CHRISTINE BOYD STOPKA, BS, M.Ed., Ph.D., ATC, LAT, CSCS, CAPE, MTAA
Professor, Department of Health Education & Behavior; College of Health & Human Performance
University of Florida (352) 392-0585, ext 1259; cstopka@hhp.ufl.edu
EMPLOYMENT DATE: August 6, 1982
Member of Graduate Teaching/Research Faculty: October 25, 1983
Tenured: July 1, 1986
Promoted: August 8, 1986 to Associate Professor;
August 9, 2002 to Full Professor
PERSONAL: Place of Birth: Washington, D.C.
Date of Birth: December 21, 1953
Married:
To David John Stopka, May 12, 1984
Children:
Kathleen Marie, March 30, 1985; Stephanie Suzanne, April 7, 1988
EDUCATION
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1976, B.S. in Education; certified to teach Health and Physical Education on
the elementary and secondary levels, and General Science. Four year GPA = 3.7.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1978, M.Ed. in Athletic Training and Sports Medicine, and Pre-Medical
curriculum; NATA certified athletic trainer. GPA = 4.0 for all degree course work.
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 1981, Ph.D. in Special Physical Education - developmental, therapeutic,
adapted, cross-disciplinary and lifespan. Emphasis on anatomy, kinesiology, pathophysiology, and medical implications
of exceptional individuals. Supporting area I: Special Education, including LD, MR, ED, VI, and HI populations with
special emphasis on mainstreaming, etiology, assessment, and perceptual motor issues. Supporting area II: Univariate
and multivariate statistics supported with computer science research capabilities—SPSS, UNENAN, BMD, ITERREG,
FORTRAN, and some COBOL. GPA = 3.95 for all degree course work.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002 to present
University of Florida, Full Professor, Adapted Physical Activity, including Exercise
Therapy & Adapted Physical Education.
1986 to 2002
University of Florida, Associate Professor of Special Physical Education and Athletic
Training specialization areas. Program Director for the NATA Approved Graduate
Education Program in Athletic Training and the UF Student Injury Care Center (through
December 1992); Director, UF Exercise Therapy/Special PE Lab; Department Intern
Coordinator (1996-1998). Department Undergraduate Coordinator (1999-2003).
1982 to 1986
University of Florida, Assistant Professor of Special Physical Education and Athletic
Training supporting areas. Director of the UF Student Injury Care Center; Director of
the UF Special Physical Education Laboratory.
1981 to 1982
East Carolina University, Assistant Professor of Special Physical Education.
Director of the Special Physical Education Laboratory.
1980 to 1981
University of Virginia, Instructor of Anatomy, Kinesiology and Analysis of Movement.
SERVICE AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
SPORTS MEDICINE - University of Virginia Athletic Training Staff (3/75-5/78) as an undergraduate and
graduate assistant trainer. Duties include prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries. Under direct
supervision of Dr. Joe Gieck, RPT, ATC, EdD. Men’s and women’s sports trained: All. Women’s athletic
trainer, Albemarle High School, 1976. Director of Undergraduate Pre-Athletic Training and Graduate
Athletic training Specialization Programs, University of Florida, 1982 to 1990. Director of Student
Injury Care Center, University of Florida, 1982 to 1993. Curriculum Director of an NATA Approved
Graduate Education Program in AT, July 1988 to 1993. Consultant for the above, 1993 to present.
ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVIY - Venable Elementary School; Fall, 1977; all children with moderate
retardation of Charlottesville, ages 5-21. Brownsville Elementary School; Fall, 1977, children with ED, LD,
EMR, one child with spastic triplegia, ages 5-7. Child Development Center; Fall 1977; ED, LD, EMR, ages 26. Children’s Rehabilitation Center; Spring 1975, 1977-1978; children with physical disabilities, many with
additional diagnoses of LD, ED and MR; activities include staffing, motor development clinic, obesity clinic,
arts and crafts, bowling, aquatics, snow-skiing, ice-skating, basketball and many other games of low
organization; ages 2-18. Camp Holiday trails; children with medical disabilities (e.g. cystic fibrosis, epilepsy,
amputations, diabetics and cerebral palsy, etc.) all camp activities, conducted self concept and motor skills
research; ages 7-17, Summer 1978. Towers Adult Spinal Cord Injury Unit; recreational therapist for adult
patients with amputations, spinal cord injury, head injury, multiple sclerosis; activities included OT and PT
supplements, fishing, swimming, volleyball, basketball, all games of low organization, table games, social
integration trips—movies, stores, restaurants, athletic events, etc.; May 1978 till October 1978. Broadus
Wood Elementary School; Spring 1979, children with severe/profound MR, many with other neurological and
physical disabilities, including autism, epilepsy, myelomingocele, cerebral palsy, etc.; ages 6-12. Special
Olympics; assistant activity organizer and teacher, April 21, 1979, March 1, 1980, May 3, 1980. U.Va. Blind
Program; bowling, trampoline, running, swimming; 1979-1980. U.Va. CP Program; bowling, Spring 1980.
U. Va. Motor Development Evaluation and Assessment Clinic; assistant, Spring 1980. Assistant organizer for
VA Blind Olympics; assistant gymnastics coach; Spring 1980. Senior Citizens Shape-up assistant, Summer
and Fall, 1980. Virginia C.P. Games, May 1981, 1982. Director of the Special Physical Education
Laboratory and the Undergraduate and Graduate Special Physical Education Degree Programs, East
Carolina University, August 1981 to June 1982. County District, and State Special Olympics Games,
Gainesville, Fl., Fall 1982-present. Assistant for “Our Own Games” for Alachua County children with
physical disabilities, March, 1983 to present. Director for the Special Physical Education and Adapted
Aquatics Institute, Univ. of Fla., June 1983. Director of Undergraduate and Graduate Special Physical
Education Specialization Areas, UF; Director of Special Physical Education Laboratory, UF, 1982 to 2002.
Co-Director for the Adapted PE for Severe-Profound Disabilities Workshop, UF, June, 1988. Project
Director for one 1-year (1984-1985) and three 3-year (1987-1990; 1995-1998; 1998-2001) Preparation of
Special Educators grants, special physical education area, U.S. Dept. of Educ., Office of Special
Education and Rehabilitation Services, Washington, D.C. Director, Coaching Disabled and Adapted
Aquatics workshops, UF, May 1989; Director, Assessment & Curriculum in PE for Students with Disabilities,
UF, May, 1990 and 1992. Director, Medical/Health Aspects for Individuals with Disabilities in PE,
PE/Sports for Students with Motor Disabilities, PE/Sports for Students with Mental Disabilities,
Adapted Aquatics, and Coaching Disabled, UF, each May, 1991 to present. Project Director, Fitness for
Students with MR study, August, 1988 to present. Project Director, Exercise Therapy for Intermittent
Claudication study, August 1991 - 2006. ESS Intern Director, August 1996 – December 1998. ESS
Undergraduate Coordinator, January 1999 to 2003. Instructor for four Distance Learning courses,
2005-2007; Six distant courses, 2008-2010; Seven distant courses, 2011 to present.
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Dean’s List - College of Arts and Sciences, University of Virginia (all terms).
Intermediate Honors (GPA over 3.0 for first four semesters), University of Virginia.
Dean’s List - School of Education, University of Virginia (all terms).
Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-medical honor society, University of Virginia.
Phi Delta Kappa, Honorary Education Fraternity, University of Virginia.
School of Education Dissertation Research Award, University of Virginia, May 1980.
Outstanding Doctoral Student, School of Education, University of Virginia, May 1981.
Certificate of Appreciation, Pitt County Special Olympics, East Carolina University, 1982.
Certificate of Appreciation, East Carolina University Sports Medicine Conference, 1982.
Faculty Associate for the Center for Gerontologic Studies, University of Florida, Oct. 1983.
“Student Injury Care Center” recognized as an “NATA Approved Allied Clinical Setting,” Oct., 1983.
Leadership Intern, Data Base Gymnasium Project, Oregon State University, 1984-1985.
Leadership Intern I CAN Project, Michigan State University, 1985-1986.
Elected to Who’s Who and Why of Successful Women in Florida, January, 1985.
Taylor Dodson Award for Leadership, SDAAHPERD, 1985.
Certificate of Appreciation, Alachua County School Board, May, 1987.
Certificate of Recognition by UF and the Fl. DOE for significant contributions in the development of the
State of Florida Coaching Certification Program, December, 1987.
Phi Epsilon Omega - Exercise & Sport Sciences Academic Honor Society, International, January, 1988.
Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, Florida Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports for
developing and promoting AT in the state, February, 1988.
Curriculum Director for NATA Approved Graduate Education Program in Athletic Training, July, 1988.
Elected to Who’s Who in the State of Florida, September, 1988.
Mabel Lee Award for Outstanding Young Professional in AAHPERD, April 1989.
Appointed to the NATA Professional Education Committee (PEC), November, 1989.
Invited to give the “Welcome Address,” County Special Olympics Games, G-ville, FL, March 2, 1990.
Leadership Award, Florida Governor’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports for outstanding
accomplishments in Athletic Training and Special Physical Education in FL, May 1990.
Certificate of Appreciation, Florida Special Olympics State Games, May 1991.
Included in Who’s Who in American Education, 1992 Edition.
Athletic Trainer of the Year - 1992, Athletic Trainers’ Association of Florida.
Included in “BEST North America” data base of university resources, since 1990.
30. Keynote speaker for graduation for Sidney Lanier Center School, Alachua County, FL, June 1st, 1994.
31. Certificate of Merit for Distinguished Service, Bibliographie Internationale, 1993-94.
32. International Woman of the Year, International Biographical Centre, 1993-1994.
33. Most Admired Woman of the Decade, American Biographical Institute, August, 1994.
34. Received the University of Florida Teacher Incentive Program Award, December, 1994.
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Included in the World Who’s Who of Women, 13th Edition, International Biographical Institute, 1994-1995.
International Leaders in Achievement, International Biographical Inst., Winter 1995.
International Who’s Who of Professional & Business Women, American Biographical, 1995.
2000 Notable American Women, Seventh edition, invited to join March, 1995.
5000 Personalities of the World, 5th edition, invited to join, 1995.
The International Who’s Who of Intellectuals, invited to join, June, 1995.
Who’s Who of the Year, American Biographical Institute, November, 1995.
42. Outstanding Volunteer for 1996, Sidney Lanier Center, January 8, 1996.
43. Appointed as a member to the ICHPER.SD Adapted PE Commission, January 25, 1996.
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Dictionary of International Achievement, invited to join, March, 1996.
Who’s Who in the South and Southwest, invited to join, March, 1996.
Invited to join the Research Board of Advisors, American Biographical Institute, April, 1996.
Invited to be a recipient of the Woman of the Year medal for the Amer. Biog. Institute, April, 1996.
48. Keynote graduation speaker for Sidney Lanier Center School, Alachua County, FL, May 29, 1996.
49. Invited to be the Chief Athletic Trainer for Boccia for the 1996 Paralympic Games in Atlanta, Ga.
50. Recognized for Outstanding Services to the N.A.T.A., Strategic Planning Task Force, June, 1997.
51. Invited to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award, American Biographical Institute, March, 1997.
52. Requested to receive the 20th Century Award for Achievement, Internat’l Biog. Centre, Engl., April 1997.
53. Invited to be included in the 21st Edition of Who’s Who of American Women, February, 1998.
54. Received the Dept. of Exercise & Sport Sciences Teacher of the Year Award, February, 1998.
55. Received the College of Health & Human Performance Teacher of the Year Award, February, 1998.
56. Received the Kappa Delta Sorority Teacher of the Month Award, February, 1998.
57. Received the University of Florida President’s Humanitarian Award (Faculty), October 29, 1998.
58. Received the University of Florida Teacher Incentive Program Award, December, 1998.
59. Keynote address speaker for the State Special Olympics, Gainesville, FL, January 22, 1999.
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Rec’d the UF Superior Accomplishment Award, Div. of Academic Affairs, Faculty, April 15, 1999.
Received the University of Florida Superior Accomplishment Award (Faculty), June 1, 1999.
Received the FAHPERD Educator of the Year Award, Colleges & Universities, October 15, 1999.
Keynote graduation speaker for Sidney Lanier Center School, Alachua County, FL, May 31, 2000.
Nominated for the Univ. of Fl. Alumni Asso. Distinguished Alumni Professor Award, April, 2001.
65. Invited for selection to 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21 st Century, First Edition, May, 2001.
66. “Twenty-Five Years of Membership” Award, National Athletic Trainers’ Association, June, 2001.
67. Certificate of Appreciation for Volunteer Services, Tacachale Community of Excellence, April, 2004.
68. Received the “Faculty Who Made A Difference” honor, University of Florida, April 30 th, 2004.
69. Invited to attend, & present, at the Oxford Round Table, University of Oxford, England, March, 2005, 2006.
70. Inducted into the ninth edition of “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2005,” March, 2005.
71. Recognized for outstanding editorial contributions to the PELINKS4U website, APE section, 2002-2005.
72. Inducted into the tenth edition of “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2006,” March, 2006.
73. Inducted into the 2007 Cambridge Who’s Who Honors Edition of Executives & Professionals, February, 2007.
74. Selected to the Final Four for the Univ. of Fl. Alumni Asso. Distinguished Alumni Professor Award, April, 2007.
75. Received the National Athletic Trainers’ Association “Athletic Trainer Service Award,” June, 2007.
76. Received Recognition of Appreciation for Service from the Dignity Project, Inc., Gainesville, FL, June, 2007.
77. Invited to be in the 2008 Cambridge Who’s Who Honors Edition of Executive & Professionals, June 2008, & August, 2010.
78. Invited to be inducted into Montclaire’s 2008 edition Who’s Who in Health Care, June 2008.
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Received the William A. Hillman Distinguished Service Award, NCPERID, July, 2007.
Received the College of Health & Human Performance Teacher of the Year Award, December, 2007.
Received the UNVERSITY OF FLORIDA Teacher of the Year Award, April, 2008.
Received the Charles S. Williams Service Award, College of Health and Human Performance, April, 2008.
Received the John K. Williams Adapted Aquatics Award, International Swimming Hall of Fame, May, 2008.
Received the Department of Health Education & Behavior’s 2008 Faculty Teaching Award, October, 2008.
85. Inducted into the 2010 Executive Registry of Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals, July, 2010.
86. Certificate of Appreciation, U.S. Dept of Labor, for work on the Nat’l Occupational Info Network (O*NET), Dec. 2010.
87. Received the UF College of Education’s “Scholarship of Engagement” University Award, September, 2011.
CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSES HELD
Certified to teach - health and physical education, elementary & secondary levels; & secondary general science.
ATC - Athletic Trainer, Certified; National Athletic Trainers Association, 1978-present. Licensed, State of Florida: LAT.
C.S.C.S. - Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Nat’l Strength & Conditioning Association, 1994-present.
CPR - Cardio-pulmonary resuscitation, professional rescuer, health care provider, basic life support (certification current).
NAUI - National Association of Underwater Instructors (scuba diving).
Lifeguarding – Certified through the American Red Cross with Community First Aid and CPR; 2001-present.
WSI & WSI-IT- Water Safety Instructor and Water Safety Instructor-Instructor Trainer; Spring 2002-present.
Instructor Trainer - Adapted Aquatics, Alachua County Chapter, 1993 to present.
Data Based Gymnasium - Certified Examiner – 1984; I CAN/Achievement Based Curriculum - Certified Examiner - 1985.
NATA Examiner - Certified Examiner for the NATA Oral-Practical Certification Test.
Licensed Athletic Trainer - State of Florida, October 1995 to present.
Trained in Handling of Blood Borne Pathogens - October 1994 to present.
Master Teacher of Adapted Aquatics (MTAA) Credential, AAALF/AAHPERD, April, 2001 to present.
Certified Adapted Physical Educator (CAPE) Credential, NCPERID/APENS, 2001- present.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND OFFICES HELD
AAHPERD: American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Dance (since 1976).
AAALF: Association for Physical Activity & Recreation.
NASPE: National Association for Sport and Physical Education.
NCAT: Nat’l Council – Athl. Training Exec. Comm, 1998-2002/Delegate--AAHPERD Nat’l Assembly.
SDAAHPERD: Southern District, American Alliance, Health, Phys. Educ., Recreation, & Dance.
Selection Committee for the Taylor Dodson Leadership Award, 1989 through 1992.
FAHPERD: Florida Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance.
Exceptional Child Section, Chair, 1983-1984; College Section, Chair, 1986-87.
Appointed to the Teacher of the Year Selection Committee, 1995 through 1998.
NCPERID: Nat’l Consortium on Physical Educ. & Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities (since 1981).
Vice President, 2004 – 2005; Treasurer, 2009-2010; Board Member-at-Large, 2010-2012.
APENS committee (Adapted Physical Education National Standards, test writer for national exam).
APENS Director of Recruitment and APENS test site exam administrator, 1997 to present.
IFAPA: International Federation on Adapted Physical Activity, 1996 to present.
NATA: National Athletic Trainers Association (1975 to present).
PEC: Professional Education Committee Member, graduate division (since 1988)
BOC: Board of Certification Advisory Task Force for CEU revisions (since 1990)
Board of Certification Disciplinary and Appeals Panels (since 1991)
Board of Certification Oral/Practical Examiner and Site Coordinator
Board of Certification Exam Questions writer;
Board of Certification Task Force for Exam Administration Procedures
National Committee: Strategic Planning Task Force (1994 to 1997).
NATA Research & Education Foundation annual donor/member.
SEATA: Southeastern Athletic Trainers Association (1982 to present).
ATAF: Athletic Trainers Association of Florida (1983 to present); Placement Committee (1993- 1994).
NSCA: National Strength and Conditioning Association (since 1986).
NSCAF: National Strength and Conditioning Association Foundation (since 1992).
ICPHER.SD: Appointed as member of the Adapted Physical Education Commission, 1995 to present.
ISHOF: International Swimming Hall of Fame; 2008 to present.
ACSM: American College of Sports Medicine; 2010 to present.
Past:
SEACSM: Southeastern Chapter, American College of Sports Medicine (member, 1975-84).
CEC: Council for Exceptional Children (member, 1981-1986).
STAR: Society for Test Anxiety Research, International (member 1983-1989).
ATS: American Trauma Society (member 1988-1989).
NYAC: New York Academy of Sciences (member 1978-1988).
SATO: UF Student Athletic Trainers’ Organization, (Asst. faculty advisor, 1988-91).
FAST: Florida Association of School Therapists (since 1992- 2000).
USGA: United States Golf Association (since 1992-2000).
NCFLAG: North Central Florida Association for the Gifted (since 1996-2000).
Tri-fed USA: American Triathlon Federation member (1995-2000).
ICPHER.SD: Appointed as a Co-Director for the International Congress on Health, PE & Recreation, Sport, & Dance
(ICPHER.SD) to organize the Commission on Adapted Physical Education, World Congress meeting, July 7-16, 1995.
Selected CONVENTIONS, WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
Southeastern American College of Sports Medicine (SEACSM), 1974, 1975, 1982, 1983.
“The Art and Science of Sports Medicine,” 1975-1982.
National Athletic Trainers’ Association, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1996 - 1998, 2000.
Virginia Athletic Trainers’ Association, VATA, 1980.
Athletic Trainers’ Association of Florida, ATAF, 1983, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997.
Southeastern Athletic Trainers Association, SEATA, 1999 - 2001
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 1976, 1978.
Virginia Academy Orthopedic Surgeons, 1976, 1977.
International Congress on Therapeutic Ice Skating, 1977; University of Virginia.
“The Adolescent with Cerebral Palsy,” 1978; “Infants at Risk,” 1978; both at the University of Virginia.
“Grantsmanship,” 1980; “Neuro-developmental Treatment,” 1980; “Adapted Aquatics,” 1980; all at UVa.
VAHPER, 1975, 1979, 1980.
AAHPERD, 1981, 1982, 1986 - 1989, 1990, 1998 – 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006.
SDAAHPERD, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 2000, 2002.
FAHPERD, 1982 through 1989, 1993 through 2002, 2005, 2006.
University of Virginia Adapted Physical Education Conferences 1979, 1982.
UF Faculty Support Center for Computers, Easywriter, 1983; PC-write and D-base Mgmt workshops, 1986,
Word Perfect 5.0, 1988; Advanced Word Perfect, 1991, 1993, Word Perfect for Windows, 1995.
Cybex Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Workshop, 1983. Laptop 2002 courses; WebCT Vista Boot Camp, 2005.
Florida DOE State Steering Committee for the Handicapped, 1983 (twice), and 1988.
Florida DOE State Teachers’ Certification Exam Standards/Writing Committee, PE, 1998, 1999, 2002.
Data Based Gymnasium Leadership Training Workshop, 1984.
I CAN ABC (Achievement Based Curriculum) Leadership Workshop, 1985, 1987, 1989.
NATA Professional Education Committee Curriculum Directors’ workshop, 1986, 1989.
National High School Coaches Association, 1986.
Nat’l Consortium on PE & Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities, 1987, 1994 through 2011.
UF Colleges of Health Professions: Functional Seating/Mobility for Students with Disabilities, February, 1990.
Advances in Locomotor & Respiratory Muscle Biology: Acute/Chronic Exercise Effects, UF, Nov. 21-22, 1991.
Sports Rehabilitation Today Conference, (Human Kinetics), March, 1992.
UF Faculty Support Center: Multi-media instruction methods, computer demonstrations, Sept. & Oct, 1993.
National Strength and Conditioning Association; 1994, 1997.
ICPHER.SD 38th World Congress, 1995.
“Achieving a Balance” Adapted Physical Activity Conference, Western Illinois Univ., 1995, 1997, 1998.
Third Paralympics Congress, Atlanta, GA, August 12-16, 1996.
NAFAPA (North American Federation of Adapted Physical Activity), Minneapolis, MN, 1998.
UF, Office of Disabled Students & ADA Office information session, College rep., Fall, 1997 and Spring, 1999.
OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs) National Conference. Washington, D.C., 1999; 2001.
World Congress on Disabilities, Atlanta, GA, 2000; 2001; Orlando, 2002, 2003, 2004, Philadelphia, 2006,
Washington, D.C, 2007; Jacksonville, FL, 2008.
International Abilities Expo, Fr. Lauderdale, FL, 2002.
Beyond the Call Athletic Trainers’ Conference; Lakeland, FL, January, 2008.
University of Florida Gators Strength & Conditioning Clinic, 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011.
PRESENTATIONS
VAHPER annual convention, chairperson and moderator of panel discussion presentation: “Problems of First
Year Teachers,” Norfolk, VA, December, 1975.
VAHPER annual convention, Norfolk, VA, Coordinator and speaker for the U.Va. presentations on Adapted
Physical Education—Methodology, Equipment, Assessment, and Games,” Dec. 1, 1979.
