America Camp Aldersgate RESPITE Camp, Little Rock, AR; Contact: Gary Lovell, gmlovell@alltel.net; (800) 965-7683. December 1-3 Wheelin' Sportsmen of America Camp Aldersgate...

Exploring the Adirondacks.
September 22, 2006... Located in upstate New York, the Adirondack Mountain region offers a wide range of accessible trails, recreational activities, and lodging options. Known collectively as the Adirondacks, this area includes a patchwork of public and private...

Functional assessment of students with severe disabilities.
September 22, 2006... Amanda is a 9-year-old child who is a 4th grader at University Heights Elementary School. Like her peers, Amanda's favorite food is pizza, favorite music is by Hillary Duff, and she enjoys interacting with other students in her class. Amanda...

Our noisy national pastime revisited.(sports for blind persons)
September 22, 2006... Availability can mean allowing a certain group of individuals the ability to participate in activities once thought impossible for them. Sport opportunities for individuals with visual impairments have opened new horizons. These opportunities...

Modified stationary Tai Chi for older adults and individuals with physical disabilities.
September 22, 2006... Tai Chi is a martial art combining martial art movements with Qi (vital energy), circulation, breathing, and meditation techniques. Tai Chi, an ideal body-mind exercise for health, relaxation, balance, flexibility, strength, self-defense, is...

The meat & potatoes of sports nutrition.(nutritional requirements of athletes)
September 22, 2006... The Myth Once upon a time, athletes used to eat meat and potatoes. That changed when red meat got categorized as bad, a heart attack on a plate--that is, until the Atkins Diet came along. Next, potatoes got the bad rap. Potatoes, after...

Therapeutic riding--an overview.(Humans, Horses, and Health)
September 22, 2006... Falling under the larger umbrella of Equine Assisted Activities is Therapeutic Riding. Therapeutic riding (TR) is defined as mounted activities, including traditional riding disciplines or adapted riding activities conducted by a North American...

Historic first: a wheelchair back flip.(Bits & Pieces)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... Aaron Fotheringham is one of a small, but growing group of elite wheelchair athletes. Aaron is a wheelchair skateboarder, or as he prefers to call himself, a Hardcore Sitter. Wheelchair skateboarders do with their wheelchairs what other...

AAHPERD name may be changing!(American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... After years of thought and research, the Board of Governors (BOG) took historic action at its September, 2006, meeting to change the name of the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance to the American Alliance...

Wheelin' Sportsmen.(services of Kirk Thomas)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... The Wheelin' Sportsmen program was founded by Kirk Thomas after he became a paraplegic when a tree fell on him while he was deer hunting in 1992. He became involved with several disability advocacy groups, and already aware of the many...

Multiple sclerosis does not stop bodybuilder.(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... All Paul O'Lone's life he has loved exercise. He did his first bodybuilding competition when he was 15 years old and in 1993 won the Mr. America Championship. In 1997 he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and as it has progressed, became a...

IPC launches Paralympic Games Database.(http://www.paralympic.org/release/ Main_Sections_Menu/Sports/Results/paralympics_search_form.html)(International Paralympic Committee)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) proudly announced the launch of the Paralympic Games Historical Results Database for online use on its website (http://www.paralympic.org/release/...

2006 World Wheelchair Rugby Championships.(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... In 2002, the U.S. Paralympics Wheelchair Rugby National team was a heavy favorite to win yet another World Championship title; but the Americans were upset by arch rival Canada in the final, and the team has been left with a bitter taste ever...

Small vehicle for wheelchair users.(Bits & Pieces)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... A Hungarian car, the Kenguru, is designed as a stylish small vehicle for wheelchair users. You can wheel your chair right into it and drive it with a joystick. The car's interior space has no front seat--just a space built to house the driver's...

