P.E. MODIFICATIONS
Let’s play!
GYM ACTIVITIES
ENCOURAGE:
Motor skill development
Healthy lifestyle
Awareness of the body
Ability to participate in leisure
activities, games and sports
Self confidence
INCLUSION
Allowing all students, whether
disabled or not, to participate
in a regular education
program in a regular
classroom setting
So, how do we do that?
Join in relays races…
UNDERSTANDING THE
PHYSICAL
 It is important to know and understand
the implications of your student’s
diagnosis, before we can go ahead with
a plan
 For example what are the implications of:
 cortical visual impairment
 Spastic movement
 Low muscle tone
 Hearing loss
 Etc.
When including my student in a gym activity?
PARTICIPATION
HOW WILL MY STUDENT
PARTICIPATE?
PARTICIPATION
FULL PARTICIPATION
No modifications necessary
FULL PARTICIAPATION
Everyone is participating in the
same activity with no
modifications, swimming could
be a good example for our
students
PARTICIPATION
ADAPTED
Equipment
Rules
Distances
Complexity
Adapted Square Dancing
ADAPTED PARTICIPATION
Equipment
For example making a hockey
stick longer or shorter
Adapting the height of the
basketball net
Other thoughts???
ADAPTED PARTICIAPTION
Rules
Change the rules e.g shorten the
length of the running field
The number of players could be
adapted
Other thoughts???
ADAPTED PARTICIPATION
Distances
Shorten or lengthen the distance
of the field, running space etc.
ADAPTED PARTICIPATIOIN
Complexity
Reduce the rules
Changes the rules of
engagement, e.g. hit the puck
from every area on the hockey
or soccer floor
Thoughts???
PARTICIPATION
PARALLEL
Student involved but focused on
own skills
PARALLEL PARTICIPATION
For example:
Your student can be working on
his/her own exercise routine at
the side of the gym while the
class is involved in their gym
program
Working on the side lines…
Stetching over the ball…
PARTICIPATION
SUPPORTIVE
Student does not participate
directly, but is providing a service
to others
SUPPORTIVE PARTICIPATION
For example your student could :
Work on their hand skills and
giving out the equipment
Work on their switch skills and
be the time keeper or give the
rules
Other thoughts ???
Weight Room Modifications
WHAT ELSE?
For our students to be
interested in physical activity
we need to take into
consideration your students:
Skills and
Motivators
SKILLS
Gym activities are an excellent
way for your student to
develop some of their skills in a
fun and functional way
Using 2 hands to pull…
SKILLS
Some skills that could be included
in your student’s gym activities
include:
Movement activities (wheelchair,
walking, transfers, mat activities)
Fine motor skills (e.g. holding a rope)
Using his/her voice output
Practicing walker skills…
SKILLS
Using the switch (e.g. timing the game)
Sensory development (e.g. vestibular
in movement, tactile experiences,
holding onto objects etc.)
Learning about their environment
(orientation to the school, gym space
etc.)
Learning to follow directions
Etc.
MOTIVATORS
For any student to participate
in an activity, they must be
MOTIVATED by the activity in
order want to join in.
MOTIVATORS
What motivates your student?
She loves to kick this ball!
WHAT TO DO!
As a helper, you need to be
able to:
Take the gym activity
Understand your student’s
abilities
Take into consideration your
student’s skills
Consider your student’s
motivators
WHAT TO DO!
Consider the class dynamics
Decide on your student’s level
of participation in the activity
Think about how to adapt the
activity to suit everyone’s
needs.
Parachute games anyone?
LET’S USE HOCKEY AS AN
EXAMPLE
Some ideas might include:
Adjusting the length of the
hockey stick
Attaching the hockey stick to
a wheelchair
Using a different and larger
type of puck
Hockey stick duck taped.
HOCKEY EXAMPLE
Changing the rules of engagement
(e.g. your student hits the puck at
the beginning of the game; at the
net etc.)
Having your student time the game
and keep the score
Playing floor hockey instead of ice
hockey
HOCKEY EXAMPLE
Having another student push
your student’s wheelchair
Playing hockey one on one or
in pairs
Making the play area smaller
Other ideas?
WHAT ELSE ?
How else can your student be
involved in a gym activity?
Using the switch to give directions
Using the switch to time the
timekeeper
Using a switch to help choose the
team members
Other ideas????
REMEMBER……
Our students rely on us to provide
opportunities for them to be
involved in gym and leisure
activities, we are limited only by our
imagination and creativity in how
we adapt a program to suit our
students (and their classmates)
needs…..
GOOD LUCK……