University of Virginia Hospital—Primary Care Center Nurses: “Intermittent Claudication and Diabetics,”
February, 1980.
University of Virginia School of Education: Physical Education in the Elementary School Course: “Special
Physical Education—Methodological and Medical Implications,” March 1980.
University of Virginia Sports Medicine Convention: “Referred Visceral Pain in Athletics,” Charlottesville, VA,
June 1980.
VAHPER annual convention: “Diagnostic-Prescriptive Rationale in Special Education,” Blacksburg, VA,
December 6, 1980.
SDAAHPER annual convention: “Diagnostic-Prescriptive Rationale in Special Physical Education,” Orlando,
FL, February 20, 1981.
East Carolina University: “Diagnostic Prescriptive Rationale in Special Physical Education,” presentation to
faculty, March 20, 1981.
University of Virginia School of Education: Physical Education in the Elementary School Course: “Special
Physical Education—Methodological and Medical Implications,” April 1981.
University of Illinois: “The Effects of Endurance Exercise Therapy on Intermittent Claudication in Peripheral
Vascular Disease,” presented to faculty, March 21, 1981.
East Carolina University: “Special Physical Education: Developmental, Motor Fitness, Rehabilitative and
Adaptive,” multiple presentations to faculty, chairs, deans; September, October, November 1981, March
1982.
East Carolina University guest lecturer for physical education class: “Diet, Exercise and Weight Management,”
February 4, 1982 and February 9, 1982.
East Carolina University guest lecturer for Special Education Course: “Mainstreaming and Special Physical
Education,” February 10, 1982.
East Carolina University Sports Medicine Conference: “The Shoulder Complex: Anatomy and Clinical
Applications,” April 16, 1982.
Univ. of Va. Adapted Physical Education Conference: “Spinal Cord Injury and Related Neuromuscular
Diseases: Implications for Physical Education,” June 22, 1982.
University of Virginia Sports Medicine Conference: “Endurance Exercise Training for Intermittent
Claudication in Peripheral Vascular Disease,” June 24, 1982.
University of Florida School of Education: Education for Exceptional Children Course “Physical Education
Programs for the Handicapped,” January 13, 1983.
Marion County Public Physical Education Clinic: “Special Physical Education Programs for Secondary
Students,” January 17, 1983.
SEACSM: “Conducting a Therapeutic Exercise Program for Individual with Peripheral Vascular Disease,”
Gainesville, Florida, February 4, 1983.
SDAAHPERD Annual Convention: “Adapted Aquatics,” with Dot Shields, Tulsa, Oklahoma, February 26,
1983.
University of Florida Honors Course 8586 and 8587: The Grim Reaper in You: “Aging and the Peripheral
Circulation,” March 22, 1983.
University of Florida Department of Pediatrics and Sports Medicine lecture series: “Our Special Physical
Education Laboratory and the Student Injury Care Center,” March 9, 1983.
Central Florida Physical Education Clinic: “Preventing and Caring for Sports Injuries,” Gainesville, Florida,
August 17, 1983.
University of Florida School of Education: Education for Exceptional Children Course “Physical Education
Programs for the Handicapped,” September 1, 1983.
FAHPERD: “Specifications and Guidelines for the National Blind, Cerebral Palsy, and Wheelchair Games,” St.
Petersburg, Florida, October 15, 1983.
Florida Association of Rehabilitation Facilities, Inc.: “Trends in Special Physical Education,” Orlando, Florida,
October 20, 1983.
University of Florida Honors Course 8586 and 8587: The Grim Reaper in You: “Aging and the Peripheral
Circulation,” November 22, 1983.
Florida Department of Education Curriculum Conference: “Physical Education for the Handicapped: Theory
into Practice - An Overview of Selected Assessment and Curriculum Materials,” Orlando, Fl., January 31, 1984.
SDAAHPERD: “Hydrotherapy: Implications for and Applications in Special Physical Education,” Biloxi,
Mississippi, February 25, 1984.
FAHPERD, “Therapeutic Recreation and Special Physical Education in Focus,” Orlando, Florida, October 19,
1984.
University of Florida School of Education: Education for Exceptional Children Course “Physical Education
Programs for the Handicapped,” April 17, 1984.
University of Florida: Guest lecturer for Health Education, HES: 2400 classes “Exercise, Fitness, and Athletic
Training,” November 7, 1984.
FAHPERD: “Research Projects in Athletic Training at the Student Injury Care Center,” Poster Session,
Daytona Beach, Florida, October 19, 1985.
College of Physical Education, Health & Recreation, guest speaker for Grant Writing Seminar, February 4, 1986.
SDAAHPERD: “Projects in Therapeutic Recreation at the University of Florida” Poster session, WinstonSalem, North Carolina, March 2, 1986.
National Athletic Trainers Association: “Learning and Computer Simulation Modules in Athletic Training,”
(with Tony Breitbach) Las Vegas, Nevada, June 12, 1986.
National High School Athletic Coaches Association: “The Need for the High School Athletic Trainer,”
(Keynote address), Orlando, Fla., June 22, 1986.
SDAAHPERD: “Injuries in Collegiate Recreational Sports - A Three Year Study,” (with David Kaiser, MPE,
ATC), Research Section for Recreation, Birmingham, AL., February 28, 1987.
AAHPERD: “Computer Simulations in Athletic Training,” Las Vegas, NV, 4-14-1987.
Florida Special Olympics: “Sports Medical Implications,” Gainesville, FL, 3-28-1987.
FAHPERD: “Certified Trainers in our High Schools: The Need, the Benefits, and the Administrative Solution
to their employment,” Orlando, Fl., Oct., 16, 1987.
AAHPERD: “Certified Athletic Trainers in our Secondary Schools,” Kansas City, Missouri, April 8, 1988.
(Paper presented by D. Kaiser; I could not attend due to the birth of our second child on the preceding day).
FAHPERD: “Special PE: Maintaining the Motivation,” Hollywood, FL, Oct. 15, 1988.
Florida DOE State Steering Committee on PE for the Handicapped: “Achievement Based Curriculum in
Special PE,” and “Assessment & Curriculum Software in Special PE,” Tallahassee, Fl., October, 17, 1988.
University of Florida First Aid Course HSC 2400: “Basic Principles of Athletic Training, March, 1989.
AAHPERD: “Athletic Training Action: Simulations in Sports Medicine, Volumes I and II,” (with Drs. Sue
Whiddon and Ron Siders), Boston, MA, April 21, 1989.
Sunland Training Center Physical and Occupational Therapists: “Assessment and Curriculum Instruments in
Adapted Physical Education,” May 19, 1989.
University of Florida Honors Course IDH 2931: “Endurance Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Vascular
Disease,” Sept. 20, 1989.
University of Florida First Aid Course HSC 2400: “Basic Principles of Athletic Training, October, 1989.
University of Florida Honors Course IDH 2931: “Occupations in Special PE and Athletic Training,” October
25, 1989.
FAHPERD: “DOE State Steering Committee on PE for the Handicapped—A Panel Discussion,” Daytona
Beach, FL, October 13, 1989.
FAHPERD: “Innovative Adaptive Equipment for the Handicapped,” co-presenter with Patrick Sullivan and
graduate students, Daytona Beach, FL, October 13, 1989.
University of Florida: Guest Lecturer for PET 6206 Youth in Sport on “Athletic Injury Concerns in Youth
Sports,” January 26, 1990.
AAHPERD: “Transition from Student Athletic Trainer to Employed Athletic Trainer: The High School
Athletic Trainer,” New Orleans, LA, March 30, 1990.
AAHPERD: “Interactive Computer Simulations in AT,” New Orleans, LA, April 1, 1990.
University of Florida: Invited lecturer for the International Historical and Psychological Aspects of Sport
Conference, on Athletic Training and Special PE in the United States,” July 16, 1990.
FACA Annual Conference: Keynote Speaker: “Basic Athletic Training” and “Establishing an Athletic Training
Program,” Jacksonville FL, July 27, 1990.
FACA Coaching Clinic: “Isometric Stretching and Heat” and “Athletic Injury Management,” Ft. Lauderdale,
FL, September 21, 1990.
FACA Winter Clinic: “Building an Athletic Training Program,” Altamonte Springs, FL, January 10, 1991.
Florida Law Enforcement Officers Workshop: “Principles of Injury Evaluation and Treatment,” June 12, 1991.
Florida Law Enforcement Officers Workshop: “Exercises to Enhance Flexibility and Power,” June 14, 1991.
University of Florida Honors Course IDH 2931: “Endurance Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Vascular
Disease,” Sept. 20, 1991.
National Physical Therapy Week (Shands Physical Therapy Open House Lecture Series: “Exercise Therapy for
Intermittent Claudication in Peripheral Vascular Disease,” October 9, 1991.
University of Florida Honors Course IDH 2931: “Occupations in Special PE and Athletic Training,” October
25, 1991.
Health Occupations Club, Ridgeview High School: “Careers in Athletic Training and Special PE,” December
17, 1991.
UF Dept of Radiology, NMR group: “The Effects of Endurance Exercise Therapy on Intermittent Claudication
using P-31 NMR Spectroscopy,” August, 26, 1992.
University of Florida Honors Course IDH 2931: “Endurance Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Vascular
Disease,” Sept. 1992.
University of Florida Honors Course IDH 2931: “Occupations in Special PE & Athletic Training,” Oct.12, 1992.
UF Physical Plant Division: “Prevention and Care of Injuries at Home and in the Workplace,” November 1992:
TEN SEPARATE PRESENATATIONS throughout the month.
Gainesville Civitan Club: “A Summary of the Special Physical Education and Athletic Training Services
provided to the community by UF,” January 21, 1993.
NIH Review Board for NMR Spectroscopy: “The Effects of Endurance Exercise Therapy on Intermittent
Claudication as evaluated by P-31 NMR,” January 25, 1993.
Student Injury Care Center Spring Inservice Program: “Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation and
Plyometric Training,” February 18, 1993.
University of Florida, Department of Special Education, Project CITES Summer Institute: “Innovative
Teaching Techniques and Adaptive Equipment Ideas to Facilitate the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities into
Mainstreamed Class Environments,” July 17, 1993.
The Florida School for Youth Achievement: “Achieving Better Health through Proper Warm up and Stretching
Techniques, Exercise, and Nutrition,” September 3, 1993.
Talbot PTA: “Pediatric Sports Medicine & Adapted PE Equipment,” October 6, 1993.
Student Injury Care Center Spring Inservice Program: “Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation and
Plyometric Training,” October 21, 1993.
University of Florida Honors Course IDH 2931: “Endurance Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Vascular
Disease,” Jan. 26, 1994.
Gainesville Home Schoolers: “Using Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation Techniques to Achieve the
Ultra-Stretch Safely,” February 18, 1994.
Keynote speaker for graduation for Sidney Lanier Center School, Alachua County, FL, June 1st, 1994.
Gainesville Parkinson’s Disease Support Group: “Exercise Benefits for Persons with Parkinson’s Disease,” The
Village Retirement Home, Gainesville, Fl; May 20, 1994.
National Strength and Conditioning Association: “The Effects of a Supervised Resistance Training Program on
Adolescents &Young Adults with Mental Retardation,” Research Presentation, New Orleans, LA, June 17,
1994.
University of Florida, Department of Special Education, Project CITES Summer Institute: “Innovative
Teaching Techniques and Adaptive Equipment Ideas to Facilitate the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities into
Mainstreamed Class Environments,” July 23, 1994.
PET 4742 Teaching in the Middle/High School: Guest lecture: “The Florida Adaptive Physical Education
Endorsement,” September 8, 1994.
National Association of Retired Federal Employees: “The Benefits of Low intensity exercise. . .It’s like magic!”
Gainesville, FL, September 12, 1994.
VA Nursing Home Care Unit: “Peripheral vascular disease, aging, and Exercise,” Gainesville, FL, September
16, 1994.
Department of Corrections: In conjunction with the College of HHP,”Exercise, Injury Prevention and Safety,”
December, 5, 1994.
Athletic Trainers Association of Florida: “Computer Assisted Tutorials for the Athletic Trainer,” February 4,
1995.
PET 2931 Honors Course: “Exercising Efficiently with Vascular Disease.” (Dr. Siders, Coordinator), February
8, 1995.
Student Athletic Trainers’ Association, “Current Educational Software in Athletic Training.” University of
Florida, February 12, 1995.
Talbot PTA: “Involving the Family into Lifelong Physical Fitness Activities.” March 1, 1995.
National Association of Retired Federal Employees: “Increasing the Joy of Living Through Exercise,
Gainesville, FL, March, 13, 1995.
Fourth National “Achieving a Balance” Conference on Adapted Physical Activity. “Overview of Injuries in
Athletes with Disabilities,” Sponsored by Palaestra Journal, Macomb, IL. March 24, 1995.
Fourth National “Achieving a Balance” Conference on Adapted Physical Activity. “Management of Injuries in
Athletes with Disabilities,”Sponsored by Palaestra Journal, Macomb, IL. March 25, 1995.
Holy Faith Church Women’s Group: “Learning the Joy of Safe, Moderate Exercising.” Gainesville, FL, April
6, 1995.
Norton Elementary School First Grade class. “Your skeleton; the bones, their names, and their functions,”
Gainesville, FL, May 24, 1995.
Living Well Clients at UF. “Posture Screening,” May 22-24, and June 5-7, 1995.
Guest Lecturer for PET 3622 Prevention & Care of Athletic Injuries. “The Shoulder: Anatomy, Kinesiology,
and Injury Pathologies,” for Dr. MaryBeth Horodyski’s class, UF, June 15, 1995.
ICPHER.SD World Congress. “The Effects of a Resistance Training Program on Individuals with Mental
Retardation.” Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16, 1995. (Primary Author/presenter).
ICPHER.SD World Congress. “The Effects of Resistance Training on Muscular Endurance and Physical
Capacity to Perform Work on Adolescents with Mental Retardation.” Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16, 1995.
(Secondary presenter).
ICPHER.SD World Congress. “Metabolic, Vascular and Exercise Responses to a Ten Week Program of Pain
Free Training in Individuals with Intermittent Claudication: A Case Report.” Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16, 1995.
(Primary Author/presenter).
ICPHER.SD World Congress. “Pain Free Endurance Training Improves Exercise Performance in Adults with
Intermittent Claudication.” Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16, 1995. (Co-Author/presenter).
ICPHER.SD World Congress. “Gator Invitational Sports Ability Games.” Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16, 1995.
(Tertiary author/presenter).
PET 4742 Teaching in the Middle/High School: Guest lecture: “The Florida Adaptive Physical Education
Endorsement,” September 14, 1995.
Norton Elementary School. “Understanding People with Disabilities and their Potentials: A Look at Paralympic
Athletes, September 29, 1995.
UF Cooperative Extension Service. Alachua County Family and Community Educators. “Exercise to
Energize,” given by grant graduate students (Kevin Pearson and Frank Oquendo), Gainesville, FL, October 13,
1995.
FAHPERD Conference. “Adapted Aquatics.” St. Petersburg, FL, October 14, 1995.
FAHPERD Conference. “Field Testing of the New National Adapted Physical Education National Standards
Test.” St. Petersburg, Fl, October 14, 1995.
Westside Baptist Church Senior Citizens. “Safe and Fun Exercises for Everyone,” Gainesville, FL, November
14, 1995.
Retired Faculty of the University of Florida. “How EVERYONE Can Increase Their Joy of Living Through
Exercise.” Gainesville, FL, November 29, 1995.
The Parkinson’s Support Group. “Exercise and Parkinson’s Disease,” Gainesville, FL, November 17, 1995.
The Briarwood Center for Independent Living. “Exercise for Disabilities,” given by grant staff Kevin Pearson
& Frank Oquendo, November 15, 1995.
Athletic Therapy Today National Conference. “Computer Software in Athletic Training Education,” Orlando,
FL, January 19, 1996.
Idylwild Elementary School. “Wheelchair Basketball, the Paralympics & Adapted Equipment to help make it
all happen,” Gainesville, FL, January 25, 1996.
PET 3771 Personal Fitness Teaching Methods Course: “Principles of Goniometry and Flexibility,” guest
lecture, January 22, 1996.
PET 2931 Honors Course: “Exercise for Patients with Vascular Disease.” (Dr. Siders, Coordinator), January
24, 1996.
Athletic Trainers’ Association of Florida. “Computer Learning Programs for Student Athletic Trainers,” student
section, Orlando, FL, Feb. 10, 1996.
PET 2931 Honors Course: “Injuries to Athletes with Disabilities.” (Dr. Siders, Coordinator), February 12, 1996.
National Association of Retired Federal Employees: “Increasing the Joy of Living Through Proper Exercise,
Lake City Chapter, Lake City, March, 19, 1996.
Keynote graduation speaker for Sidney Lanier Center School, Alachua County, FL, May 29, 1996.
National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPERID)
annual Conference. “Implementing Programs of Exercise Therapy for Individuals with Disabilities,” Atlanta,
GA, August 17, 1996.
IIIrd Paralympics Congress. “Vascular, Metabolic and Exercise Responses to a Ten Week Program of Exercise
Training in Individuals with Intermittent Claudication: A New Pain Free Model,” Atlanta, GA, August 15,
1996.
IIIrd Paralympics Congress. “Prevention and Care of Injuries to Athletes with Disabilities,” Atlanta, GA,
August 16, 1996.
Professional Wheelchair Basketball Athletes and Student Assistants. “Sports Medicine Concerns for
Wheelchair athletes,” P. K. Yonge School, September 11, 1996.
PET 4742 Teaching in the Middle/High School: Guest lecture: “The Florida Adaptive Physical Education
Endorsement,” September 12, 1996.
Norton Elem. School Third Grade class. “Your dynamic skeletal system!” Gainesville, FL, October 4, 1996.
Guest lecturer for PET 4905: Therapeutic Modalities in AT class. “The Neuropathophysiology of Referred
Pain,” September 16, 1996.
UF Recreational Sport Fitness Instructors. “Painless, Effective and Safe PNF Stretching: How to teach the
“Ultra-Stretch Technique,” Gainesville, FL, October 27, 1996.
FAHPERD Conference. “The Adapted PE Nat’l Standards Examination,” St. Petersburg, FL, October 18,
1996.
FAHPERD Conference. “Inexpensive Adapted Equipment Ideas Which Facilitate Inclusionary Teaching,”
St. Petersburg, FL, October 18, 1996.
UF Athletic Training Majors. “Educational Software in Athletic Training,” November 6, 1996.
The Parkinson’s Support Group. “The Benefits of Exercise for Parkinson’s Disease,” Gainesville, FL,
November 15, 1996.
Tacachale (Institution for People with Mental Disabilities) Patient Staff. “Exercise and Physical Fitness for
All: Program design, benefits and sports medical concerns,” December 13, 1996.
PET 2931 Honors Course: “Injuries to Athletes with Disabilities.” (Dr. Siders, Coordinator), January 24, 1997.
PET 2931 Honors Course: “Management of Injuries to Athletes with Disabilities.” (Dr. Siders, Coordinator),
January 27, 1997.
PET 2931 Honors Course: “Exercise Therapy for Individuals with Peripheral Arterial Disease.” (Dr. Siders,
Coordinator), January 29, 1997.
College of HHP Advisory Council Meeting: “Special Physical Education and Exercise Therapy: What’s
Happening Today at UF,” February 1, 1997.
College of HHP Advisory Council Meeting: “The 1996 Atlanta Paralympic Games and the Impact Our
Students at UF had on them,” February 1, 1997.
Fifth National “Achieving a Balance” Conference on Adapted Physical Activity. “Achieving the UltraStretch: A Method for Increasing Flexibility and Fitness for Everyone, Macomb, IL, April 4, 1997.
Fifth National “Achieving a Balance” Conference on Adapted Physical Activity. “Pain Free Exercise
Training for Individuals with Peripheral Vascular Disease,” Macomb, IL, April 5, 1997.
Athletic Trainers’ Association of Florida State Conference. “Communicating Effectively to Evaluate & Care
for Individuals Whom You Cannot Understand Verbally,” Orlando, FL, April 27, 1997.
NATA National Conference & Symposium. “Sports Medical Considerations for Athletes with Disabilities,”
Salt Lake City, Utah, June 21, 1997.
NSCA National Conference & Symposium. “Effects of Resistance Training on Muscular Endurance and
Physical Capacity to Perform Work in Adolescents and Young Adults with Mental Retardation,” research
poster presentation, Las Vegas, NV, June 26-28, 1997.
PET 4742 Teaching in the Middle/High School: Guest lecture: “The Florida Adaptive Physical Education
Endorsement,” September 15, 1997.
FAHPERD Conference. “Best Practices in Exercise Therapy,” St. Petersburg, FL, October 17, 1997.
FAHPERD Conference. “Inexpensive Adapted Aquatics Equipment,” St. Petersburg, FL, October 17, 1997.
Norton Elementary School. “Understanding People with Disabilities and their Potentials: A Look at
Adapted Equipment Ideas for Beginners through Elite Athletes, October, September 28, 1997.
PET 2931 Honors Course: “Sports Medical Concerns for Athletes with Disabilities.” (Dr. Janelle,
Coordinator), February 9, 1998.
PET 2931 Honors Course: “Management of Sports Medical Problems to Athletes with Disabilities.” (Dr.
Janelle, Coordinator), February 11, 1998.
Sixth National “Achieving a Balance” Conference on Adapted Physical Activity. “The Effects of an
Integrative University Based Fitness & Sports Program for Adolescents with Mental Retardation,” Macomb,
IL, March 27, 1998.
Sixth National “Achieving a Balance” Conference on Adapted Physical Activity. “Running an Effective
Exercise Therapy Program for Individuals with Disabilities, in a Regular Wellness Facility,” (assisting Leigh
Martin and Sergio Romero), Macomb, IL, March 27, 1998.
AAHPERD National Conference. Adapted Physical Education Activity Council: “Ideas for Facilitating
Inclusion in Various Settings,” (panelist/facilitator for Luke Kelly, session chair), Reno, Nevada, April 6,
1998.
Gator Life Faculty. “The Benefits of Pain-free yet Effective Stretching Exercises for Everyone,” University
of Florida, June 15, 1998.
NATA National Conference & Symposium. “Introduction to Sports Medical Issues for Athletes with
Disabilities,” (Presentation 1 of the session “True Grit: Athletes with Disabilities.” Baltimore, MD, June 20,
1998.
PET 4742 Teaching in the Middle/High School: Guest lecture: “The Florida Adaptive Physical Education
Endorsement and the Adapted PE National Standards Exam/Certification,” September 15, 1998.
NAFAPA (North American Federation of Adapted Physical Activity), “The Effects of an Integrated,
University Based, Sport and Fitness Program on Adolescents with Mental Retardation,” research poster
presentation, Minneapolis, MN, September, 25, 1998.