AAASP issues national interscholastic track recommendations.(Bits & Pieces)(American Association of Adapted Sports Programs Inc. )
September 22, 2006... AAASP has released recommendations to address increasing national interest in administering interscholastic track and field programs for student-athletes with physical disabilities. The recommendations are based on equitable opportunity for...

More data collectors needed.(Bits & Pieces)
September 22, 2006... The project to develop national standards for a motor performance test called APEAS II, is in need of more people willing to collect data on school-aged students, 5 years to 18 years of age. APEAS (the Adapted Physical Education Assessment...

A second chance.(Bits & Pieces)(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... Rehabilitation goes both ways for horses and prisoners. The Second Chance Corral is a rehabilitation farm for abused and neglected livestock seized by the Connecticut Department of Agriculture. The program just happens to be at the Gates...

Access-able Safaris.(Bits & Pieces)
September 22, 2006... Alfie Smith spent many years as a driver and guide on several continents until he became the first tour operator to offer overland trips from Cape Town to Victoria Falls in sub-Sahara Africa. Because of a lack of appreciation of leisure...

Paul Newman camps.(Brief article)
September 22, 2006... Long after 81-year-old actor Paul Newman is gone, his legacy will live on in more than just the movies, lemonade, salsa, popcorn, and salad dressing. In the 1980s he started the Hole In The Wall camp for critically ill children. His vision has...

Are you a prosopagnosic?(nature of prosopagnosia)
September 22, 2006... Prosopagnosia is a condition informally known as face blindness. Once thought to be very rare and mainly the result of a brain injury, it now is thought to affect one in fifty people to some extent. A study in the American Journal of Medical...

Giles-Brown, Liz. (2006). Physical Education Toolkit (includes CD-ROM with reproducibles).(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Giles-Brown, Liz. (2006). Physical Education Toolkit (includes CD-ROM with reproducibles). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers (PO Box 5076, 61825; [800] 747-4457, FAX [217] 351-1549, www. HumanKinetics.com; ISBN 0-7360-5796-X;...

Jones, C. Jessie & Rose, Debra J. Editors for 28 contributors) (2005). Physical Activity Instruction of Older Adults.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Jones, C. Jessie & Rose, Debra J. Editors for 28 contributors) (2005). Physical Activity Instruction of Older Adults Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers (PO Box 5076, 61825, telephone [800] 747-4457, FAX [217] 351-1549, web site...

Lewkowicz, Bonnie. (2006). A Wheelchair Rider's Guide--San Francisco Bay and the Nearby Coast.(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Lewkowicz, Bonnie. (2006). A Wheelchair Rider's Guide--San Francisco Bay and the Nearby Coast. Oakland, CA: Costal Conservatory Publications (1330 Broadway, 11th Floor, 94612; (510) 286-1015, calcoast@scc. ca.gov; paperback, 194 pgs,...

Maud, Peter J., & Foster, Carl (Eds.) (2006). Physiology Assessment of Human Fitness (2nd Ed.).(Brief article)(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Maud, Peter J., & Foster, Carl (Eds.) (2006). Physiology Assessment of Human Fitness (2nd Ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers (PO Box 5076, 61825; [800] 747-4457, FAX [217] 351-1549; www. HumanKinetics.com; ISBN 0-7360-4457-X;...

Spirduso, Waneen W., Francis, Karen L., & MacRae, Priscilla G. (2005). Physical Dimensions of Aging (2nd ed.).(Book review)
September 22, 2006... Spirduso, Waneen W., Francis, Karen L., & MacRae, Priscilla G. (2005). Physical Dimensions of Aging (2nd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Publishers (PO Box 5076, 61825; [800] 747-4457, FAX [217] 351-1549; www. HumanKinetics.com; ISBN...

Service learning, practicums, internships: issues in professional preparation.
September 22, 2006... Service learning, according to the National Council on Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), is the preferred umbrella term for hands-on experiences (e.g., practicums, internships, clinics, labs, fieldwork). For some professionals,...