Movement Exploration as a Technique for Teaching Pre-Swimming Skills to Students with Developmental Delays

Movement Exploration as a Technique for Teaching Pre-Swimming Skills to Students with Developmental Delays

Background, rationale, and techniques for using movement exploration to teach preswimming skills to developmentally delayed persons are given. Objectives (beyond the primary one of safety) of such a program include body awareness, spatial awareness, movement, and perceptual motor functions. Guidelin...

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Veröffentlicht in:Practical Pointers 1980-12, Vol.4 (8)
Hauptverfasser: Buis, Joyce M, Schane, Catherine S
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Disabilities
Elementary Secondary Education
Motor Development
Movement Education
Perceptual Motor Coordination
Recreational Activities
Swimming
Teaching Methods
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Zusammenfassung:Background, rationale, and techniques for using movement exploration to teach preswimming skills to developmentally delayed persons are given. Objectives (beyond the primary one of safety) of such a program include body awareness, spatial awareness, movement, and perceptual motor functions. Guidelins for activity selection and adaptation are given. The document concludes with descriptions of 42 tasks designed to promote breath control, balance, body awareness, movement, spatial awareness, manipulation, and sensory response. (CL)