NAFAPA (North American Federation of Adapted Physical Activity), “The Effects of a Pain-Free Program
of Exercise Therapy of Individuals with Intermittent Claudication Due to Peripheral Vascular Disease,”
research presentation, Minneapolis, MN, September 26, 1998.
FAHPERD Conference. “Inclusionary Ideas in Adapted Aquatics,” Daytona Beach, October 16, 1998.
Girl Scout Cadet Troop #68, Alachua, FL. “How People with Disabilities Can Excel in Physical Activities
and Sports,” October 20, 1998.
LEI 2000: Intro. to Recreation. “How Adapted Equipment Can Maximize Potentials for People with
Disabilities!” November, 10, 1998.
Physical Therapy Graduate Students. “Adapted Physical Activity Programs and Exercise Therapy Research
at the University of Florida and Beyond,” University of Florida, Physical Therapy Department, November 19,
1998.
Keynote address speaker for the State Special Olympics, Gainesville, FL, January 22, 1999.
PET 2931 Honors Course: “Sports Medical Concerns in Training Athletes with Disabilities.” (Dr. Murphey,
Coordinator), February 27, 1999.
LEI 2000: Introduction to Recreation. “Sports for People with Disabilities & Adapted Equipment to
Maximize Potentials!” March 23, 1999.
LEI 3705: Leisure Recreation for Special Populations. “The Sky’s the Limit! What’s Available in Sports
and Adapted Equipment for People with Disabilities,” April 7, 1999.
Gainesville Boys and Girls’ Club. “How Adapted Physical Education Equipment Can Be Fun for
Everyone!” April 15, 1999.
AAHPERD National Conference. Adapted Physical Education Activity Council: “Creative Ideas for
Individuals with Disabilities in Sports,” (with Sarah Everheart of ‘Shake a Leg’ Foundation), Boston, MA,
April 20, 1999.
Gator Life Faculty. “The Importance of Flexibility” and “A Practical Lab in Achieving Flexibility,”
University of Florida, May 25, 1999.
Minnesota National Physical Education Conference, “Adapted Equipment and Exercise Ideas to Facilitate
Success!” June 23, 1999.
Minnesota National Physical Education Conference, “A Look at What’s Happening on the National Scene in
Adapted Physical Activity,” June 23, 1999.
Minnesota National Physical Education Conference, “ADD/ADHD: What’s up with that? Understanding,
Accepting, Adapting,” June 24, 1999.
Minnesota National Physical Education Conference, “Understanding Medical Aspects of Individuals with
Disabilities to Facilitate Incredible Accomplishments!” June 25, 1999.
NCPERID (National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities)
annual Conference. “The Effects of an Integrated Fitness and Sports Program for Adolescents with Mental
Retardation,” research poster presentation submitted for the NCPERID Conference, Tampa, FL, July 15,
1999.
NCPERID (National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities)
annual Conference. “The Effects of Pain-Free Exercise Training on Individuals with Peripheral Vascular
Disease,” research poster presentation submitted for the NCPERID Conference, Tampa, FL, July 15, 1999.
NCPERID (National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities)
annual Conference. “The Search for the ‘Ultra-Stretch’—Static versus PNF Stretching on Adolescents with
and without Mental Retardation,” research poster presentation submitted for the NCPERID Conference,
Tampa, FL, July 15, 1999.
OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs) National Personnel Training Conference. “Results and
Benefits of an Integrated Program of Physical Fitness & Sports for Adolescents with Mental Retardation,”
research poster, Washington, D.C., Sept. 9, 1999.
PET 4742 Teaching in the Middle/High School: Guest lecture: “The Florida Adaptive Physical Education
Endorsement and the Adapted PE National Standards Exam/Certification,” September 21, 1999.
Florida Family Network for Disabilities, State Retreat for Parents. “Adapted Equipment and Programs for
Children with Severe Physical and Sensory Disabilities; What’s Really Possible/Available? Lots!”
Gainesville, FL, September 24-25, 1999.
Florida Adult Day Care Association, State Conference. “Using Therapy in Activities: Adapted Equipment
and Methods to Facilitate the Enhancement of Physical Fitness and Fun!” Tampa, FL, October 9, 1999.
FAHPERD Conference. “Inexpensive Equipment Ideas to Facilitate Success in Adapted Aquatics,” Orlando,
FL, October 16, 1999.
LEI 3705: Leisure Recreation for Special Populations. “Anything Goes! What’s Available in Sports and
Adapted Equipment for People with Disabilities,” October 18, 1999.
Physical Therapy Graduate Students. “Adapted Physical Activity Programs and Exercise Therapy Research
at the University of Florida and Beyond,” University of Florida, Physical Therapy Dept., October 29, 1999.
Florida Department of Education and Department of Health Statewide Coordinators Conference. “Current
Trends in Adapted Physical Education,” Orlando, FL, November 18, 1999.
PET 2931 Honors Course: “Achieving the Ultra-Stretch: PNF Stretching for Everyone.” (Dr. Murphey,
Coordinator), February 14, 2000.
Kennedy Space Center: “Exercising As We Age,” (Lecture/discussion/demonstration for the employees of
NASA/KSC), February 24, 2000.
AAHPERD National Conference. National Association for Sport and Physical Education; National Council
of Athletic Training, “Web-Based Portfolios and Instructional Computer Software in Athletic Training,”
Orlando, FL, March 23, 2000.
SEATA Annual Conference. “A comparison of the static and PNF stretching techniques on improving sitand-reach performance.” Atlanta, Georgia, March 31, 2000.
LEI 3705: Leisure Recreation for Special Populations. “Physical Activities and Sports for People with
Disabilities: Anything’s Possible!” April 24, 2000.
Dannecker, E; Horodyski, MB; Stopka, C. “Prognostic Factors for Recovery from Anterior Cruciate
Ligament Reconstruction Surgery.” National Athletic Trainers’ Association Conference & Symposium,
Nashville, TN, June 30, 2000.
Keynote graduation speaker for Sidney Lanier Center School, Alachua County, FL, May 31, 2000.
Stopka, C; Siders, R; Morley, K; Reagan, K; Stopka, S. “A comparison of static and PNF stretching
techniques on the sit-and-reach performance in youth and adults.” NCPERID Annual Conference,
Washington, D.C., July 10, 2000.
Stopka, C; Siders, R; Morley, K; Reagan, K; Houck A; Stopka, S. “A comparison of static and PNF
stretching techniques on improving sit-and-reach performance in youth with mental retardation as compared
to youth and young adult control groups.” NCPERID Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., July 10, 2000.
Stopka, C; Siders, R; Morley, K; Reagan, K; McCowan L; Stopka, K. “A comparison of the order of
administration of static and PNF stretching techniques on improving sit-and-reach performance in youth with
mental retardation.” NCPERID Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., July 10, 2000.
Stopka,C & Halliday, K. “Exploring Adapted Recreational Activities for Students with Disabilities: An
Interactive Presentation,” Columbia County ESE teachers, Lake City, FL, August 7, 2000.
PET 3821 Team Sports: Guest lecture: “The Florida Adaptive Physical Education Endorsement and the
Adapted PE National Standards Exam/Certification,” October, 19, 2000.
LEI 3705: Leisure Recreation for Special Populations. “Individuals with Disabilities and Adapted Physical
Activity,” October, 25, 2000.
Stopka, C. & Bowie, L. “Achieving the Ultra-Stretch: A Method of Achieving Flexibility and Fitness for
Everyone,” World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Atlanta, GA, November 10, 2000.
Stopka, C. & Bowie, L. “Adapted Equipment for People with Disabilities in PE and other Life Sports,
Games, and Activities,” World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Atlanta, GA, November 11, 2000.
PET 2931 Honors Course: “Achieve the Ultra-Stretch: PNF Stretching for Everyone.” (Dr. Siders,
Coordinator), January, 24, 2001.
OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs) National Personnel Training Conference. “Results and
Benefits of an Integrated Program of Adapted Physical Activities for Students with Low-Incidence
Disabilities,” multi-media/poster presentation, Washington, D.C., February 22, 2001.
Stopka, C. “Athletes with Disabilities: Exceptional Opportunities for Athletic Trainers; Considerations
for Rehabilitation.” SEATA Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, March 24, 2001.
Stopka, C. “Do It Yourself Adapted Activities: Adapted Equipment Ideas which are Affordable,
Therapeutic, and Fun for Everyone,” Florida Adult Day Care Association, State Conference. Orlando, FL,
June 9, 2001.
Stopka, C. “Achieving the Ultra-Stretch -- Flexibility and Fitness for Everyone: A Follow-up!” World
Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Atlanta, GA, September 29, 2001.
Stopka, C. “More Adapted Equipment for People with Disabilities in Physical Education, Recreation and
other Life Sports, Games, and Activities,” World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Atlanta, GA,
September 30, 2001.
Stopka, C. “Adapted Equipment for People with Disabilities in Physical Education, Recreation and other
Life Sports to Facilitate Inclusion,” Southern/Eastern District American Alliance of Health, Physical
Education, Recreation, & Dance, Baltimore, MD, February 13, 2002.
Stopka, C. “Coordinator of Exposition Booth for Palaestra Journal,” International Abilities Expo, Ft.
Lauderdale, FL, March 23, 2002.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture: “The Florida Adaptive Physical Education Endorsement and the Adapted PE
National Standards Exam/Certification,” for PET 3810 Team Sports, April, 17, 2002.
Stopka, C. “Inexpensive, Easy to Use, Adapted Equipment Ideas to Enhance the Lives of People of All
Ages with Disabilities,” Florida Recreation and Parks Association/TRIS 21st Midyear State Workshop,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, May 18, 2002.
Stopka, C. “Inexpensive, Adapted Equipment Ideas to Enhance Inclusionary Teaching in Elementary
Physical Education Settings,” Marion County Teachers’ In-Service Workshops, Ocala, FL, May 28, 2002.
Stopka, C; and Jones, Dug. “Inexpensive, Adapted Equipment Ideas to Enhance Inclusionary Teaching in
Secondary PE Settings,” Marion County Teachers’ In-Service Workshops, Ocala, FL, May 30, 2002.
Stopka, C. “Faith of the Heart: An audio-visual (sound to photo, synchronized, power-point presentation)
over the past 30 years, of accomplishments/miracles by people with disabilities, in adapted physical
activity). NCPERID Annual Conference, Arlington, VA, July 14, 2002.
Stopka, C; Morley, K; Siders, R; Schuette, J; Gilmet, Y; Houck, A. “Stretching Techniques to Improve
Flexibility in Special Olympics Athletes and their Coaches.” NCPERID Annual Conference, Arlington,
VA, July 14, 2002.
Stopka, C; and Bowie, L. “Inexpensive, Adapted Equipment Ideas to Enhance Inclusionary Teaching of
Physical Activities in Elementary Special Education Settings,” Marion County Teachers’ In-Service
Workshops, Ocala, FL, August 6, 2002.
Stopka, C. “Adapted Physical Activities for Students with Physical, Medical, and Learning Disabilities.”
Sport & Fitness Orientation for UF Instructors, August, 23, 2002.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “People with Disabilities Need
Quality Health/Fitness Programs, too: Adapted Physical Activity --Welcome to the World of Miracles!”
September 20, 2002.
Stopka, C. “Adapted Aquatics Equipment for People with Disabilities in Physical Education, Recreation
and other Life Sports, Games, and Activities,” World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Orlando, FL,
October 5, 2002.
Stopka, C. Teacher in-service on “Inexpensive, Adapted Equipment Ideas to Enhance Inclusionary
Teaching of Physical Activities in Middle School Settings,” Marion County Teachers’ In-Service
Workshops, Ocala, FL, November 12, 2002.
Stopka, C. Teacher in-service on “Inexpensive, Adapted Equipment Ideas to Enhance Inclusionary
Teaching of Physical Activities in High School Settings,” Marion County Teachers’ In-Service
Workshops, Ocala, FL, November 14, 2002.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: PET 2931 Honors Course on “Adapted Physical Activity and Exercise
Therapy-Maximizing Potentials Across the Lifespan.” (Dr. Murphey, Coordinator), January, 17, 2003.
Stopka, C. “Teaching Excellence: Excelling in Academia While Avoiding Burnout,” panel (of two)
discussion to doctoral students from Dr. Mary Ellen Young’s doctoral seminar course, College of Health
Professions, February 6, 2003.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Exercise and Adapted Physical
Activity for People with Disabilities: If I Can Do This I Can Do Anything!” February 7, 2003.
Stopka, C. “Special Physical Education and Exercise Therapy at UF and Beyond,” ESS Graduate
Student Forum, March 19, 2003.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: PET 3121 History of Sport & Exercise on: “Historical Perspectives in
Adapted Physical Education and Exercise Therapy,” March 27, 2003.
Stopka, C. PET 3810 Team Sports: Guest lecture: “The Florida Adaptive Physical Education
Endorsement and the Adapted PE National Standards Exam/Certification,” April, 15, 2003.
Stopka, C. “Sports Medical Considerations for Individuals with Disabilities,” NCPERID Annual
Conference, Arlington, VA, July 14, 2003.
Stopka, C. “Exercise Therapy for People with Intermittent Claudication due to Peripheral Vascular
Disease,” NCPERID Annual Conference, Research Poster presentation,” Arlington, VA, July 14, 2003.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Exercise and Adapted Physical
Activity for People with Disabilities: Empowering People to Make a Difference!” August 6, 2003.
Stopka, C. “The Sport & Fitness Instructors’ Survival Guide for Working with Students with Injuries
and Disabilities.” Sport & Fitness Orientation for UF Instructors, August, 22, 2003.
Florida Recreation and Parks Association, “Inexpensive, Easy to Use, Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Enhance the Lives of People of All Ages with Disabilities,” Palm Harbor, FL, August 29th, 2003.
University of Florida Disability Assembly, “Options for Adapted Physical Activities & Sports at UF and
in the Community,” Reitz Union Ballroom, Gainesville, FL, September 2, 2003.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Exercise and Adapted
Physical Activity for People with Disabilities: Empowering People to Maximize their Potentials!” Sept.
12, 2003.
Shands Hospital Rehab 2003 Conference: From Discovery to Recovery – How Research is Changing
Rehabilitation in the 21st Century, Adapted Physical Activities to Maximize Potentials: Age Appropriate
Fun for Everyone,” September 16, 2003, Gainesville, FL.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Exercise and Adapted Physical
Activity for People with Disabilities: Empowering People to Make a Difference!” September 17, 2003.
World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, “Pain Free Exercise Training for Individuals with
Peripheral Vascular Disease,” Research Poster presentation, Orlando, FL, September 19, 2003.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: College of Health Professions’ Psycho-Social Aspects of Rehabilitation
course on: “Adapted Physical Activities to Empower your Patients; October 6, 2003.
Occupational Therapy Staffing Meeting; Shands/Hampton Oaks/Orthopedic Center, “Age Appropriate,
Adapted Physical Activities for Therapy and Fun,” October 16, 2003.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Exercise and Adapted
Physical Activity for People with Disabilities: Empowering People to Make a Difference!” (For Sara
Martin’s class), January 23, 2004.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Exercise and Adapted Physical
Activity for People with Disabilities: Empowering People to Make a Difference!” (For Teresa Lyles’
class), January 23, 2004.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: PET 2931 Honors Course on: “Sports Medical Concerns for Athletes
with Disabilities,” (Dr. Siders, Coordinator), January 30, 2004.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Exercise and Adapted
Physical Activity for People with Disabilities: Empowering People to Make a Difference!” (For Elise
Peterson’s class), January 30, 2004.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: PET 2931 Honors Course on: “Achieve the Ultra-Stretch: PNF Stretching
for Everyone.” (Dr. Siders, Coordinator), February 6, 2004.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: PET 3121 History of Sport & Exercise on: “Historical Overview of
Adapted Physical Education and Exercise Therapy,” (For Beth Cianfrone’s class), March 18, 2004.
Stopka, C. “Adapted Aquatics Methods and Equipment to Facilitate Inclusive Teaching,” for the
AAHPERD/AAALF/APAC workshop on Focusing on Abilities: Teaching Students with Low-Incidence
Disabilities, American Alliance on Health, Physical, Education, Recreation, and Dance national
conference, New Orleans, LA, March 30, 2004.
Stopka, C. Session Presider & Facilitator, The Fifth Annual University Scholars Symposium, April 17,
2004.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Exercise and Adapted
Physical Activity for People with Disabilities: Empowering People to Maximize Potentials!” (For
Teresa Lyles’ class), May 14, 2004.
Stopka, C; Campbell, C; Tillman, M; Todorovich, J. “Effects of Resistance Exercise Training on
Individuals with Mental Retardation,” NCPERID Annual Conference, Research Poster presentation,
Arlington, VA, July 12, 2004.
Stopka, C; Pena, K; Todorovich, T. “Effects of Low-Intensity Exercise on Participants with Peripheral
Vascular Arterial Disease,” NCPERID Annual Conference, Research Poster presentation,” Research
Poster presentation, Arlington, VA, July 12, 2004.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health “Adapted Physical Activities
Across the Lifespan: Empowering People to Maximize Potentials!” (Megan Rickard’s class), September
8, 2004.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health: “Empowering People to Maximize
Potentials-Adapted Physical Activities Across the Lifespan” (Erin Largo Wight’s class), March 18,
2005.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Empowering People to
Maximize Potentials-Adapted Equipment Ideas to Make it So!”(For Chris Wirth’s class), March 18,
2005.
Stopka, C. Invited Presenter to therapists, parents, and children with amputations, congenital hand
deformities, and other disabilities at Hand Camp at Camp Crystal Lake, March 19, 2005.
Martinez, Coleen; Stopka, C. Low-Intensity Exercise Therapy for Women with Peripheral Arterial
Disease….Is it Beneficial, and Can it be Performed in Community Based Clinics and Fitness Centers?
Third Annual Women's Health Research Day, Research Poster, University of Florida, Health Science
Center, March 24, 2005. First Place Winner; category for graduate student as lead author.
Barak, S; Stopka, C; Todorovich, J; Siders, R. “The Effects of a Six Week, Low-Intensity, Walking
Program on Elderly Individuals with Peripheral Arterial Disease,” accepted for presentation for the first
National Association Poster Session, sponsored by AAALF and AALR, AAHPERD National
Convention, Chicago, IL, April 14, 2005.
Martinez, Coleen; Stopka, C. Low-Intensity Exercise Therapy for Women with Peripheral Arterial
Disease….Is it Beneficial, and Can it be Performed in Community Based Clinics and Fitness Centers?
Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research Day, Research Poster Presentation, VAMCGainesville, May 3, 2005.
Barak, S; Stopka, C; Todorovich, J; Siders, R. “The Effects of a Six Week, Low-Intensity, Walking
Program on Elderly Individuals with Peripheral Arterial Disease,” Veterans Administration
Rehabilitation Research Day, Research Poster Presentation, VAMC-Gainesville, May 3, 2005.
Stopka, C; Pena, K; Todorovich, T. “Effects of Low-Intensity Exercise on Participants with Peripheral
Vascular Arterial Disease,” Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research Day, Research Poster
Presentation, VAMC-Gainesville, May 3, 2005.
Stopka, C., Khouri, E., and Lyles, T. The Effects Of Pain Free Treadmill Exercise Upon Persons With
Intermittent Claudication Due To Peripheral Arterial Disease,” Veterans Administration Rehabilitation
Research Day, Research Poster Presentation, VAMC-Gainesville, May 3, 2005.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Empowering People to
Maximize Potentials via Adapted Equipment Ideas.”(For Chris Wirth’s class), May 27, 2005.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Empowering People to
Maximize Potentials via Adapted Physical Activity Ideas.”(For Teresa Lyles’ class), July 11, 2005.
Martinez, C; Stopka, C; Martinez, O. Low-Intensity Exercise Therapy for Women with Peripheral
Arterial Disease….Is it Beneficial, and Can it be Performed in Community Based Clinics and Fitness
Centers? NCPERID Annual Conference, Research Poster presentation, Reston, VA, July 18, 2005.
Barak, S; Stopka, C; Todorovich, J; Siders, R. “The Effects of a Six Week, Low-Intensity, Walking
Program on Elderly Individuals with Peripheral Arterial Disease,” NCPERID Annual Conference,
Research Poster presentation, Reston, VA, July 18, 2005.
Martinez, C., Stopka, C., & Barak, S. A look at two decades of training to determine the effects of a
low-intensity exercise therapy program for intermittent claudication. Poster presentation for the First
Annual Neuromuscular Plasticity Symposium, at the University of Florida, September 22, 2005.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Using Adapted Equipment
Ideas to Maximize Potentials for People with Disabilities,” (For Chris Wirth & Kelley Driscoll’s class),
September 23, 2005.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Using Adapted Equipment
Ideas to Maximize Potentials for People with Disabilities,” (For Samantha Triacca & Wendy Fahsholtz’s
class), September 23, 2005.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Using Adapted Equipment
Ideas to Maximize Potentials for People with Disabilities,” (For Ashley Dozier & Anne-Marie
Bismuth’s class), September 23, 2005.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Using Adapted Equipment
Ideas to Maximize Potentials for People with Disabilities,” (For Teresa Lyles & Jennifer Abram’s class),
September 23, 2005.
Stopka, C. “Walking for Performance: Exercising with Peripheral Vascular Disease, Arthritis, and
More: Lower the intensity, avoid the pain, and watch the improvements begin,” for the City of
Gainesville’s, Take Charge of Your Life Health Care Symposium for 150+ Senior Citizens (the
Honorable Cynthia Chestnut, Coordinator), September 24, 2005.
Stopka, C. “Achieving the Ultra-Stretch: A Method for Achieving Flexibility for Everyone,”
FAHPERDS Conference, Orlando, FL, October 15, 2005.
Stopka, Christine; Brown, Charis; Stopka, Kathleen. “Adapted Equipment and Methods for the Pre-K
Setting to Facilitate Inclusion with Children with Disabilities,” Early Learning Coalition; Fall Conference
on Inclusion, Lake City, FL, October, 22, 2005.
Stopka, C; Martinez, C; Martinez, O; Johnson, AJ. “Walking for Performance: Exercise Benefits,
Safety, Tips, and more, for making the most out of our walking” for the Shands Eastside Community
Practice Health Care Lecture Series, presented at the Church of God by Faith, January 19, 2006.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Help Empower People to Maximize Potentials for People with Disabilities,” (For Teresa Lyles’ class),
January 27, 2006.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Help Empower People to Maximize Potentials for People with Disabilities,” (Anne-Marie Bismuth’s
class), Jan. 27, 2006.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Help Empower People to Maximize Potentials for People with Disabilities,” (For Chris Wirth’s class),
January 27, 2006.
Stopka, C. Invited presenter on “Marathoners with Special Needs;” University of Florida Orthopedics
Research Pre-Marathon Training Workshop; February 18, 2006.
Stopka, C; Martinez, C; Johnson, A; Stopka, K; Martinez, O. “Walking for Performance: Exercise
Benefits, Safety, Tips, and more, for making the most out of our walking” for the Shands Eastside
Community Practice Health Care Lecture Series, presented at Eden Park Apts, February 20, 2006.
Stopka, C; Martinez, C; Johnson, A; Martinez, O. “Effective, yet PAINLESS Stretching” for the Shands
Eastside Community Practice Health Care Lecture Series, presented at the Williams Temple Church of
God in Christ, February 21, 2006.
Stopka, C; Martinez, C; Johnson, A; Martinez, O. “Effective, yet PAINLESS Stretching” for the Shands
Eastside Community Practice Health Care Lecture Series, presented at the Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist
Church, March 9, 2006.
Stopka, C. Invited Presenter to therapists, parents, and children with amputations, congenital hand
deformities, and other disabilities at Hand Camp at Camp Crystal Lake, March, 2006.
Stopka, C; Johnson, A; Thompson, A. “Effective, yet PAINLESS Stretching” for the Shands Eastside
Community Practice Health Care Lecture Series, Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church, March 29, 2006.
Stopka, C. “Affordable and Exciting Adapted Equipment Ideas to Facilitate Inclusive Programming in
Recreation Therapy Programs,” Florida Recreation & Parks Association Northern Region Meeting,
Gainesville, FL, April 19, 2006.
Martinez, C; Stopka, C. Low-Intensity Exercise Therapy for Women with Peripheral Arterial
Disease….Is it Beneficial, and Can it be Performed in Community Based Clinics and Fitness Centers?
AAPAR Research Poster Session, AAHPERD Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, April 28, 2006.
Martinez, C; Stopka, C. A Look at Two Decades of Training to Determine the Effects of a Low-Intensity
Exercise Therapy Program for Intermittent Claudication,” Research Poster presentation, Research
Consortium, AAHPERD Annual Conference, Salt Lake City, UT, April 28, 2006.
Stopka, K., Stopka, C. Using Adapted Aquatics Equipment to Facilitate the Acquisition of Aquatics
Skills by Students with Disabilities,” Oral Free Communications Presentation, presented by C. Stopka,
NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 10, 2006.
Martinez, C; Stopka, C. A Look at Two Decades of Training to Determine the Effects of a Low-Intensity
Exercise Therapy Program for Intermittent Claudication,” Research Poster presentation, NCPERID
Annual Conference, presented by C. Stopka, Reston, VA, July 9-10, 2006.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Help Empower People to Maximize Potentials for People with Disabilities,” (For Samantha Triaca and
Sara Jamieson’s class), September 15, 2006.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Help Empower People to Maximize Potentials for People with Disabilities,” (For Beth Johnson and
Katie Dendy’s class), September 15, 2006.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Help Empower People to Maximize Potentials for People with Disabilities,” (For Wendy Fahsholtz &
Tony DeLisle’s class), September 15, 2006.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Help Empower People to Maximize Potentials for People with Disabilities,” (For Samantha Triaca and
Devin Miller’s class), September 15, 2006.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Help Empower People to Maximize Potentials for People with Disabilities,” (For Desiree Moore and
Monica Webb’s class), September 15, 2006.
Stopka C. “Connecting Science/Theory to Practice,” guest presenter for the Student Chatroom for Dr.
Scott Pedersen’s Distance Education Course on the Adapted PE National Standards, New Mexico State
University, 7-9pm, October 26, 2006.
Stopka, C.; Pardue, S. “PAINLESS Stretching for Life,” for the Shands Eastside Community Practice
Health Care Lecture Series, presented at the Friendship Baptist Church, November 14, 2006.
Stopka, C.; Pardue, S. “PAINLESS Stretching” Life, Shands Eastside Community Practice Health Care
Lecture Series, presented at the Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Church, November 21, 2006.
Stopka, C. “Adapted Aquatics Equipment: Ideas to Facilitate the Acquisition of Aquatic Skills by Students
with Disabilities,” World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Philadelphia, PA, Nov. 17, 2006.
Stopka, C. “Sports Medicine Concerns for Athletes with Disabilities,” World Congress & Exposition on
Disabilities, Philadelphia, PA, November 18, 2006.
Stopka, C. “Achieving the Ultra-Stretch: A Method of Achieving Flexibility and Fitness for Everyone,”
World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Philadelphia, PA, November 19, 2006.
Stopka, C. “Helping the ‘Willing’ become ‘Able:’ Ideas to Bring Joy to Physical Activity,” Seventh Annual
Health Empowerment Fair, Sponsored by Shands Eastside Community Practice Health Care, Jan. 27, 2006.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Empowering People with
Disabilities: Adapted Equipment Ideas to Make it Possible!” (For Katie Dendy and Beth Johnson’s
class), February 2, 2007.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Empowering People with
Disabilities: Adapted Equipment Ideas to Make it Possible!” (For Devin Miller’s class), Feb. 2, 2007.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Empowering People with
Disabilities: Adapted Equipment Ideas to Make it Possible!” (For Wendy Fahsholtz and Sara Jamieson’s
class), February 2, 2007.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Empowering People with
Disabilities: Adapted Equipment Ideas to Make it Possible!” (For Lily Nikolich and Lindsey
Talieaferro’s class), February 2, 2007.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Empowering People with
Disabilities: Adapted Equipment Ideas to Make it Possible!” (For Tony Delisle and Naz Erengue’s
class), February 2, 2007.
Stopka, C. Invited Presenter to therapists, parents, and children with amputations, congenital hand
deformities, and other disabilities at Hand Camp at Camp Crystal Lake, March, 2007.
Stopka C. “Connecting Science/Theory to Practice,” guest presenter for the Student Chatroom for Dr.
Scott Pedersen’s Distance Education Course on the Adapted PE National Standards, New Mexico State
University, 7-10pm, June 25, 2007.
Stopka, C., Machek, M., Tillman, M. “Effects of a Supervised Resistance Exercise Training on Male
and Female Adolescents and Young Adults with Mental Retardation,” Research Poster Presentation,
National Consortium for Physical Education & Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPERID),
July 8, 2007.
Stopka, C., Davis, M. “Peripheral Arterial Disease Treatment: A Comparative Study of the Effects of Low
Intensity, Accommodating Pain Free Exercise Therapy and High Intensity, Maximal Pain Tolerance
Exercise Therapy on Patients with Intermittent Claudication,” Research Poster Presentation, National
Consortium for Physical Education & Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPERID), July 8,
2007.
NINE Separate PREVIEW Advising Presentations; May-July, 2007; to Incoming Freshman Students.
Stopka, C. “Sports Medical Concerns for Athletes with Disabilities,” Lecture given for the Primary Care
Sports Medicine Fellowship series, Departments of Orthopedics and Primary Medicine, University of
Florida, Gainesville, Florida, October 2, 2007.
Stopka C. “Connecting Science/Theory to Practice,” guest presenter for the Student Chatroom for Dr.
Scott Pedersen’s Distance Education Course on the Adapted PE National Standards, New Mexico State
University, 8-10pm, October 25, 2007.
Stopka, C. “Sports Medicine Concepts for Athletes with Disabilities,” World Congress & Exposition on
Disabilities, Washington, D.C., November 15, 2007.
Stopka, C. “Flexibility for ALL: A Method of Achieving Flexibility and Fitness for Everyone,”
World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Washington, D.C., November 16, 2007.
Stopka, C. “Adapted Aquatics Equipment Ideas to Facilitate Skill Learning,” World Congress &
Exposition on Disabilities, Washington, D.C., November 17, 2007.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Empowering People with
Disabilities: Adapted Equipment Ideas to Make it Possible!” (For Jennifer Reingle’s class), Nov. 26, 2007.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Empowering People with
Disabilities: Adapted Equipment Ideas to Make it Possible!” (For Laura Haderxhanaj’s class), November
26, 2007.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Facilitate the Empowerment of People with Disabilities,” (For Laura Haderxhanaj’s class), Jan. 25, 2008.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Facilitate the Empowerment of People with Disabilities,” (For Jennifer Reingle’s class), February 8, 2008.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Facilitate the Empowerment of People with Disabilities,” (For Tony DeLisle’s 6th period class), February
13, 2008.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Equipment Ideas to
Facilitate the Empowerment of People with Disabilities,” (For Tony DeLisle’s 7th period class), February
13, 2008.
Stopka, C. & Students: “Adapted Physical Activity Inclusive Participation Fest!” Hands to Love, Hand
Camp; International Medical Camp for Children with Congenital Hand Differences, and their Families;
with their UF therapists and physicians, Camp Crystal Lake, Florida, March, 2008.
Stopka, C., Tamse, T., Tillman, M, Weimer, A., Abrams, G., Issa, I. “A Comparison of the Effects of a
Supervised Resistance Exercise Training on Special Olympic Athletes and their Coaches,” Research
Poster Presentation, National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with
Disabilities (NCPERID), July 17, 2008.
NINE Separate PREVIEW Advising Presentations; May-July, 2008; to Incoming Freshman Students.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Physical Activities,
and Equipment, to Help Empower People with Disabilities to Achieve Anything!” (For Laura
Haderxhanaj’s class), September 19, 2008.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Physical Activities,
and Equipment, to Help Empower People with Disabilities to Achieve Anything!” (For Lindsey
Hovermale’s class), September 26, 2008.
DeLisle, T., Maren, T., Pantic, D., Novosad, V., Fountain, C., Stopka, C. “Adapted Physical Activities,
Equipment, and Service Programs in HHP” for our college freshman family welcome, October 18, 2008.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: HES 2100: Personal & Family Health on: “Adapted Physical Activities,
and Equipment, to Help Empower People with Disabilities to Achieve Anything!” (For Jennifer Reingle’s
class), October 31, 2008.
Stopka, C. “An Introduction to the Field of Adapted Physical Activity: If I can do this; I can do anything!”
for: Alpha Epsilon Delta; the Pre-Professional Health Honor Society; Florida Alpha Chapter, Medical
Sciences Auditorium, 7-8pm, February 19, 2008.
Solomon, M., DeLisle, T., Stopka, C. “Applying the PRECEDE-PROCEDE model towards improving
health outcomes in populations with an intellectual disability and in the health promoters serving their
needs,” for the Tenth University of Maryland National Conference for McNair Scholars & Undergraduate
Research, March 14, 2009.
Stopka, C. & Students: “Adapted Physical Activity Inclusive Participation Fest!” Hands to Love, Hand
Camp; International Medical Camp for Children with Congenital Hand Differences, and their Families;
with their UF therapists and physicians, Camp Crystal Lake, Florida, March, 2009.
Stopka, C., Tamse, T., Tillman, M, Weimer, A., Abrams, G., Issa, I. “A Strength Program for Special
Olympics Athletes and their Coaches,” AAPAR (American Association on Physical Activity and
Recreation) Research Poster Presentation, American Association on Physical Activity &
Recreation/AAHPERD, Tampa, FL, April 3, 2009.
Stopka, C. “Sports Medical Concerns for Athletes with Disabilities,” Lecture given for the Primary Care
Sports Medicine Fellowship series, Departments of Orthopedics and Primary Medicine, University of
Florida, Gainesville, Florida, April 10, 2009.
NINE Separate PREVIEW Advising Presentations; May-July, 2009; to Incoming Freshman Students.
DeLisle, Tony, Solomon, Monica, Stopka, Christine “Applying the PRECEDE-PROCEDE model towards
improving health outcomes in populations with an intellectual disability and in the health promoters
serving their needs,” poster presentation, NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 17, 2009.
Stopka, Christine & Kathleen Stopka Horseman, “Adapted Aquatics Equipment Ideas to Facilitate the
Learning of Aquatics Skills,” Poster presentation, presented by C. Stopka, NCPERID Annual Conference,
Reston, VA, July 18, 2009.
Stopka, C. “Web Based Instruction in Adapted Physical Activity, Medical Aspects, & Medical Terminology at
the University of Florida and Beyond: A Brief Overview of the Content and the Multiple Internet Delivery
Systems Used,” Invited Speaker; Oral presentation, NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 18, 2009.
Stopka, Christine & Claudia Siders. “Coping in Troubled Times: ‘De-stressing’ with healthful, fun, and
affordable water aerobics activities,” Staff Retreat for the UF Division of Student Affairs Office,
Gainesville, Hilton, August 12, 2009.
Stopka, Christine. “Ladies in the Limelight,” Student Government & Women’s Leadership Council, panel
discussion of distinguished faculty, Reitz Union Amphitheater, September 16, 2009
Stopka, Christine. “Exercise Therapy and Adapted Physical Activity Programs at UF: Come Join UF for
the Miracles!” Back to School Lecture Series for UF’s Family Weekend, Reitz Union, October 3, 2009.
Solomon, Monica; Delisle, Tony; Stopka, Christine (2009). “Applying the Precede-Proceed Model Towards
Improving Health Outcomes in Populations with an Intellectual Disability and in the Health Promoters Serving
Their Needs.” Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS), November 4-7,
Phoenix Arizona, Presentation made by Monica Solomon.
Stopka, Christine, Ferreira, Shane. “Exercise & Adapted Physical Activity Programs for Healthy Living,”
Kiwanis Club, Paramount Hotel, Gainesville, FL, February 3, 2010.
Solomon, Monica, Delisle, Tony, Stopka, Christine. “The Effects of a Peer Mentor Driven Community
Based Participatory Research Model in an Inclusive Physical Education Program for Students with
Intellectual Disabilities,” Presented by M. Solomon. New England Science Symposium, sponsored by
Harvard Medical School; Cambridge, MA, February 28, 2010.
Dipnarine, Krishna; Delisle, Tony; Stopka, Christine; Young, Mary Ellen. “A preliminary evaluation of a
theory based structured physical activity program for improving fitness in populations with an intellectual
disability.” Presented by K. Dipnarine. Eleventh Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Reitz
Union, UF, Gainesville, FL, March 1, 2010.
Cowen, Tiffany; Delisle, Tony; Tillman, Mark; Stopka, Christine. “Fitness Assessment in Firefighters.”
Presented by T. Cowen. Eleventh Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Reitz Union, UF,
Gainesville, FL, March 1, 2010.
Miller, Jordan; Delisle, Tony; Tillman, Mark; Stopka, Christine. “Efficacy of a Peer Based Worksite Health
Intervention on CVD Risk Factors in Firefighters: A Pilot Study.” Presented by J. Miller. Eleventh Annual
Undergraduate Research Symposium, Reitz Union, UF, Gainesville, FL, March 1, 2010.
Stopka, C. & Students: “Adapted Physical Activity Inclusive Participation Fest!” Hands to Love, Hand
Camp; International Medical Camp for Children with Congenital Hand Differences, and their Families;
with their UF therapists and physicians, Camp Crystal Lake, Florida, March 27, 2010.
Delisle T, Dipnarine K, Beamer W, Barwick R, Brombecher S, Tillman M, Stopka, C. “A Preliminary
Evaluation of a Theory Based Structured Physical Activity Program for Improving Fitness in Populations
with an Intellectual Disability,” Presented by T. Delisle & M. Tillman. American College of Sports
Medicine Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 4, 2010.
Dabroski A, Miller J, Garcia J, Stopka C, Tillman M, Dobson J, Delisle T. “Efficacy of a Peer Based
Worksite Health Intervention on CVD Risk Factors in Firefighters: A Pilot Study.” Presented by T.
Delisle & M. Tillman. American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, June 4,
2010.
Stopka, C. “Sports Medical Concerns for Athletes with Disabilities,” Lecture to the Primary Care Sports
Medicine Fellowship series, Departments of Orthopedics and Primary Medicine, UF Student Health Care
Center, June 14, 2010.
Delisle, T; Dipnarine, K; Ha, C; Huq M; Stopka, C. ”Evaluation of a Structured Physical Fitness
Intervention on Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities,” poster presentation, NCPERID Annual
Conference, Reston, VA, July 15, 2010.
Solomon, M; Delisle, T; Stopka, C. “The effects of a peer mentor driven community based participatory
research model in an inclusive physical education program for students with intellectual disabilities,”
poster presentation, NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 16, 2010.
Delisle, T; Dabroski, A; Miller, J; Tillman, M; Huq, M; Stopka, C. “Efficacy of a Peer Based Worksite
Health Intervention on Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Firefighters: A Pilot Study,” poster presentation,
NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 17, 2010.
Delisle, T; Tillman, M; Cowen, T; Dabroski, A; Parr, J; Abt, N; Huq, M; Dobson, J; Stopka, C.
“Validation of Field-Based Aerobic Capacity Assessment in Firefighters,” Poster presentation, NCPERID
Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 17, 2010.
TEN Separate PREVIEW Advising Presentations; May-July, 2010; to Incoming Freshman Students.
Stopka, C, and Ten UF Students. “Affordable, Easy to Make…Adapted Physical Activity Equipment to
Facilitate Motor Skill Development for People with Disabilities; Invited Presentation; Sunshine State
Sports Ability Games & Expo; Ocala, Florida, October 1, 2010.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: APK: 4312: Clinical Pathophysiology and Pharmacology on: “Sports
Medical Considerations for Individuals with Disabilities & Opportunities for ALL” (For Dr. Patti Tripp’s
class), December 6, 2010.
Stopka, C. & Students: “Adapted Physical Activity Inclusive Participation Fest!” Hands to Love, Hand
Camp; International Medical Camp for Children with Congenital Hand Differences, and their Families;
with their UF therapists and physicians, Camp Crystal Lake, Florida, March 19, 2011.
Delisle, T; Stopka, C; Barwick, R; Huq, M; Dipnarine, K. “Fostering and Sustaining a CommunityAcademic Partnership to Promote Health Enhancing Physical Activity in young Adults with Intellectual
Disabilities,” published abstract, NCPERID Annual Conference Proceedings, Reston, VA, July 16, 2011.
Grabel, Z; Stopka, C; Barwick, R; Delisle, T; Idica, J. “Can One Weekend of Volunteering Improve SelfSatisfaction?” published abstract, NCPERID Annual Conference Proceedings, Reston, VA, July 16, 2011.
Barwick, R; Tillman, M; Stopka, C; Dipnarine, K, Delisle, T; Huq, M. “Physical Capacity and Functional
Abilities Improve in Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities after Functional Training,” published
abstract, NCPERID Annual Conference Proceedings, Reston, VA, July 16, 2011.
NINE Separate PREVIEW Advising Presentations; May-July, 2011; to Incoming Freshman Students.
Stopka, C, & Nine UF Students. “Affordable, Easy to Make…Adapted Physical Activity Equipment to
Facilitate Motor Skill Development for People with Disabilities; Invited Presentation; Sunshine State
Sports Ability Games & Expo; Ocala, Florida, October 1, 2011.
Ashley Van Putten, Tony Delisle, Monica Solomon, Christine Stopka. “Integrating STEM and SBE
disciplines into Community Based Participatory Research to promote health lifestyles in underserved
populations with disabilities,” Poster Presentation, National Science Foundation Research Day, University
of Florida, October 25, 2011.
Robert Pastula, Chris Haas, Anthony Delisle, Christine Stopka. “The Effect of Low-Intensity, Aerobic
Exercise Training on the Cognitive Function of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Pilot
Study.” Poster Presentation, National Science Foundation Research Day, University of Florida, October
25, 2011.
Ryan Barwick, Mark Tillman, Christine Stopka, Krishna Dipnarine, Tony Delisle. “Physical Capacity and
Functional Abilities Improve in Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities After Functional Training.”
Poster Presentation, National Science Foundation Research Day, University of Florida, October 25, 2011.
Chun Ha, Tony Delisle, Krishna Dipnarine, Mona Sayedul Huq, Christine Stopka. “Correlation Between
Self Efficacy Theory and Fitness Improvements on Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. Poster
Presentation, National Science Foundation Research Day, University of Florida, October 25, 2011.
Stopka, C. Guest lecture for: APK: 4312: Clinical Pathophysiology and Pharmacology on: “Sports
Medical Considerations for Individuals with Disabilities & Opportunities for ALL” (For Dr. Patti Tripp’s
class), December 5, 2011.
Garcia, J.T., Chaney, E.H., Stopka, C.B., Chaney, J.D., & Neff, D. (2012, April). Assessing Weight Bias in
Nurses towards Obese Patients in a Rural Population and its Implications. Session presented at the Society of
Public Health Education (SOPHE) Mid-Year Scientific Conference, Nashville, TN.
Stopka, Christine. Guest lecture for: “Pediatrics in Physical Therapy” course for DPT students; “Adapted
PE, and APA, and adaptations for the lifespan.” (For Dr. Claudia Senesac’s class), July 13, 2012.
NINE Separate PREVIEW Advising Presentations; May-July, 2012; to Incoming Freshman Students.
Tony Delisle, Krishna Dipnarine, Mona Sayedul Huq, Chun Ha, Christine Stopka. “Correlation Between
Self Efficacy Theory & Fitness Improvements on Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities,” Poster
Presentation, NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 19, 2012. Presented by Stopka.
Krishna Dipnarine, Christine Stopka, Coleen Martinez, Sharon Barak, Keith Pena, & Eli Carmeli.
“Low-intensity Pain Free Treadmill Exercise Therapy Improves Functional Capacity for Women with
Intermittent Claudication Due to Peripheral Artery Disease,” Poster Presentation, NCPERID Annual
Conference, Reston, VA, July 19, 2012. Presented by Stopka.
Micah Pastula, Chris Hass, Tony Delisle, Krishna Dipnarine, Mona Sayedul Huq, & Christine Stopka.
“The Effect of Moderate-Intenstiy Exercise Training on the Cognitive Function of Young Adults with
Intellectual Disabilities,” Poster Presentation, NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 19,
2012. Presented by Stopka.
Tony Delisle, Eboni M. Peoples, Alexis L. Delisle, Melanie S. Hinojosa, Christine Stopka, Mark
Tillman & Bill Northcutt. “Methods for fostering Community-Academic Partnerships and Utilizing
Intervention Mapping in a Firefighter Population,” Poster Presentation, NCPERID Annual Conference,
Reston, VA, July 19, 2012. Presented by Stopka.
Dipnarine, Tony Delisle, Ryan Barwick, Mark Tillman, Christine Stopka, Mona Sayedul Huq, & Chun
Ha. “Comparison of Functional Training and Weight Training Programs in Improving Physical Capacity
and Functional Abilities in Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities,” Emerging Scholars Symposium
Oral Presentation, NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 20, 2012. Presented by Stopka.
Tony Delisle, Jason McLean, Ashley Van Putten, Mona Sayedal Huq, Martin Wegman, & Christine
Stopka. “Utilizing CBPR Principles and Student Organizations to Create Community-Academic
Partnerships for Health Promotion to Prevent Health Related Disabilities,” NCPERID Annual
Conference, Reston, VA, July 20, 2012. Presented by Stopka.
Ashley Van Putten, Tony Delisle, Monica Solomon, Krishna Dipnarine, Mona Sayedal Huq, & Christine
Stopka. “Integrating STEM and SBE Disciplines into Community-Based Research to Promote Healthy
Lifestyles in Underserved Populations with Disabilities,” NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA,
July 20, 2012. Presented by Stopka.
TEACHING:
University of Virginia: 1978-1981.
EDHP 320: Anatomy, Fall 1978, 1979, 1980.
EDHP 322: Kinesiology, Fall 1980, Spring 1981.
EDHP 535/721: Analysis of Movement (Adv. Kinesiology & Biomechanics) Spg, Sum terms, 1981.
East Carolina University: 1981-1982
PHYE 3906:
PHYE 5303:
PHYE 5903:
PHYE 3850:
PHYE 1018:
Special Physical Education; Fall, 1981; Spring 1982
Special Physical Educ. for the Mentally Disabled (M.R., E.D. L.D., etc.); Fall 1981.
Special PE: Physical Disabilities (orthopedic, neurologic, sensory, medical); Spg 1982.
Kinesiology: Summer 1982.
Swimming (all levels); Summer 1982.
University of Florida: 1982 to present.
PEQ 1121: Aquatics Teaching Methods, Summer, 1986.
PEQ 3126: Instructors of Adapted Aquatics, Spring terms,1994 to 2007.
PET 3060: Motor Development, Fall term, 2006.
PET 3320: Applied Human Anatomy, Summer terms, 1983, 1984.
PET 3340: Kinesiology of Motor Skills, Summer/Spring terms as needed.
PET 3622: Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries; Fall through 1986, Spring through 1996.
PET 3640: Now HSC 3232: Exercise Therapy and Adapted PE, 1982 to present.
PET 4905: Variable Topics in Special PE or AT, all terms, 1982-1993 for AT; SPE-present.
PET 4948: Practicum in Special PE or AT, all terms, 1982-1993 for AT; SPE-present.
PET 5127: Advanced Instructors of Adapted Aquatics, Spring terms, 2000 to 2007.
PET 5625: Advanced Athletic Training, Fall terms, 1984 to 1988.
PET 5646: Now HSC 5618: Advanced Exercise Therapy and Adapted PE, Fall 1999 to present.
PET 5655: Advanced Special Physical Education, once per year, 1984 to 1994.
PET 5655: Medical/Health Aspects of Individuals with Disabilities, 1995 to present.
PET 6615: Assessment and Curriculum Techniques in Special PE, 1986 to 2000.
PET 6627: Rehabilitation and Modalities in AT, Spring terms 1985-89, Falls, 1991, 1993.
PET 6905: Independent Study in Special PE or AT, all terms, 1982-1993 for AT; SPE-present.
PET 6910: Supervised Research in Special PE or AT, various terms, 1985 - present.
PET 6948: Advanced Practicum in Special PE or AT, all terms, 1982-1993 for AT; SPE-present.
PET 6933: Seminar in Athletic Training, both terms, 1984-87, Spring only, 1988-1989.
PET 6666: Education and Administrative Aspects of AT, Spring terms, 1990, 1992, 1994.
PET 6934: Seminar in Special Physical Education, both terms, 1984-87, Fall, 1987 -2001.
PET 6971: Masters Research, various terms, 1983 to present.
PET 6925: Conferences & Workshops in Special PE, Summers, 1983, 1988 through 2007.
PET 6616: Physical Assessment of Athletic Injuries, Fall terms, 1986 to 1992.
PET 6632: Pathophysiology of Injury Repair, Spring terms, 1986-88.
PET 6636: Anatomy and Pathophysiology in Athletic Training, Spring terms, 1990 to 1993.
PET 5936: Selected Topics-Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Fall 1990, (assisting Ed McFarland, M.D.).
HSC 3201: Community & Environmental Health, Fall and/or Spring terms, 2010 to present.
HSC 3537: Health & Medical Terminology, all terms; Fall 2007 on; course # was HSC 3531 before Fall 2008).
HSC 5536: Medical Terminology for the Health Professions, all terms, Fall 2007 to present.
HSC 4905: Med/Hlth Aspects-Disabilities AND Adapt Phys Activ WEB courses; all terms, Fall 2005 to present.
HSC 6905: Advanced levels of the MED & APA (above) WEB courses; all terms, Fall 2005 to present.
Supervisor of Applied Careers & Teaching Interns: Summer 1985 to present, most terms.
Dept. Intern Coordinator: Aug 1996–Dec 1998--200studts/term;100applying; thus,300 studts/term to advise/process.
GRADUATE THESES AND COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION COMMITTEES:
Approximate numbers of committees per year – total graduate committees served at UF: 250+
Masters Theses: 1-4 as a member, 1-4 as a chair.
Masters Non-Thesis: 5 as a member, 6-10 as a chair.
Doctoral Dissertations: 2-4 as a member; 2 as a chair
Doctoral Comps: 2-4 as a member.
Comprehensive Exams administered in the areas of Athletic Training, Special Physical Education, Kinesiology, and
Exercise Physiology, Exercise Therapy, Adapted Physical Activity & Health, 1982 to present.
Masters Theses, chaired (Selected Titles)
1. “A Comparison of Isotonic and Isokinetic Training Methods for the Development of Leg Strength and Power;”
Vincent J. Hudson, Jr., December 1985.
2. “Running and Degenerative Joint Disease;” Carolyn J. Schmidt, December 1985.
3. “Interaction Behaviors of Physically Impaired Children in Elementary Physical Education: Observable Measures;”
Stephanie L. Carpenter, December 1988.
4. “Muscle Imbalance and Hamstring Injury in Police Officers, Firefighters and Track Athletes;” LaGwyn Johnson,
August, 1992.
5. “Effects of Low-Intensity, Pain-free Exercise on Muscle Metabolism in Patients with Peripheral Vascular
Disease Evaluated by 31P-NMR spectroscopy;” Lorri Marburger, August, 1992.
6. “Warm up and Stretching Habits of Selected College Students;” Ronald Simon, December, 1992.
7. “A Survey of the State of Burnout among Athletic Trainers in Massachusetts;” Greta Marcus, May, 1993.
8. “Level of Nutritional Knowledge and How it Affects Elite Collegiate Distance Runners’ Attitudes Concerning
Eating, Food, and Body Weight;” Douglas Casa, May, 1993.
9. “The Effects of Enhanced Eccentric Training on Improvement of Strength;” Christopher Follenius, May 1993.
10. “Effect of Concurrent Visual Feedback and Knowledge of Results on the Variability of Maximal and Submaximal
Isometric Lumbar Extension Muscle Strength;” Neil Delude, May, 1993.
11. “Effects of Resistance Training on Muscular Endurance and Physical Capacity to Perform Work of Adolescents
with Mental Retardation;” David Suro, May 1995.
12. “The Role of Expectations in Recovery from Anterior Cruciate Ligament Surgery,” Erin Alice Dannecker, August,
1996.
13. “Kinematic Analysis of Gait of Individuals with Mild to Moderate Gait Abnormalities Following a Nine Week
Treatment of Hippotherapy,” Kimberly Zambito, April, 1997.
14. “Low-Intensity Exercise Therapy for Individuals with Intermittent Claudication due to Peripheral Vascular
Disease,” Sharon Barak, April, 2004.
15. “The Effects of an Adapted Aquatics Program on the Spatial Awareness of an Individual who is Blind,” Hee Sun Jun,
August, 2004.
16. “Do Optimists Have Better Lives? A Quasi-Experimental Optimism, Life Satisfaction, and Quality of Life Study,”
Charis M. Brown, May, 2006.
17. “Accommodating Pain Free Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease,” Coleen Archer Martinez, August, 2006.
Education Specialist Degree (committee member)
1. “Procedures for Enhancing Spelling Achievement in a Severely Physically Impaired, Non-vocal Student;” Claudia C.
Siders, December 1986.
Doctoral Dissertations (committee member)
1. “Teacher Wait Time: Task Performance of Developmentally Delayed and Non-delayed Young Children;” Julie M.
Lee, December 1985.
2. “The Effects of Inter-trial Interval Wait Time Durations on Learning for Children with Severe Handicaps;” Gregory C.
Valcante, December 1986.
3. “Adolescents With Physical Impairments: Metacognitive Procedures in the Acquisition and generalization of
Nonverbal Communication Behaviors;” Stephanie L. Carpenter, August, 1990.
4. “In-Vivo Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy of Musculoskeletal Disorders,” James Ray Ballinger, August, 1994.
5. “An Analysis of Athletic Training State Practice Acts and the Development of Criteria for a Model;” David A.
Kaiser, December, 1994.
6. “Cognitive Processing Theory: A Basis for Instruction for Adolescents with Traumatic Brain Injury;” Carol
Wright, December 1995.
7. “Phosphorus-31 In-Vivo Human Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Development of Magnetic Resonance
Spectroscopy Techniques;” Hee-Won Kim, August, 1997.
8. “Human In-Vivo Cardiac Phosphorus Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy at 3.0 Tesla;” Angela Properzio
Bruner, August, 1999.
9. “An Analysis of Multicultural Strategies Implemented by Recreational Professionals Working Among People with
Multiple Disabilities in Florida;” John Chamberlain, May, 2001.
10. “Relationships Between Temperament Type and Perceived Self-Advocacy Among Informal Caregivers;” Teresa A.
Tozzo-Lyles, December, 2006.
11. “Historical Comparison of Florida and National Title IX Compliance Trends in High School Sports from 19852005;” Coury M. Knowles, University of Central Florida, December, 2007.
12. “Primary Care, Internists, and Oncologists: Their Knowledge, Attitude, and Self-Reported Management of
Symptomatic Lymphedema after Breast Cancer” Giselle Moore-Higgs, University of Florida, December, 2010.
REVIEWS (Selected list)
Conducted extensive reviews for William C. Brown & Company, Publishers, Human Anatomy
Textbook, September 1979, August 1980, January 1981, June 1981, December 1981, January 1982,
February 1982, April 1982, May 1982. (Nine separate reviews.)
Guest Reviewer for Adapted Physical Education Edition of Exceptional Education Quarterly, Aspen
Publications, September, 1981.
Reviewer for Mosby Publications, Modern Principles of Athletic Training, 6th ed., July 1983 to May
1984.
Field Reader/Reviewer for Preparation of Special Educators Grants, Office of Special Education and
Rehabilitation Services, Department of Education, Division of Personnel Preparation, Wash., D.C.,
February 15-17, 1984, and December 17-20, 1984.
Reviewer for JOPERD, “Observing for Competence,” for August 1985 edition.
Reviewer for Burgess Publishing Company for the second edition of Developmental/Adapted Physical
Education: Making Ability Count, January, 1986.
Guest Reviewer for the Journal of Teacher Education and Special Education, Correa and Sindelar,
Editors, Gainesville, FL, Manuscript #90-028, September 25, 1990.
Media Review Editor, 1991 to present, Journal of Sports Rehabilitation, David Perrin, Editor, Human
Kinetics Publishers, Champaign, IL.
Reviewer for Clem Thompson’s Manual of Structural Kinesiology, 11th ed., Times Mirror Mosby Co.,
for development of its 12th edition, January, 1992.
Reviewer for Bill Prentice’s Rehabilitation Techniques in Sports Medicine, 2nd ed., Times Mirror
Mosby, Co., for development of its third edition, June, 1992.
Reviewer for the American Society for Testing Materials, Review Committee on Publications, Sept.,
1994.
Reviewer for Sports Injury: Guidelines for Coaches & Physical Educators, Jones & Bartlett, May,
1994.
Reviewer for Adapted Physical Education and Recreation, 7ed, Mosby Publishers, September, 1994.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, “Growth Hormone: Myths & Misconceptions,” March
1996.
Reviewer for Roy & Irvin’s Sports Medicine: Prevention, Evaluation, Management & Rehabilitation,
2nd edition, Allyn & Bacon, June, 1996.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, October, 1996 to present.
Reviewer for Teacher Education and Special Education, Manuscript # 96-576, December 12, 1996.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, “Examining Psychological Factors During Injury
Rehabilitation,” February, 1997.
Reviewed Fleck and Kraemer’s “Designing Resistance Training Programs,” 2nd ed., April, 1997 for
inclusion in the Journal of Athletic Training book review column.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, “The Effects of Cryotherapy Applied Through
Various Barriers,” June, 1997.
Guest Reviewer, for Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, Human Kinetics, Volume 14, 1997.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, “How can we improve undergraduate anatomy courses in
athletic training programs?” March, 1998.
Reviewer for Teacher Education and Special Education, Manuscript # 96-576, “Physical Education
Majors’ Attitudes Towards Teaching Students with Disabilities,” March, 1997.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, “Effects of a specific stretching program on the incidence
of lower extremity musculotendinous strains,” May, 1998.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, “Assessment of first aid knowledge and decision-making
of high school athletic coaches,” May, 1998.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, “Factors affecting the treatment of stress fractures in
athletes: How important is athletic motivation? A literature analysis,” May, 1998.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, “A Comparison of Attitudes of Athletic Directors and
Head Football Coaches Regarding the Importance of a Certified Athletic Trainer in South Dakota High
Schools,” January, 1999.
Reviewer for Teacher Education and Special Education, Manuscript # 99-304, “Special Education
and the P-16 Initiative: Addressing CEC Competencies Through Portfolio Development and
Assessment,” September, 1999.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, Manuscript # 505, “Are Tenure Track Program Directors
Being Set up to Fail?” January, 2000; Re-review, September, 2000.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript # 00-003, “Team Bowling,” February 20, 2000.
Reviewer for Journal of Therapeutic Recreation, Manuscript #00-002, “Factors that Improve
Aquatic Instructors’ Beliefs Toward Inclusion,” March, 2000; Re-review, August, 2000.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript # 00-003, “Does Nutrition Education Help Lower Serum Lipid
Levels in Athletes with Cerebral Palsy?” March 20, 2000.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, “Coping, social support, and injury changes over
time and the effects of level of sports injury involvement,” Manuscript # 00-11R, April, 2000.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, Manuscript # 556, “An evaluation of pre-participation
physical examinations in Ohio Secondary Schools” June, 2000.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript # 00-020, “Why Water Works!” June, 2000.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, “Quantitative end qualitative analysis of the
electrical activity of rectus abdominus muscle portions,” August, 2000; Re-Review, April, 2002.
Reviewer for Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, Cardiovascular Fitness and Body Composition
of Youth with and without Mental Retardation, January, 2001.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript # 01-022, “Ai Chi: What it is,” August, 2001.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, Manuscript #711, “Preparticipation Screening of High
School Athletes in One State, September 2000; Re-review, August 2001.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, “Effects of a sports exercise program on the
movement abilities of children with mental retardation,” Manuscript # 01-31R, October, 2001; Rereview, January 2002.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript: “Effectiveness of Homebound Constraint Therapy in Patients
with Strokes,” June, 2002.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript: “An Adapted Aquatics Curriculum & Assessment Inventory,
July, 2002.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript # 02-017, “Fitness in Aquatics Setting: Best Practices for
Adults with Brain Injuries,” August, 2002.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript # 02-020, “Wheelchair Athletes with Spinal Cord Injury and
Cryotherapy,” October, 2002.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript: “Constraint-Induced movement therapy as a home activity
program; A case report,” February, 2003.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, Manuscript #900, “Effects of Managed Health Care
Organizations on the Treatment of Injured High School Athletes,” March, 2003.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, Manuscript #905, “The Effect of Time of Static Stretch on
Hamstring Flexibility in 12-14 Year-old Males,” April, 2003.
Reviewer for the Fourth Edition of the textbook: Athletic Training & Sports Medicine, American
Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, Chapter 4 Therapeutic Medications and Chapter 18; Heat Illness, May,
2003.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, “Conservative versus Operative Treatment of
Acromioclavicular Separations,” June, 2003.
Reviewer for the of the text: Adapted Aquatics Programming, for the eventual writing for its second
edition, Human Kinetics, August, 2003.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript # 03-007: “Spina bifida and latex allergies: A review and
recommendations for teachers,” August, 2003.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, “Shoulder External and Internal Rotation Isokinetic
Strength in Masters Swimmers,” September, 2003.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, Manuscript #964, “The Kinematic Effects of Sprint Running
Training on Sloping Surfaces,” November, 2003.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, Manuscript #990, “Survey of (a state’s) Public High School
Administrators-Current Practices, Knowledge, & Attitudes toward Athletic Training Services, January, 2004.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, “A Fracture of the Superior-Medial Weight-Bearing Surface
of the Acetabulum in a Division I Field Hockey Player: A Case Study,” February, 2004.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript #03-029, “Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy as a Home Activity
Program; A Case Report,” March, 2004.
Reviewer, Palaestra, Manuscript #02-010, “Electrical Stimulation for Individuals with Paraplegia,” March
2004.
Reviewer for the proposal for the Second Edition of the textbook: Physical Therapy: What it is and How
it Works, Delmar Learning, July, 2004.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, “An investigation into the association between hamstring
flexibility and lumbar flexion on low back pain in rowers,” July, 2004; Re-Review, May, 2005.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, Manuscript # MS03-29R, “Shoulder External and Internal
Rotation Isokinetic Strength in Masters Swimmers,” September, 2004.
Grant Proposal Reviewer for Research & Graduate Programs (RGP) Research Opportunity Incentive
Seed Fund, University of Florida, Feb/March, 2005.
Reviewer for International Electronic Journal of Health Education, Manuscript # 050001; Status
of Health Appraisal Services for Primary School Children in Edo State, Nigeria; May, 2005.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, Manuscript #0100-05, “Athletic Training Students with
Disabilities: A Survey of Entry Level Education Programs, August, 2005.
Reviewer for the newly written draft of the Second Edition of the text: Adapted Aquatics
Programming, Human Kinetics, December, 2005.
Reviewer of the tenth edition of text: Principles & Methods of Adapted Physical Education &
Recreation, McGraw-Hill, May, 2006; in order for the authors to begin the writing of their eleventh
edition.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, Manuscript # JAT0105-06, “Postural Stability in Special
Olympics Athletes,” June, 2006.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript #06-021, “Perceptions of University Students about Sports for
Persons with Disabilities,” December, 2006.
Reviewer for American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Manuscript # AJ07022,
“Bio-Feedback Versus Physiotherapy in Patients with Partial Weight Bearing,” February, 2007.
Reviewer for text chapter in the Special Populations Guidebook, WoltersKluwer Publishing
Company, by Peggy Williamson, (sample chapter, “Introduction to Exercise During Pregnancy”)
August, 2007.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, Manuscript # JSR-2007-0046.R1, “Comparison of the
two-year effects of once-weekly and two-weekly water exercise sessions on the ADL dependency of
frail elderly people, November, 2007.
External Reviewer for Motor Skills Assessment Program, for Thomas Moran’s doctoral dissertation,
University Virginia, January 25, 2008.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, Manuscript # JAT0018-08, “Athletic profile of young
visually impaired athletes participating in the First (country) School Games for the Blind,” February,
2008.
Reveiwer for Motor Control, Manuscript #MC-8-407, “Sensory motor impairments and strategies in
adult people with intellectual disability,” March, 2008.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript #08016A, “Just for Kicks – Part One: Identifying Barriers to
Participation,” June, 2008.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript #08016B, “Just for Kicks – Part Two: Providing the Tools for
Success,” July, 2008.
Reviewer for the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL),
Manuscript # 44, “Service Learning in a Non-Majors Biology Course Promotes Changes in Students’
Attitudes and Values About Agriculture and the Environment,” August, 2008; Re-Review (manuscript
# changed to 89); November, 2008.
Reviewer for the full text: Special Populations Guidebook, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Publisher,
by Peggy Williamson, September, 2008.
Reviewer for the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL),
Manuscript #139, “Qualitative Findings from an Experientially Designed Exercise Immunology Course:
Holistic Wellness Benefits, Self-Efficacy Gains, and Integration of Prior Course Learning;” May, 2009.
Reviewer for the American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AJPMR), Manuscript
#AJ08230, “Effect of Body Orientation on Proprioception during Active and Passive Motions;” May,
2009.
Reviewer for the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL),
Manuscript #185, “Science and Business: An Interdisciplinary Team Teaching Experience;” November,
2009.
Reviewer for Journal of Athletic Training, Manuscript # JAT0237-09, “Subcutaneous Thigh Fat
Assessment: A Comparison of Pinch Calipers to Ultrasound Imaging;” November, 2009.
Reviewer for Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, Manuscript # JSR-2009-0080, “Underwater and land
Treadmill Exercise may Produce Similar Cardiorespiratory Responses in Collegiate Athletes;”
November, 2009.
Reviewer for the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL),
Manuscript #203, “Teaching Critical and Clinical Thinking: Utilizing the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning;” March, 2010.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript #08016A, RE-Review,“Just for Kicks – Part One: Identifying
Barriers to Participation,” March, 2010.
Reviewer for the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL),
Manuscript #224, “Preparing Medical Students to Undertake and Reflect on a Cultural Immersion
Experience: Introducing Workbook and Critical Thinking Frameworks for Preparatory and PostImmersion Activities.” May, 2010.
Reviewer for the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL),
Manuscript #269, “Instructors’ decisions that integrate inquiry teaching into undergraduate courses: How
do I make this fit?” October, 2010.
Reviewer for the full text: Essentials of Teaching Physical Education: Culture, Diversity, &
Inclusion, Holcomb Hathaway Publishers, by Sam Hodge, Lauren Lieberman, & Nathan Murata,
March, 2011.
Reviewer for the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL),
Manuscript #311, “More Questions Than Answers: Assessing the Impact of Online Social
Networking on a Service-Learning Project.” June, 2011.
Reviewer for the International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL),
Manuscript #330, “Implementation of the Inter-Teaching Model: Implications for Staff,” October,
2011.
Reviewer for Palaestra, Manuscript #12-001; Review, “Physical Education Programming for
Students with Achondroplasia,” January, 2012.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed (Articles and Proceedings):
Boyd, Christine E. “Referred Visceral Pain in Athletics,” Athletic Training (JAT), Volume 15, #1, Spring
1980, pp. 20-25.
Boyd, Christine E. “Adaptive Weight Programming.” Virginia Therapeutic Society Activity Manual, F.
Brasile, ed., April 1981, pp. 40-45.
Boyd, C., D. Shields, J. McCubbin, G. Shasby. “Adapted Aquatics: AAAAG!” Aquatics Archives,
Volume 1, No.3, Summer 1983, p.2.
Boyd, Christine E., Laura K. Vogtle, Joan McMahon, Michael W. Hakala. “Kinesiological Analysis of the
Motor Development in Children—Age 3 Months,” Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics,
Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 1984, pp. 51-67.
Boyd, Christine E., Patrick J. Bird, Charles D. Teates, Harry A. Wellons, Mary Ann MacDougall, Larry A.
Wolfe. “Pain-free Physical Training in Intermittent Claudication.” Journal of Sports Medicine and
Physical Fitness, Volume 24, No. 2, June 1984, pp. 112-125.
Boyd, Christine E., Sue Whiddon, Allan March, Sharon Knight, Larry Gustke, Robert Allen, Ronald
Siders, “University Athletic Training Services for Non-Intercollegiate Athletes: A Model Health Care
Delivery System.” FAHPERD Journal, May 1984, p. 7.
Stopka, Christine B., Robert Beland, Gregory Valcante. “Initiation of a Special Therapeutic Recreation
Delivery System for the Handicapped—A Mid-year Progress Report,” FAHPERD Journal, May 1985, pp
13-16.
Stopka, Christine Boyd and Owen Holyoak. “Certified Trainers for High Schools: A Practical Model.”
Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (JOPERD), August, 1985, p. 57.
Stopka, Christine B., Robert Beland, Gregory Valcante. “Initiation of Special Therapeutic Recreation
Delivery System for the Handicapped: The Second Semester Progress Report and Full Year Summary,”
FAHPERD Journal, November 1985, pp. 10-12.
Valcante, Gregory, Julie Lee, Mary K. Dykes, Lawrence O’Shea, and Christine Stopka. “A Model Program
for Transdisciplinary Personnel Preparation,” FAHPERD Journal, Volume 25, #3, Fall 1987, pp 30-31.
Stopka, Christine B. “Hydrotherapy: Invaluable, and Now Inexpensive,” Athletic Training (JAT), Volume
22, No.3, Fall 1987, pp 219-220.
Stopka, Christine and David Kaiser. “Certified Athletic Trainers in our Secondary Schools: The Need and
the Solution,” Athletic Training (JAT), Volume 23, No. 4, Winter 1988, pp 322-4.
Stopka, Christine and Robert Beland. “Let’s Get Funded: Guidelines for Obtaining Grants,” Journal of
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (JOPERD), Volume 60, No. 2, Feb. 1989, pp. 67-71.
Kaiser, David A. and Christine Stopka. “Managing Injuries in Collegiate Recreational Sports,” National
Intramural and Recreational Sport Association (NIRSA) Journal, Winter 1990, pp. 14-17.
Marcus, Greta, Kerry O’Donoghue and Christine Stopka. “Athletic Trainers for Recreational Sports: A
Look at Injury Data Base Systems,” National Intramural and Recreational Sport Association (NIRSA)
Journal, Winter 1993, pp. 42-44.
Marcus, Greta, Kerry O’Donoghue and Christine Stopka. “Athletic Trainers for Recreational Sports,”
National Intramural and Recreational Sport Association (NIRSA) Journal, Winter 1993, pp. 46-47.
Stopka, Christine. “What’s up with Adapted Physical Education in the State of Florida?” Florida
Alliance of School Therapists quarterly newsletter, October 1993, six pages.
Stopka, Christine, Lisa Limper, Ron Siders, James Graves, Ann Goodman, and Elaine Silverstone. “The
Effects of a Supervised Resistance Training Program on Adolescents and Young Adults with Mental
Retardation,” Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, Volume 8, Number 3, Summer, 1994,
pages 184-187.
Ballinger J.R., Scott K., Stopka C., Marburger L., Velenik A.: P-31 MRS monitoring of low intensity, pain
free exercise therapy for individuals with intermittent claudication due to peripheral vascular disease.
Proceedings of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, Second Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1994, #. 1267.
Stopka, Christine. “Overview of Injuries in Athletes with Disabilities,” Proceedings of the Fourth
National “Achieving a Balance” Conference on Adapted Physical Activity, pages 1-5. Sponsored by
Palaestra, Macomb, IL, Spring 1995.
Stopka, Christine. “Management of Injuries in Athletes with Disabilities,” Proceedings of the Fourth
National “Achieving a Balance” Conference on Adapted Physical Activity, pages 23-26. Sponsored by
Palaestra, Macomb, IL, Spring 1995.
Stopka, Christine, J. Graves, R. Siders, L. Limper. Proceedings from the International Council for
Physical Education, Health, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICPHER.SD) World Congress. “The Effects
of a Resistance Training Program on Individuals with Mental Retardation.” Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16,
1995, pages 222-224.
Suro, David; Christine Stopka, R. Siders, D. Kaufmann, A. Goodman. Proceedings from the
International Council for Physical Education, Health, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICPHER.SD)
World Congress. “The Effects of Resistance Training on Muscular Endurance and Physical Capacity to
Perform Work on Adolescents with Mental Retardation.” Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16, 1995, pages 232-234.
Stopka, Christine, K. Scott, R. Ballinger, J. Seeger, J. Albright, T. Harward, T. Huber, W. Brechue, H.
Kluess, T. Lyles, H. Kim, A. Properzio. Proceedings from the International Council for Physical
Education, Health, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICPHER.SD) World Congress. “Metabolic, Vascular
and Exercise Responses to a Ten Week Program of Pain Free Training in Individuals with Intermittent
Claudication: A Case Report.” Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16, 1995, pages 224-226.
C. Stopka, J. Graves, K. Scott, R. Ballinger & J. Seeger. Proceedings from the International Council for
Physical Education, Health, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICPHER.SD) World Congress. “Pain Free
Endurance Training Improves Exercise Performance in Adults with Intermittent Claudication.”
Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16, 1995, pages 75-76.
Siders, Claudia, Kristi McDowell, Mary K. Dykes and Christine Stopka. Proceedings from the
International Council for Physical Education, Health, Recreation, Sport and Dance (ICPHER.SD)
World Congress. “Gator Invitational Sports Ability Games.” Gainesville, FL, July 9-16, 1995, page 88.
Fields, Jeff, Milledge Murphey, MaryBeth Horodyski and Christine Stopka. “Factors Associated with
Adherence to Sport Injury Rehabilitation in College-Age Recreational Athletes,” Journal of Sport
Rehabilitation (JSR), Volume 4, Number 3, pages 172-180, 1995.
Stopka, Christine. “An Overview of Common Injuries to Individuals with Disabilities,” Palaestra,
Volume 12, #1, Winter 1996, pp. 44-51.
Stopka, Christine. “Managing Common Injuries to Individuals with Disabilities: Prevention Comes
First!” Palaestra, Volume 12, #2, Spring 1996, pp. 28-31.
Stopka, Christine. “Managing Common Injuries to Individuals with Disabilities: Evaluation, Treatment
and Rehabilitation,” Palaestra, Volume 12, # 3, Summer 1996, pp. 32-38.
Stopka, Christine. “Managing Common Injuries to Individuals with Disabilities: The Ultra-Stretch—A
Method for Increasing Flexibility, Strength and Endurance,” Palaestra, Vol.12, #4, Fall, 1996, pp. 40-45.
Stopka, Christine. “Pain Free Exercise Training for People with Peripheral Vascular Disease?”
Proceedings of the 5th National Conference on Adapted Physical Activity, Macomb, IL, Spring, 1997,
pp. 71-75.
Stopka, Christine. “Achieving the ‘Ultra-Stretch’—A Method for Increasing Flexibility and Fitness for
Everyone” Proceedings of the 5th National Conference on Adapted Physical Activity, Macomb, IL,
Spring, 1997, pp 13-15.
Stopka, Christine, Ann Goodman, and Claudia Siders. “Activity Ideas for Students with
Severe/Profound/Multiple Disabilities,” Palaestra, Volume 13, #4, Fall, 1997, pp. 28-31, 40-42.
Stopka, Christine; Leigh Martin and Sergio Romero. “Adapted Exercise Therapy,” Proceedings for 48th
FAHPERD Conference, Orlando, FL, October, 1997, pp. 6-11.
Gillespie, Neal; Jamie Pomeranz and Christine Stopka. “Adapted Aquatics, Proceedings for 48th
FAHPERD Conference, Orlando, FL, October, 1997, pp. 12-13.
Scott, Katherine; Wilson, David; Bruner, Angela; Lyles, Teresa; Underhill, Brandon; Gieser, Edward;
Ballinger, Ray; Scott, James; Stopka, Christine. “Automatic Analysis of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Spectroscopy Clinical Research Data,” Proceedings of the International Society for Optical Engineering
(SPIE), Volume 3240, Number 36, 1998; pp. 36-47.
Stopka, Christine. “Sports Medical Concerns for Conditioning Athletes with Disabilities,” Strength &
Conditioning, Volume 20, #1, February, 1998, pp. 24-31.
Stopka, Christine. “The Effects of an Integrative University Based Fitness & Sports Program for
Adolescents with Mental Retardation,” Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on Adapted Physical
Activity, Macomb, IL, Spring, 1998, pp.72-74.
Martin, L; Romero, Sergio; Stopka, Christine. “Running an Effective Exercise Therapy Program for
Individuals with Disabilities with little or no budget,” Proceedings of the 6th National Conference on
Adapted Physical Activity, Macomb, IL, Spring, 1998, pp. 44-45.
Stopka, Christine. “Treatment and Rehabilitation of Injuries to Athletes with Disabilities.” Proceedings
from the 1998 Gatorade/GSOC Sports Medicine Seminar, April 17-19, April 18th Section, p.28.
Stopka, Christine; Wolper, Rachel; Scott, Katherine; Seeger, James; Ballinger, Ray; Graves, James.
“Pain-Free Exercise Training for People with Peripheral Vascular Disease?” Palaestra, Volume 14, #2,
Spring, 1998, pp. 20-23.
Bruner A., Scott K., LiuZ.S., Bi Z., Li J., Stopka C., Ballinger R.: Using the E-RELAX algorithm to
determine frequency, amplitude and damping ratio for phosphorus NMR in the FID and phased, integrated
intensity in the frequency domain. Proceedings of the Sixth Scientific Meeting of the International
Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Sydney, Australia, April 1998.
Bruner AP.,* Scott KN., Wilson D, Underhill B, Lyles T, Stopka C., Ballinger R, Geiser, EA. Automatic
Peak finding of dynamic batch sets of low SNR in-vivo phoshorus NMR Spectra. Proceedings of the
Sixth Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Sydney,
Australia, April 1998.
Stopka, Christine. “Introduction to Sports Medical Issues for Athletes with Disabilities,” Proceedings for
the 1998 Annual NATA National Conference & Symposium, Baltimore, MD, pp. 256-258, June, 1998.
Stopka, Christine B.; Zambito, Kimberly L.; Suro, David G.; Pearson, Kevin P.; Siders, Ronald A.; Goff,
Buffy H. “Muscular Endurance and Physical Capacity to Perform Work of Adolescents with Mental
Retardation,” Journal of Sport Rehabilitation (JSR), Volume 7, #3, August, 1998, pp.197-205.
Stopka, Christine Boyd & Zambito, Kimberly L. “Referred Visceral Pain: What Every Sports Medicine
Professional Needs to Know, Athletic Therapy Today (ATT), Volume 4, #1, January, 1999, pp. 29-36.
Stopka, Christine, Jamie Pomeranz, Ronald Siders, Mary K. Dykes, & Ann Goodman. “Transitional
Skills for Wellness: University students and adolescents with mental retardation work together to learn
health, fitness, & recreational skills for life,” TEACHING Exceptional Children (TEC), Vol. 31, #3,
Jan/Feb1999, pp.6-11.
Stopka, Christine. (1999). “The National Scene: Disability Sports Organizations – Deaf Athletic
Association of America (DAAA), Disabled Sports USA (DS/USA), Special Olympics International (SOI),
United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA), USA Deaf Sports Federation (USADSF), United
States Cerebral Athletic Association (USCPAA), and Wheelchair Sports/ USA (WS/USA),” (author and
section editor), Palaestra, Volume 15, #4, Fall, pp. 9-13.
Z. Bi, A. P. Bruner, J. Li, K. N. Scott, Z. S. Liu, C. B. Stopka, H. W. Kim, D. C. Wilson. (1999). "Spectral
fitting of NMR spectra using an alternating optimization method with a priori knowledge," Journal of
Magnetic Resonance, Volume 140, pages 108-119.
Stopka, Christine. (2000). “The National Scene: Disability Sports Organizations Progress and Current
Events – Deaf Athletic Association of America (DAAA), Disabled Sports USA (DS/USA), Special
Olympics International (SOI), United States Association of Blind Athletes (USABA), USA Deaf Sports
Federation (USADSF), United States Cerebral Athletic Association (USCPAA), and Wheelchair Sports/
USA (WS/USA),” Palaestra, Volume 16, #1, Winter, pp. 8-11.
Back MR; Kluess HA, Huber TS, Stopka C, Scott KN, Ballinger JR, Welsch MA, Bruner AP, Lyles TL,
Harward TRS, Seeger, JM. (2000). “Evaluation of Skeletal Muscle Metabolic Responses Following
Exercise Training in Patients with Intermittent Claudication,” Vascular Surgery. Volume 34, #4, pp. 345359.
Stopka, C., Deere, R., Curran, K., & Elliot, L. (2000). “Precautionary Steps to Protect Athletic Trainers
and Other Allied Health Care Professionals from Blood Borne Pathogens,” Kentucky Association for
Health, Physical Education and Recreation Journal, Volume 36 (1), pp. 16-17.
Stopka, Christine. (2001). “Adapted equipment ideas to enhance your aquatics program; Part 1: New
twists to conventional equipment,” Palaestra, Volume 17, #1, Winter, pp. 36-43.
Stopka, Christine. (2001). “The Ultra-Stretch: An easy, safe, and painless way to improve flexibility,
strength, and endurance,” Exceptional Parent, Volume 31, #5, pp. 36-39.
Stopka, Christine. (2001). “Adapted equipment ideas to enhance your aquatics program; Part II: Unique
equipment ideas,” Palaestra, Volume 17, #2, Spring, pp. 40-43.
Horodyski, MaryBeth; Fiolkowski, Paul; Stopka, Christine. (2001). “Returning to Athletics After
Mononucleosis,” Athletic Therapy Today, Volume 6, #4, July, pp.47-52.
Deere, R., Stopka, C., Curran, K., Bolger, C. (2001). “Universal Precautions for Blood Borne Pathogens:
A Checklist for Your Program,” Strategies, Volume 14, #6, July/August, pp.18-19.
Stopka, Christine, Morley, Kevin. “Achieving the ‘Ultra-Stretch’ – A Method for Increasing Flexibility
and Fitness for Everyone,” NCPERID ADVOCATE, Volume 29, Issue 3, Spring/Summer, 2001, pp. 4-5.
Stopka, Christine. (2001). “Adapted equipment ideas to enhance your aquatics program; Part III: But
Where’s the Pool?” Palaestra, for Volume 17, #3, Summer, pp. 39-43.
Stopka, C. (2001). “Adapted Equipment for People with Disabilities in Physical Education, Recreation and
other Life Sports, Games, & Activities,” Proceedings of the World Congress & Exposition on
Disabilities, Atlanta, GA, September 29, 2001, pp. 66-67.
Stopka, C. (2001). “Achieving the Ultra-Stretch: A Method of Achieving Flexibility and Fitness for
Everyone –A Follow-up;” Proceedings of the World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Atlanta,
GA, September 30, p. 158.
Stopka, C., Morley, K., Siders, R., Schuette, J., Houck, A., Gilmet, Y. (2002). “Stretching Techniques
to Improve Flexibility in Special Olympic Athletes and their Coaches,” Journal of Sport Rehabilitation,
Vol. 11, #1, Feb, pp. 22-34.
Stopka, C; Siders, R; Todorovich, J; (2002). “Increase Your Flexibility,” Fitness Magazine, April, p.42.
Stopka, C., Deere, R., Shimon, J., Horodyski, MB.,Bolger, C. (2002). “Certified Athletic Trainers in our
Secondary Schools,” Strategies, Volume 16, #2, November, pp. 30-32.
Stopka, C. (2003). “Athletic Therapy for Athletes with Disabilities – Part 1: Introduction, Overview,
and Look at Common Injuries,” Athletic Therapy Today,” Volume 8, #2, March, pp. 37-39.
Stopka, C. (2003). “Athletic Therapy for Athletes with Disabilities – Part 2: Special Conditions,”
Athletic Therapy Today, Volume 8, #3, May, pp. 23-25.
Stopka, C. (2003). “Athletic Therapy for Athletes with Disabilities – Part 3: Rehabilitation Tips,”
Athletic Therapy Today, Volume 8, #4, July, pp. 30-31.
Stopka, C. (2004). “Focusing on Abilities: Teaching Students with Low-Incidence Disabilities –
Adapted Aquatics Equipment to Facilitate Inclusion,” AAALF-AAHPERD Proceedings, New Orleans,
LA, March 30, pp. 2-10, & pp. 21-26.
Stopka,C., Jones, D., Malczak, P. (2004). “Be Flexible: An Exercise Technique to Increase Flexibility
for Wheelchair Users,” Sports ‘n Spokes, Volume 30, #3, May, pp. 66-71.
Scott, Katherine; Wilson, David; Bruner, Angela; Lyles, Teresa; Underhill, Brandon; Gieser, Edward;
Ballinger, Ray; Scott, James; Stopka, Christine. (2004) “Automatic Analysis of Nuclear Magnetic
Resonance Spectroscopy Clinical Research Data,” Proceedings of the International Society for Optical
Engineering (SPIE), Volume 3240, #36, Online Publication date (of 1998 article); August, 12 pp.
Todorovich, John, Model, Eric, Wirth, Christopher, Stopka, Christine. (2004). “I’m Going to Let My
Students Do What!?” Teaching Elementary Physical Education, November, pp. 22-26.
Stopka,CB, Davis, TD, Mokha, MB. (2005). “Introducing the “CAPE,” A New Member of the
Therapeutic Team,” Athletic Therapy Today, Volume 9, #1, January, pp. 50-52.
Martinez, C.A., Frazer, C., Stopka, C.B., Martinez, O., Lewis, J., and Todorovich, J. (2005). “Back on
Their Feet: Study finds exercise improvements in patients with peripheral arterial disease” ADVANCE
for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants, March 28, Volume 16, #8, pp 31-32, 57).
Naugle, K., Stopka, C., Brennan, J. (2005). “In the Know…What Every Active Wheeler Should Know:
If you participate in any type of sports or recreational activity, it’s important to know what medical
issues could affect you.” Sports ‘n Spokes, Volume 31, #6, November, pp 48-61.
Davis, T., Stopka, C. (2006). “Smart Sports Ed: Introducing the “CAPE” from the public schools to
assist with recreational therapy programs.” Sports ‘n Spokes, Volume 32, #1, January, pp 19-21.
Crollick, J.L., Mancil, G.R., Stopka, C. (2006). “Physical Activity for Children with Autism Spectrum
Disorder.” Teaching Elementary Physical Education, Volume 17, #2, pp. 30-34.
Martinez, C., Stopka, C., & Stradley, J. (2006). “Back on their feet, again. Assessment and evaluation
procedures for patients with peripheral arterial disease,”ADVANCE for Physical Therapists and PT
Assistants, Volume 17 #8, pp. 44-47.
Naugle, K., Stopka, C., Brennan, J. (2006). “Medical Conditions in Athletes with Spinal Cord Injuries,”
Athletic Therapy Today, Volume 11, #3, May, pp. 37-39.
Naugle, K., Stopka, C., Brennan, J. (2006). “Medical Conditions of Athletes with Amputations,” Athletic
Therapy Today, Volume 11, #4, July, pp. 39-41.
Naugle, K., Stopka, C., Brennan, J. (2006). “Medical Conditions to Know About When Working with
Athletes with Cerebral Palsy,” Athletic Therapy Today, Volume 11, #5, September, pp. 44-45.
Naugle, K., Stopka, C., Brennan, J. (2007). “Common Medical Conditions in Athletes with Spina Bifida,”
Athletic Therapy Today, Volume 12, #1, January, pp. 18-20.
Brenner, J., Stopka, C. (2007). “Water Ways: Methods and Benefits of Aquatic Therapy,”ADVANCE for
Physical Therapists and PT Assistants, Volume 18, #15, pp. 28-30.
Martinez, C., Stopka, C. (2008). “Using the American Red Cross GuardStart Program to Teach Basic
Water Safety Skills to Students with Disabilities,” Palaestra, Fall 2007, Volume 23, #4, pp. 37-42.
Machek, M., Tillman, M., Stopka, C., Naugle, K., Sneed, S. (2008). “The Effects of a Supervised, Upper
Body, Resistance Training Program on Male and Female Special Olympics Athletes,” Journal of Sports
Rehabilitation, Volume 17, #4, pp 372-379.
Barak, S., Stopka, C., Carmeli, E., Martinez, C. (2008). “Benefits of Low–Intensity Pain-Free Treadmill
Exercise for Individuals Presenting with Intermittent Claudication Due to Peripheral Arterial Disease,”
Angiology, published online, September 25, 2008; ahead of its hard copy date, Summer, 2009 (see next
entry).
Barak, S., Stopka, C., Carmeli, E., Martinez, C. (2009). “Benefits of Low–Intensity Pain-Free Treadmill
Exercise for Individuals Presenting with Intermittent Claudication Due to Peripheral Arterial Disease,”
Angiology, Volume 60, #4, pp 477-486, August/September 2009. (official, “paper print” journal version
of the online article previous to this entry).
Martinez, C., Carmeli, E., Barak, S., Stopka, C. (2009). “Changes in Pain-Free Walking Based on
Time in Accommodating Pain-Free Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease,” Journal of
Vascular Nursing, March; Volume 27, #1, pp.2-7.
Pena, K., Stopka, C., Carmeli, E., Barak, S., Gertner, H. (2009). “Effects of Low-Intensity Exercise on
Patients with Peripheral Vascular Arterial Disease,” The Physician and Sportsmedicine, Volume 37,
#1, pp. 106-110.
Conatser, P., Tillman, M., Naugle, K., Stopka, C. (2009). “Athletic Trainers’ Beliefs toward Working
with Special Olympics Athletes,” Journal of Athletic Training (official research journal of the
National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Inc.); Volume 44, #3; pp. 279-285.
Tamse, T., Tillman, M., Stopka, C., Weimer, A., Abrams, G., Issa, I. (2010). “Supervised Moderate
Intensity Resistance Exercise Training Improves Strength in Special Olympic Athletes,” Journal of
Strength and Conditioning Research. Volume 24, #3 pp. 695-700.
Stopka, Christine. (2010). “Increasing Student Flexibility -- The Ultra-Stretch Way!” Palaestra: The
International Forum for Sport and Physical Activities for Individuals with Disabilities; Volume 24, #4,
pp. 31-35.
Conatser, P., Naugle, K., Stopka, C., Tillman, M. (2010). “AT Programs: Are They Teaching Enough
About Athletes with Disability?” Athletic Therapy Today; Volume 15, #5; pp. 34-36.
Barwick, R., Tillman, M., Stopka, C., Dipnarine, K., Delisle, T., Sayedul Huq, M. “Physical Capacity
and Functional Abilities Improve in Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities after Functional
Training, Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research. Volume 26, #6 pp. 695-700.
Pastula, M., Stopka, C., Delisle, T., Hass, C. "Effect of moderate-intensity exercise training on the
cognitive function of young adults with intellectual disabilities,” Journal of Strength and Conditioning
Research. Accepted (August 25, 2012) for publication.
Books:
Boyd, Christine E., Ernest W. Schwarz. (1982). From Theory to Practice: A Lab Manual in Special
Physical Education, Burgess Co., September, 146 pages.
Boyd, Christine E., Jeffrey A. McCubbin, Gregory B. Shasby. (1984) Applied Special Physical
Education: A Manual for the Educator, Burgess Company, 225 pages.
Stopka, Christine B. and Tony Breitbach. (1986). Learning and Computer Simulation Modules in
Athletic Training. IBM Corporation and the UF Faculty Support Center for Computers, 81 pages.
Stopka, Christine and Tony Breitbach. (1988) Athletic Training Action: Simulations in Sports
Medicine, Volume I. Cramer Software Group, June, 178 pages.
Stopka, Christine and Tony Breitbach. (1989). Athletic Training Action: Simulations in Sports
Medicine, Volume II. Cramer Software Group, 77 pages.
Stopka, Christine and Patrick Sullivan. (1992). Mainstreaming Ideas for Disabled Students in Physical
Education: Adapted Equipment Ideas to Make it Happen. Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque, IA, 68 pages.
Lerch, Harold A. and Christine Stopka. (1992). Developmental Activities for All Children: From
Theory to Practice. Brown/Benchmark, Dubuque, IA, 199 pages.
Stopka, Christine. (1992). Applied Special Physical Education: A Manual for the Educator, 2nd Ed.,
Burgess Publishing Company, Minneapolis, MN, 260 pages.
Stopka, Christine and Chris Follenius. (1995). Achieving the Ultra Stretch. Burgess, Minneapolis, 63pp.
Follenius, Chris and Christine Stopka. (1996). Successful Weight Training. Burgess, Minneapolis,
64pp.
Stopka, Christine. (1997). Applied Special Physical Education & Exercise Therapy, 3rd Ed., Burgess
Publishing Company, Minneapolis, MN, 280 pp.
Stopka, Christine and Lorilynn Bowie. (1999). Adapted Equipment Ideas to Facilitate Inclusionary
Teaching!, Burgess Co. Publishers, Minneapolis, MN, 74 pp.
Bowie, Lorilynn and Christine Stopka. (2000). Physical Educators Guide to: Achieving the UltraStretch for Ultimate Performance of The President’s Challenge Physical Fitness Test, Cramer
Products, Gardner KA, 36 pp.
Stopka, Christine & Chris Follenius. (2000). Achieving the Ultra Stretch, 2nd Edition, Pearson
Publishing, Boston, MA, 64pp.
Stopka, Christine and Lorilynn Bowie. (2000). Adapted Equipment Ideas to Facilitate Inclusionary
Teaching, 2nd Ed., Pearson Publishing, Boston, MA, 88 pp.
Stopka, Christine & John Todorovich. (2005). Applied Special Physical Education & Exercise Therapy, 4th Edition,
Pearson Custom Publishing Company, Boston MA, 296 pp.
Stopka, Christine. (2006). The Teacher’s Survival Guide: Adaptations to optimize the inclusion of students of all ages
with disabilities in your programs, Published by PE Central, Blacksburg, VA, 59 pp.
(Editors: Stopka, C., Todorovich, T., Scales, J., Walden, C).
Stopka, Christine & John Todorovich. (2008). Applied Special Physical Education & Exercise Therapy, 5th Edition,
Pearson Custom Publishing Company, Boston MA, 314 pp.
Martinez, Coleen & Christine Stopka. (2008). The Accommodating Pain-Free Exercise Therapy Program; User’s
Manual, Lulu Publishing, NC, for WOW, Inc., Publishing Division, UT, 36pp.
Stopka (2008). Maximize your Stretching Potential: Use the “Ultra-Stretch” for Safe and Effective Results! PE
Central Publishing, 33 pages.
Stopka (2008). Adapted Equipment Ideas to Facilitate the Acquisition of Aquatics Skills. PE Central Publishing, 28 pages.
Stopka, Christine. (2011). The Teacher’s Survival Guide: Adaptations to optimize the inclusion of students of all ages
with disabilities in your programs, 2nd Edition, (193 photos added to illustrate the concepts, over 200 total); PE Central
Publishing, Blacksburg, VA, 59 pp. (Editors: Stopka, C., Todorovich, T., Scales, J., Walden, C).
Stopka, Christine. (2011). Affordable, Do-Able, Easy to Make ADAPTED EQUIPMENT IDEAS for Skill Development,
Inclusive Settings, APE Classes, Camps, & Field Days, PE Central Publishing, Blacksburg, VA, 23pp.
Stopka, Christine & John Todorovich. (2011). Applied Special Physical Education & Exercise Therapy, 6th Edition,
Pearson Custom Publishing Company, Boston MA, 314 pp.
Martinez, Coleen & Christine Stopka. (2012). The Accommodating Pain-Free Exercise Therapy Program; User’s
Manual, 2nd Edition; Lulu Publishing, NC, 35pp.
Book Chapters:
Stopka, Christine. Contributing author for each chapter and chapter author for Physical Education for Exceptional Students
concerns for Charles Williams’ Personal Fitness: Looking Good/Feeling Good Teacher’s Edition, 2nd Edition.
Kendall/Hunt, 1992.
Stopka, Christine. Contributing author for each chapter and chapter author for Physical Education for Exceptional Students
concerns for Charles Williams’ Personal Fitness: Looking Good/Feeling Good Teacher’s Edition, 3rd Edition.
Kendall/Hunt, 1995.
Stopka, Christine. Author for Chapter 18: Students with Temporary Disabilities and Other Special Conditions, in Joseph’s
Winnick’s textbook, Adapted Physical Education and Sport, 4th Edition. Human Kinetics, 2005.
Stopka, Christine. Author for Chapter 18: Students with Temporary Disabilities and Other Special Conditions, in Joseph’s
Winnick’s Instructors Manual, Adapted Physical Education and Sport, 4th Edition. Human Kinetics, 2005.
Stopka, Christine. Author for Chapter 18: Students with Temporary Disabilities and Other Special Conditions, in Joseph’s
Winnick’s textbook, Adapted Physical Education and Sport, 5th Edition. Human Kinetics, 2011.
Stopka, Christine. Author for Chapter 18: Students with Temporary Disabilities and Other Special Conditions, in Joseph’s
Winnick’s Instructors Manual, Adapted Physical Education and Sport, 5th Edition. Human Kinetics, 2011.
Audio/Video Tapes or Microfiche:
Boyd, Chris. “Referred Visceral Pain in Athletics.” Transcripts for Tomorrow, ASSM 80-82, June 1980.
Boyd, Christine E. “The Effects of Endurance Exercise Therapy for Intermittent Claudication in Peripheral
Vascular Disease,” University Microfilms, Ann Arbor, MI; May 1981, 499 pages.
Stopka, Christine & Lori McLeod. “Expected Stages of Motor Development in Healthy Infants Aged 3-15
Months,” Evelyn Rooks-Weir, producer; Institute for Food & Agricultural Sciences, UF, 1986.
Stopka, Christine. “Adapted Physical Education Equipment to Facilitate Mainstreaming,” University of
Florida Journalism & Communications, 1989.
Stopka, Christine and Patrick Sullivan. “Mainstreaming Ideas for Disabled Students in Physical
Education: Adapted Equipment Ideas to Make it Happen.” Kendall/Hunt, Dubuque, IA, 1992 (30 min
videotape).
Stopka, Christine. “Adapted Physical Education Equipment to Facilitate Inclusionary Practices,”
University of Florida Journalism & Communications, 1993.
Stopka, Christine. “Sports Medical Concerns for Athletes with Disabilities,” NATA Clinical Symposia:
Resourceful Recordings, Meriden, CT, 1997 (60 minute audio-cassette).
Stopka, Christine. “True Grit: Athletes with Disabilities; Session 1: Introduction to Injuries to Athletes
with Disabilities,” NATA Clinical Symposia: Resourceful Recordings, Meriden, CT, 1998 (45 min.
audiotape).
Stopka, Christine. “Pain Free Exercise Training for Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease.”
University of Florida News and Public Affairs, released and aired October 27, 1998 (2 minute news
broadcast).
Stopka, C. & Bowie, L. “Achieving the Ultra-Stretch: A Method of Achieving Flexibility and Fitness for
Everyone,” World Congress on Disabilities, Showorks, Inc., Atlanta, GA, November 10, 2000.
Stopka, C. & Bowie, L. “Adapted Equipment for People with Disabilities in PE, Recreation and other Life
Sports, Games, & Activities,” World Congress on Disabilities, Showorks, Inc., Atlanta, GA, Nov. 11, 2000.
Stopka, Christine and Patrick Sullivan. “Adapted Equipment Ideas to Facilitate Inclusionary Physical
Activities,” 28 min., Insight Media, New York, NY, 2001.
Stopka, C. “Faith of the Heart: An audio-visual (sound to photo, synchronized, power-point presentation)
over the past 30 years, of accomplishments/miracles by people with disabilities, in adapted physical
activity). Quick-time movie & power point formats, created for free distribution, (Curtis Weldon, tech).
Stopka, C. “Adapted Aquatics Equipment, Programs, & Credentials for People with Disabilities,” World
Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Orlando, FL, Showorks, Inc., Orlando, FL, October 5, 2002.
Abstracts (Selected; since 1990):
Stopka, Christine and David Kaiser. “Certified Athletic Trainers in Our Secondary Schools: The Need and
the Solution,” Lead Abstract for the Athletic Training section for the Year Book of Sports Medicine--1989,
R. Shepard, Editor, Year Book Medical Publishers, Inc., Chicago, IL, 1990.
Stopka, Christine. “The Effects of a Supervised Resistance Training Program on Adolescents and Young
Adults with Mental Retardation,” National Strength and Conditioning Association Research Symposium,
New Orleans, LA, June 17, 1994.
Ballinger, James, Katherine Scott, Chris Stopka, Jim Scott, Lori Marburger, Alka Velnik. “31P MRS
Monitoring of Low Intensity, Pain Free Exercise Therapy for Individuals with Intermittent Claudication due
to Peripheral Vascular Disease.” Proceedings of the Society of Magnetic Resonance, San Francisco, CA,
August, 1994.
Stopka, Christine, James Graves, Ron Siders & Lisa Limper. Program Abstract for the ICPHER.SD World
Congress. “The Effects of a Resistance Training Program on Individuals with Mental Retardation.”
Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16, 1995, A-354, page 93.
Suro, David; Christine Stopka, Ron Siders, D. Kaufmann, & Ann Goodman. Program Abstract for the
ICPHER.SD World Congress. “The Effects of Resistance Training on Muscular Endurance and Physical
Capacity to Perform Work on Adolescents with Mental Retardation.” Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16, 1995, A358, page 93.
Stopka, Christine, Katherine Scott, Ray Ballinger, James Seeger, Janet Albright, Tim Harward, Tom Huber,
William Brechue, Heidi Kluess, Teresa Lyles, Ann Johnson. Program Abstract for the ICPHER.SD World
Congress. “Metabolic, Vascular and Exercise Responses to a Ten Week Program of Pain Free Training in
Individuals with Intermittent Claudication-A Case Report.” Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16, 1995, A-355, p.93.
Graves, James; Christine Stopka, Katherine Scott, Ray Ballinger & James Seeger. Program Abstract for the
ICPHER.SD World Congress. “Pain Free Endurance Training Improves Exercise Performance in Adults
with Intermittent Claudication.” Gainesville, Fl, July 9-16, 1995, A-133, page 65.
Siders, Claudia, Kristi McDowell, Mary K. Dykes and Christine Stopka. Program abstracts for the
ICPHER.SD World Congress. “Gator Invitational Sports Ability Games.” Gainesville, FL, July 9-16, 1995,
A-317, page 88.
Harward, Tim, J. Ballinger, J. Albright, C. Stopka, K. Scott, & J. Seeger. “The mechanism of improvement
after exercise therapy in patients with intermittent claudication.” Accepted for and presented at the Southern
Association of Vascular Surgery, Naples, FL, January 24-27, 1996.
A. Properzio, H. Kluess, M. Welsch, K. Scott, J. Ballinger, T. Lyles, C. Stopka, C.Pepine, J. Seeger. “PCr
Recovery Rates in Patients with Peripheral Vascular Disease and Heart Failure Following Low Intensity
Exercise.” Society of Magnetic Resonance, 4th Scientific Meeting, New York, April 27- May 3, 1996.
Kluess, Heidi, M. Welsch, C. Stopka, A. Properzio, J. Ballinger, K. Scott, M. Pollock, & J. Seeger.
“Skeletal Muscle Energetics Following Pain-Free Exercise Training in Peripheral Vascular Disease.”
Accepted for American College of Sports Medicine, National Conference, May 1996. Medicine & Science
in Sports & Exercise, v 28, n 5.
Stopka, Christine. “Prevention and Care of Injuries to Athletes with Disabilities.” Accepted for the Third
Paralympic Congress, Atlanta, GA, August, 12-16, 1996.
Stopka, Christine, K. Scott, J. Seeger, R. Ballinger, H. Kluess, T. Lyles, HW Kim, A. Properzio, J. Albright,
T. Albright. “Vascular, Metabolic and Exercise Responses to a Ten Week Program of Exercise Training in
Individual with Intermittent Claudication: A New Pain Free Model.” Accepted for the Third Paralympic
Congress, Atlanta, GA, August 12-16, 1996.
Stopka, Christine. “Implementing Programs of Exercise Therapy for Individuals with Disabilities,” Accepted
for the National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities
(NCPERID) annual Conference. Atlanta, GA, August 17, 1996.
Zambito, Kim, B. Goff, C. Stopka, K. Pearson, R. Siders. “Sit and reach performance of adolescents with
mental retardation following a nine week flexibility program: A comparison of two stretching techniques,”
Accepted for the SEATA Convention, Atlanta, GA, March 21-22, 1997.
Horodyski, MaryBeth, L. Finney, K. Tennant, C. Stopka. “A Prospective Epidemiological Investigation of
the incidence of Injury in High School Baseball Players.” SEATA Conference, Atlanta, GA, March, 21-22,
1997.
Stopka, Christine. “Achieving the Ultra-Stretch: A Method for Increasing Flexibility and Fitness for
Everyone,” Accepted for the “Fifth National Achieving a Balance Conference on Adapted Physical Activity,”
Macomb, IL, April 4, 1997.
Stopka, Christine. “Pain Free Exercise Training for Individuals with Peripheral Vascular Disease,” “Fifth
National Achieving a Balance Conference on Adapted Physical Activity,” Macomb, IL, April 5, 1997.
Stopka, Christine. “Innovative Practices: Evaluation of Head Injuries in Athletes with Disabilities (who are
non-verbal or may be deaf),” Athletic Trainers Association of FL, Orlando, FL., April 27, 1997.
Stopka, Christine. “Sports Medical Concerns for Athletes with Disabilities.” National Athletic Trainers’
Association National Symposium Official Program, p.25, June, 21, 1997, Salt Lake City, UT.
Stopka, Christine, K. Zambito, K. Pearson, D. Suro, B. Goff, R. Siders. “Effects of resistance training on
muscular endurance and physical capacity to perform work in adolescents and young adults with mental
retardation,” National Strength and Conditioning Association National Conference & Exhibition
Proceedings, p. 161, June, 1997, Las Vegas, NV.
Stein, Julian, C. Stopka. “Recent Trends in Adapted Physical Education in the United States of America,”
International Council on Health Physical Education and Recreation & Sport and Dance, panel discussion,
Seoul, Korea, July, 3-7, 1997. (Contributor/co-author to accepted abstract).
Stopka, Christine; Jamie Pomeranz; Tracy Benham. “The Effects of an Integrative University Based Fitness
& Sports Program for Adolescents with Mental Retardation,” Sixth National “Achieving a Balance”
Conference on Adapted Physical Activity, Macomb, IL, March 27, 1998.
Stopka, Christine. “Treatment and Rehabilitation of Injuries to Athletes with Disabilities,” Fourth Annual
Gainesville Sports Organizing Committee Sports Medicine Conference Proceedings, April, 1998.
Stopka, Christine. “Introduction to Sports Medical Issues for Athletes with Disabilities,” Part 1 of the
session “True Grit: Athletes with Disabilities.” NATA National Conference, Baltimore, MD, June 20, 1998.
Bittner MB, Kaminski TW, Horodyski MB, Stopka CB, Connaughton D. “The Effect of Prophylactic Knee
Bracing on Joint Position Sense as Measured in Both Open and Closed Kinetic Chain,” Poster Presentation
presented to the National Athletic Trainers Association National Conference, Baltimore, MD, June, 1998.
Stopka, CB. “The Effects of an Integrated, University Based, Sport and Fitness Program on Adolescents
with Mental Retardation,” research poster presentation, NAFAPA (North American Federation of Adapted
Physical Activity), Minneapolis, MN, p. 37, September, 25, 1998.
Stopka, CB. “The Effects of a Pain-Free Program of Exercise Therapy of Individuals with Intermittent
Claudication Due to Peripheral Vascular Disease,” research presentation, NAFAPA (North American
Federation of Adapted Physical Activity), Minneapolis, MN, pp. 36-37, September 26, 1998.
Stopka CB, Benham T, Ling K. “Adapted Equipment Ideas to Facilitate Inclusionary Teaching in Adapted
Aquatics,” FAHPERD Conference. Daytona Beach, October 16, 1998.
Franklin PJ, Kaminski TW, Horodyski MB, Stopka CB. “An Examination of Eversion/Inversion Isokinetic
Strength Ratios between Uninjured and Functionally Unstable Ankles.” Research Presentation submitted to
the National Athletic Trainers Association National Conference, Kansas City, MO, June, 1999.
Stopka, C; Pomeranz, J; Siders, R; Dykes, MK. NCPERID (National Consortium for Physical Education and
Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities) annual Conference. “The Effects of an Integrated Fitness and
Sports Program for Adolescents with Mental Retardation,” published research abstract, NCPERID’s
Advocate,” Volume 28, # 1, Fall, 1999, page 3.
Stopka, C. NCPERID (National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with
Disabilities) annual Conference. “The Effects of Pain-Free Exercise Training on Individuals with Peripheral
Vascular Disease,” published research abstract, NCPERID’s Advocate,” Volume 28, # 1, Fall, 1999, pp 3-4.
Stopka, C; Pomeranz, J; Siders, R; Bowie, L; Baker, J; Stopka, K. NCPERID (National Consortium for
Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities) annual Conference. “The Search for the
‘Ultra-Stretch’—Static versus PNF Stretching on Adolescents with & without Mental Retardation,”
published research abstract, NCPERID’s Advocate,” Volume 28, # 1, Fall, 1999, page 4.
Stopka, C; Pomeranz, J; Siders, R; Dykes, MK. OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs) National
Personnel Training Conference. “Results and Benefits of an Integrated Program of Physical Fitness & Sports
for Adolescents with Mental Retardation,” research abstract, Sept. 9, 1999, conference program, page 15.
Stopka, Christine. (1999). Personnel Preparation: Discretionary Projects supported by OSEP under IDEA:
“Multi-disciplinary Preparation of Educators to Improve Services and Results for Children with LowIncidence Disabilities in Adapted Physical Education,” ERIC, CEC, Washington, D.C., page 67.
Stopka, C; Kaminski, T; Deere, Randy. “Applying web-based portfolios and computer based instruction in
athletic training and phys. ed.” AAHPERD Annual Conference program, Orlando, FL, p.74, March 23, 2000.
Stopka, C; Siders, R; Morley, K; Reagan, K; Stopka, S. “A comparison of the static and PNF stretching
techniques on improving sit-and-reach performance.” SEATA Annual Conference program, Atlanta, GA, p.
57, March 31, 2000.
Stopka, Christine. (2000). Personnel Preparation: Discretionary Projects supported by OSEP under IDEA:
“Multi-disciplinary Preparation of Educators to Improve Services and Results for Children with LowIncidence Disabilities in Adapted Physical Education,” ERIC, CEC, Washington, D.C., pp. 28-29.
Dannecker, E; Horodyski, MB; Stopka, C. “Prognostic Factors for Recovery from Anterior Cruciate
Ligament Reconstruction Surgery.” J. Athletic Training, Vol., 35, #2 (Supplement), p.S-79, April-June,
2000.
Stopka, C. “Achieving the Ultra-Stretch: A Method of Achieving Flexibility and Fitness for Everyone,”
World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Atlanta, GA, November 10, 2000, conference program, p.36.
Stopka, C. “Adapted Equipment for People with Disabilities in Physical Education, Recreation and other Life
Sports, Games, & Activities,” World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Atlanta, GA, Nov. 11, 2000,
conference program, p. 40.
Stopka, Christine. (2001). Personnel Preparation: Discretionary Projects supported by OSEP under IDEA:
“Multi-disciplinary Preparation of Educators to Improve Services and Results for Children with LowIncidence Disabilities in Adapted Physical Education,” ERIC, CEC, Washington, D.C., page 77.
Stopka, C; Siders, R; Morley, K; Reagan, K; Stopka, S. “A comparison of static and PNF stretching
techniques on the sit-and-reach performance in youth and adults,” published research abstract, NCPERID’s
Advocate, Volume 29, #2, Winter 2001, page 3.
Stopka, C; Siders, R; Morley, K; Reagan, K; Houck A; Stopka, S. “A comparison of static & PNF stretching
techniques on improving sit-and-reach performance in youth with mental retardation as compared to youth &
young adult control groups,” research abstract, NCPERID’s Advocate, Volume 29, #2, Winter 2001, page 3.
Stopka, C; Siders, R; Morley, K; Reagan, K; McCowan L; Stopka, K. “A comparison of the order of
administration of static and PNF stretching techniques on improving sit-and-reach performance in youth with
mental retardation,” published research abstract, NCPERID’s Advocate, Volume 29, #2, Winter 2001, page 4.
Stopka, C. “Results and Benefits of an Integrated Program of Adapted Physical Activities for Students with
Low-Incidence Disabilities: A multi-media presentation,” OSEP (Office of Special Education Programs)
National Project Director’s Conference: Embracing Diversity and Building Partnerships for Personnel
Preparation, research and program abstract, Feb. 22, 2001, conference program, p. 22.
Stopka, SEATA Annual Conference. “Injury Examination and Intervention: Issues in the Exceptional
Athlete,” District IX (SEATA) 2001 Annual Members’ Meeting and Symposium proceedings, Atlanta,
Georgia, March 23-25, 2001, pp.5-7.
Stopka, C. “Adapted Equipment for People with Disabilities in Physical Education, Recreation and other Life
Sports, Games, & Activities –A Follow-up from last time,” World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities,
Atlanta, GA, September 29, 2001, also accepted for inclusion in the proceedings, and for a presentation.
Stopka, C. “Achieving the Ultra-Stretch: A Method of Achieving Flexibility and Fitness for Everyone –A
Follow-up from last time,” World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Atlanta, GA, September 30, 2001,
also accepted for inclusion in the proceedings, and for a presentation.
Stopka, C. “Inexpensive, Easy to Make, Adapted Equipment Ideas to Maximize Participation and Fun for
All Ages,” published program abstract for Florida Therapeutic Recreation Conference (FRPA), UF,
Gainesville, FL, May 16-18, 2002.
Stopka, C. “Adapted Aquatics Equipment, Programs, and Credentials for People with Disabilities,” World
Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Orlando, FL, October 3-5, 2002, published program abstract.
Stopka, C; Morley, K; Siders, R; Schuette, J; Gilmet, Y; Houck, A. “Stretching Techniques to Improve
Flexibility in Special Olympics Athletes and their Coaches.” published research abstract, NCPERID’s
Advocate, Volume 31, #1, Fall, 2002, page 3.
Stopka, C. “Pain Free Exercise Training for Individuals with Peripheral Vascular Arterial Disease,”
Research Abstract, for World Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Orlando, FL, September 19, 2003;
published program abstract, p.23.
Stopka, C. “Sports Medicine Concerns for Athletes with Disabilities,” published abstract, NCPERID’s
Advocate, Volume 31, #3, Summer, 2003, page 2.
Stopka, C. “Pain Free Exercise Training for Individuals with Intermittent Claudication in Peripheral Vascular
Disease,” published research abstract, NCPERID’s Advocate, Volume 31, #3, Summer, 2003, page 4.
Campbell, C; Stopka, C; Tillman, M; Todorovich, T. “The Effects of an Upper Body Resistance Training
Program on Students with Mental Retardation,” UF McNair Scholars Research Program, April 2004, p. 9.
Stopka, C; Campbell, C; Tillman, M; Todorovich, J. “Effects of Resistance Exercise Training on
Individuals with Mental Retardation,” NCPERID Annual Conference, Research Poster presentation,
Arlington, VA, July 12, 2004.
Stopka, C; “Sports Medical Concerns for Athletes with Disabilities,” invited, refereed, oral presentation, July
12, 2004; (published in NCPERID’s ADVOCATE, Winter Issue, Volume 32, #1, 2005, p. 5).
Pena, K; Stopka, C; Todorovich, T. “Effects of a Low-Intensity Exercise Training Program on Participants
with Peripheral Vascular Arterial Disease,” College of Health & Human Performance Research Symposium
Brochure, published program abstract, October 22, 2004, printed Abstract #11.
Stopka, C; Khouri, E; Lyles, T. “The Effects of Pain Free Treadmill Exercise upon Persons with Intermittent
Claudication due to Peripheral Arterial Disease,” College of Health & Human Performance Research
Symposium Brochure, published program abstract, October 22, 2004, printed Abstract #12.
Campbell, C; Stopka, C; Tillman, M; Todorovich, J; Lyles, T. “Effects of a Resistance Exercise Training
Program on Individuals with Mental Retardation (MR).” College of Health & Human Performance Research
Symposium Brochure, published program abstract, October 22, 2004, printed Abstract #7.
Barak, S; Stopka, C; Todorovich, J; Siders, R. “The Effects of a Six Week, Low-Intensity, Walking Program
on Elderly Individuals with Peripheral Arterial Disease,” accepted for presentation and program publication
for the first National Association Poster Session, sponsored by AAALF and AALR, AAHPERD National
Convention, Chicago, IL, April 14, 2005.
Martinez, Coleen; Stopka, C. Low-Intensity Exercise Therapy for Women with Peripheral Arterial Disease:
Is it Beneficial, and Can it be Performed in Community Based Clinics and Fitness Centers? Third Annual
Women’s Health Research Day, Research Poster, UF Health Science Center, G-ville, FL, March 24, 2005.
Barak, S; Stopka, C; Todorovich, J; Siders, R. “The Effects of a Six Week, Low-Intensity, Walking
Program on Elderly Individuals with Peripheral Arterial Disease,” Veterans Administration
Rehabilitation Research Day, Research Poster Presentation, VAMC-Gainesville, May 3, 2005.
Stopka, C; Pena, K; Todorovich, T. “Effects of Low-Intensity Exercise on Participants with Peripheral
Vascular Arterial Disease,” Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research Day, Research Poster
Presentation, VAMC-Gainesville, May 3, 2005.
Stopka, C., Khouri, E., and Lyles, T. The Effects of Pain Free Treadmill Exercise Upon Persons With
Intermittent Claudication Due To Peripheral Arterial Disease,” Veterans Administration Rehabilitation
Research Day, Research Poster Presentation, VAMC-Gainesville, May 3, 2005.
Martinez, C; Stopka, C; Martinez, O. Low-Intensity Exercise Therapy for Women with Peripheral
Arterial Disease….Is it Beneficial, and Can it be Performed in Community Based Clinics and Fitness
Centers? NCPERID Annual Conference, Research Poster presentation, Reston, VA, July 18, 2005;
published in NCPERID’s Advocate, Volume 32, #1 , Winter, 2006, p. 9.
Barak, S; Stopka, C; Todorovich, J; Siders, R. “The Effects of a Six Week, Low-Intensity, Walking
Program on Elderly Individuals with Peripheral Arterial Disease,” NCPERID Annual Conference,
Research Poster presentation, Reston, VA, July 18, 2005; published in NCPERID’s Advocate, Volume
32, #1, Winter, 2006, p. 9.
Martinez, C., Stopka, C., & Barak, S. A look at two decades of training to determine the effects of a lowintensity exercise therapy program for intermittent claudication. Poster presentation for the First Annual
Neuromuscular Plasticity Symposium, at the University of Florida, September 22, 2005.
Martinez, C. & Stopka, C. (2006). A look at two decades of training to determine the effects of a lowintensity exercise therapy program for intermittent claudication. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport,
77(1), A-96-97.
Stopka, K., & Stopka, C. Using Adapted Aquatics Equipment to Facilitate the Acquisition of Aquatics
Skills by Students with Disabilities,” Oral Free Communications Presentation, Reston, VA, July 10, 2006;
published in NCPERID’s Conference Proceedings, p. 21; and published in the NCPERID newsletter, The
ADVOCATE, Volume 32, #3, Fall 2006, p.6.
Martinez, C; Stopka, C. A Look at Two Decades of Training to Determine the Effects of a Low-Intensity
Exercise Therapy Program for Intermittent Claudication,” Research Poster presentation, Reston, VA, July 910, 2006; published in NCPERID’s Conference Proceedings, p. 30; and published in the NCPERID
newsletter, The ADVOCATE, Volume 32, #3, Fall 2006, p.9.
Stopka, C., Machek, M., Tillman, M. “Effects of a Supervised Resistance Exercise Training on Male and
Female Adolescents and Young Adults with Mental Retardation,” Research Poster, Reston, VA, July 8-10,
2007, abstract published in NCPERID’s Conference Proceedings, p. 11.
Stopka, C., Davis, M. “Peripheral Arterial Disease Treatment: A Comparative Study of the Effects of Low
Intensity, Accommodating Pain Free Exercise Therapy and High Intensity, Maximal Pain Tolerance
Exercise Therapy on Patients with Intermittent Claudication,” Research Poster, Reston VA, July 8-10, 2007,
abstract published in NCPERID’s Conference Proceedings, p. 10.
Stopka, C. “Sports Medicine Concepts for Athletes with Disabilities,” World Congress & Exposition on
Disabilities, Washington, D.C., November 15-17, 2007, published abstract, Show Directory, p.16.
Stopka, C. “Flexibility for ALL: A Method of Achieving Flexibility and Fitness for Everyone,” World
Congress & Exposition on Disabilities, Washington, D.C., November 15-17, 2007, published abstract, Show
Directory, p.17.
Stopka, C. “Adapted Aquatics Equipment Ideas to Facilitate Skill Learning,” World Congress & Exposition
on Disabilities, Washington, D.C., November 15-17, 2007, published abstract, Show Directory, p.18.
Stopka, C., Tamse, T., Tillman, M, Weimer, A., Abrams, G., Issa, I. “A Comparison of the Effects of a
Supervised Resistance Exercise Training on Special Olympic Athletes and their Coaches,” Research Poster,
National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPERID),
July 17, 2008; Conference Proceedings, p. 11.
Barak, S., Stopka, C., Carmeli, E., Martinez, C. (2008) “Benefits of Low–Intensity Pain-Free Treadmill
Exercise for Individuals Presenting with Intermittent Claudication Due to Peripheral Arterial Disease,”
Angiology, published online, September 25, 2008; ahead of hard copy date, Spring, 2009
(abstract#0003319708322388vl).
Martinez, C., Carmeli, E., Barak, S., Stopka, C. (2009) “Changes in Pain-Free Walking Based on Time
in Accommodating Pain-Free Exercise Therapy for Peripheral Arterial Disease,” Journal of Vascular
Nursing, March; 27 (1) 2-7. http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/ymvn/article/S10620303(08)00156-8/abstract
Solomon, M., Delisle, T., Stopka, C. “Applying the PRECEDE-PROCEDE Model Toward Improving
Health Outcomes in Populations with Intellectual Disabilities and in the Health Promoters Serving their
Needs,” University of Florida McNair Research Symposium: Continuing to Develop Leaders; April 20,
2009; p.18.
Keith Elizabeth Pena, MSc; Christine B Stopka, Ph.D, ATC; Sharon Barak, Ph.D., Harold R. Gertner,
MD, FACS; Eli Carmeli, PhD., PT. (2009). “Effects of Low-Intensity Exercise on patients with
Peripheral Artery Disease,” The Physician and Sportsmedicine, April, Volume 37, #1;
http://www.physsportsmed.com/index.php?art=psm_04_2009?article=1689
DeLisle, Tony, Solomon, Monica, Stopka, Christine (2009). “Applying the PRECEDE-PROCEDE
model towards improving health outcomes in populations with an intellectual disability and in the health
promoters serving their needs,” for the NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 17-18, abstract
published in NCPERID’s Conference Proceedings, pp. 8-9.
Stopka, Christine & Kathleen Stopka Horseman, (2009) “Adapted Aquatics Equipment Ideas to
Facilitate the Learning of Aquatics Skills,” Poster presentation, presented by C. Stopka, NCPERID
Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 17-18, abstract published in NCPERID’s Conference
Proceedings, pp.7-8.
Stopka, Christine (2009). “Web Based Instruction in Adapted Physical Activity, Medical Aspects, &
Medical Terminology at the University of Florida and Beyond: A Brief Overview of the Content and the
Multiple Internet Delivery Systems Used,” Oral Presentation (Invited Speaker, NCPERID Annual
Conference, Reston, VA, July 17-18, abstract published in NCPERID’s Conference Proceedings, p. 17.
Solomon, Monica; Delisle, Tony; Stopka, Christine (2009). “Applying the Precede-Proceed Model
Toward Improving Health Outcomes in Populations with an Intellectual Disability and in the Health
Promoters Serving Their Needs.” Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
(ABRCMS), November 4-7, Phoenix Arizona, Published in the ABRCMS09 Abstract Book, A149, p.87.
Solomon, Monica, Delisle, Tony, Stopka, Christine. “The Effects of a Peer Mentor Driven Community
Based Participatory Research Model in an Inclusive Physical Education Program for Students with
Intellectual Disabilities,” Presented by M. Solomon. New England Science Symposium, sponsored by
Harvard Medical School; Cambridge, MA, February 28, 2010, Conference Proceedings, pp. 102-103.
Dipnarine, Krishna; Delisle, Tony; Stopka, Christine; Young, Mary Ellen. A preliminary evaluation of a
theory based structured physical activity program for improving fitness in populations with an
intellectual disability.” Presented by K. Dipnarine. Eleventh Annual Undergraduate Research
Symposium, Reitz Union, UF, Gainesville, FL, March 1, 2010, Conference Proceedings, p.6.
Cowen, Tiffany; Delisle, Tony; Tillman, Mark; Stopka, Christine. Fitness Assessment in Firefighters.
Presented by T. Cowen. Eleventh Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Reitz Union, UF,
Gainesville, FL, March 1, 2010, Conference Proceedings, p.18.
Miller, Jordan; Delisle, Tony; Tillman, Mark; Stopka, Christine. Efficacy of a Peer Based Worksite
Health Intervention on CVD Risk Factors in Firefighters: A Pilot Study.” Presented by J. Miller.
Eleventh Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, Reitz Union, UF, Gainesville, FL, March 1,
2010, Conference Proceedings, p.35.
Tamse, T., Tillman, M., Stopka, C., Weimer, A., Abrams, G., Issa, I. (2010). “Supervised Moderate
Intensity Resistance Exercise Training Improves Strength in Special Olympic Athletes,” Journal of
Strength and Conditioning Research, published abstract (JSCR website): http://journals.lww.com/nscajscr/Abstract/2010/03000/Supervised_Moderate_Intensity_Resistance_Exercise.14.aspx
Delisle T, Dipnarine K, Beamer W, Barwick R, Brombecher S, Tillman M, Stopka, C. “A Preliminary
Evaluation of a Theory Based Structured Physical Activity Program for Improving Fitness in Populations
with an Intellectual Disability.” Published research abstract; published both in the Proceedings of the
American College of Sports Medicine, #2685, pp. S503-S504, June 4, 2010; and in Medicine & Science
in Sports & Exercise, 42(5), 713-714.
Dabroski A, Miller J, Garcia J, Stopka C, Tillman M, Dobson J, Delisle T. “Efficacy of a Peer Based
Worksite Health Intervention on CVD Risk Factors in Firefighters: A Pilot Study.” Published research
abstract, Proceedings of the American College of Sports Medicine, # 2779, pp. S527, June 4, 2010.
Delisle, T; Dipnarine, K; Ha, C; Huq M; Stopka, C. ”Evaluation of a Structured Physical Fitness
Intervention on Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities,” published abstract, NCPERID Annual
Conference Proceedings, Reston, VA, July 15, 2010, p. 22.
Solomon, M; Delisle, T; Stopka, C. “The effects of a peer mentor driven community based participatory
research model in an inclusive physical education program for students with intellectual disabilities,”
published abstract, NCPERID Annual Conference Proceedings, Reston, VA, July 16, 2010, pp. 25-26.
Delisle, T; Dabroski, A; Miller, J; Tillman, M; Huq, M; Stopka, C. “Efficacy of a Peer Based Worksite
Health Intervention on Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Firefighters: A Pilot Study,” published abstract,
NCPERID Annual Conference Proceedings, Reston, VA, July 17, 2010, pp. 23-24.
Delisle, T; Tillman, M; Cowen, T; Dabroski, A; Parr, J; Abt, N; Huq, M; Dobson, J; Stopka, C.
“Validation of Field-Based Aerobic Capacity Assessment in Firefighters,” published abstract, NCPERID
Annual Conference Proceedings, Reston, VA, July 17, 2010, p. 21.
Delisle, T; Stopka, C; Barwick, R; Huq, M; Dipnarine, K. “Fostering and Sustaining a CommunityAcademic Partnership to Promote Health Enhancing Physical Activity in young Adults with Intellectual
Disabilities,” published abstract, NCPERID Annual Conference Proceedings, Reston, VA, July 14-16,
2011, p 15.
Grabel, Z; Stopka, C; Barwick, R; Delisle, T; Idica, J. “Can One Weekend of Volunteering Improve Self-Satisfaction?”
published abstract, NCPERID Annual Conference Proceedings, Reston, VA, July 14-16, 2011, p 19.
Barwick, R; Tillman, M; Stopka, C; Dipnarine, K, Delisle, T; Huq, M. “Physical Capacity and Functional Abilities
Improve in Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities after Functional Training,” published abstract, NCPERID
Annual Conference Proceedings, Reston, VA, July 14-16, 2011, pp. 20-21.
Ashley Van Putten, Tony Delisle, Monica Solomon, Christine Stopka. “Integrating STEM and SBE disciplines into
Community Based Participatory Research to promote health lifestyles in underserved populations with disabilities,”
Poster Presentation, UF National Science Foundation Research Day Conference Proceedings, University of Florida,
October 25, 2011.
Robert Pastula, Chris Haas, Anthony Delisle, Christine Stopka. “The Effect of Low-Intensity, Aerobic Exercise Training
on the Cognitive Function of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Pilot Study.” Poster Presentation, UF
National Science Foundation Research Day Conference Proceedings, University of Florida, October 25, 2011.
Ryan Barwick, Mark Tillman, Christine Stopka, Krishna Dipnarine, Tony Delisle. “Physical Capacity and Functional
Abilities Improve in Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities After Functional Training.” Poster Presentation, UF
National Science Foundation Research Day Conference Proceedings, University of Florida, October 25, 2011.
Chun Ha, Tony Delisle, Krishna Dipnarine, Mona Sayedul Huq, Christine Stopka. “Correlation Between Self Efficacy
Theory and Fitness Improvements on Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities. Poster Presentation, UF National
Science Foundation Research Day Conference Proceedings, University of Florida, October 25, 2011.
Tony Delisle, Krishna Dipnarine, Mona Sayedul Huq, Chun Ha, Christine Stopka. “Correlation Between Self Efficacy
Theory & Fitness Improvements on Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities,” published abstract, NCPERID Annual
Conference Proceedings, Reston, VA, July 19-21, 2012, p. 3.
Krishna Dipnarine, Christine Stopka, Coleen Martinez, Sharon Barak, Keith Pena, & Eli Carmeli. “Low-intensity Pain
Free Treadmill Exercise Therapy Improves Functional Capacity for Women with Intermittent Claudication Due to
Peripheral Artery Disease,” Poster Presentation, NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 19, 2012, p 3.
Micah Pastula, Chris Hass, Tony Delisle, Krishna Dipnarine, Mona Sayedul Huq, & Christine Stopka. “The Effect of
Moderate-Intenstiy Exercise Training on the Cognitive Function of Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities,” Poster
Presentation, NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 19, 2012, p. 3.
Tony Delisle, Eboni M. Peoples, Alexis L. Delisle, Melanie S. Hinojosa, Christine Stopka, Mark Tillman & Bill
Northcutt. “Methods for fostering Community-Academic Partnerships and Utilizing Intervention Mapping in a
Firefighter Population,” Poster Presentation, NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 19, 2012, p. 3.
Dipnarine, Tony Delisle, Ryan Barwick, Mark Tillman, Christine Stopka, Mona Sayedul Huq, & Chun Ha.
“Comparison of Functional Training and Weight Training Programs in Improving Physical Capacity and Functional
Abilities in Young Adults with Intellectual Disabilities,” Emerging Scholars Symposium Oral Presentation, NCPERID
Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 20, 2012, p. 5.
Tony Delisle, Jason McLean, Ashley Van Putten, Mona Sayedal Huq, Martin Wegman, & Christine Stopka. “Utilizing
CBPR Principles and Student Organizations to Create Community-Academic Partnerships for Health Promotion to
Prevent Health Related Disabilities,” NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 20, 2012, p. 6.
Ashley Van Putten, Tony Delisle, Monica Solomon, Krishna Dipnarine, Mona Sayedal Huq, & Christine Stopka.
“Integrating STEM and SBE Disciplines into Community-Based Research to Promote Healthy Lifestyles in
Underserved Populations with Disabilities,” NCPERID Annual Conference, Reston, VA, July 20, 2012, p.6.
Software:
Stopka, Christine B. and Tony Breitbach. Learning and Computer Simulation Modules in Athletic Training.
IBM Corp. & the University of Florida Faculty Support Center for Computers, 1986.
Stopka, Christine and Tony Breitbach. Athletic Training Action: Simulations in Sports Medicine, Volume I.
Cramer Software Group, Gardner, KA, 1988.
Stopka, Christine and Tony Breitbach. Athletic Training Action: Simulations in Sports Medicine, Volume
II. Cramer Software Group, Gardner, KA, 1989.
Chang, Kai and Christine Stopka. “Assessment and Curriculum Programs for Individuals with Disabilities:
A user friendly data base,” provided to teachers free of charge, 1989.
Stopka, Christine. Interactive Tutorial for Athletic Training Action I and II: Simulations in Sports Medicine.
Cramer Software Group, Gardner, KA, 1992.
Stopka, Christine and Kaminski, Tom. Athletic Training Action: Simulations in Sports Medicine, Volume I,
Second Edition, Cramer Software Group, Gardner, KA, 1999.
Stopka, Christine and Kaminski, Tom. Athletic Training Action: Simulations in Sports Medicine, Volumes I
& II, Second Edition, Cramer Software Group, Gardner, KA, 2001 (Revised, May, 2002).
Media Reviews:
Stopka, Christine. Published critique on the “Orthopedic Dictionary,” Media Review for the Journal of
Sports Rehabilitation, 4 (1), February 1995, pp. 67-68.
Stopka, Christine. Published critique on the text “Water Exercise,” Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 4 (4),
November, 1995, p. 294-295.
Carmeli, Varda and Christine Stopka. Published critique on the text “Sports and Exercise for Children with
Chronic Health Conditions,” Journal of Sports Rehabilitation, 5 (2), May, 1996, p. 186.
Zambito, Kimberly and Christine Stopka. Published critique on the text “Physical Therapy Procedures:
Selected Techniques (5th ed.),” Journal of Sports Rehabilitation, 5 (4), November, 1996, p. 336.
Carmeli, Eli and Christine Stopka. Published critique on the text “Functional Movement Reeducation,” for
the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 6 (3), August, 1997, p 290.
Wolper, Rachel and Christine Stopka. Published book review on the text “Designing Resistance Training
Programs,” Journal of Athletic Training, 32 (3), September 1997, pp. 278-279.
Stopka, Christine. Published critique on the text “ACSM’s Exercise Management for Persons with
Chronic Diseases and Disabilities,” for the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 6 (4), November 1997, pp.
373-374.
Stopka, Christine. Published critique on the text “Biomechanics of Musculoskeletal Injury,” Journal of
Sport Rehabilitation, 8 (1), February 1999, pp. 60-61.
Stopka, Christine. Published critique on the text “Facilitated Stretching,” Journal of Sport Rehabilitation,
9 (1), February 2000, pp. 89-90.
Stopka, Christine. Invited media review on the text “Achieving a Beneficial Fitness: A Program and a
Philosophy in Mental Retardation,” Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 19 (1), January 2002, pp.112113.
Media Publications on our programs and research (non-internet):
“UF Research Finds Pain-Free Treatment That Helps Elderly Increase Walking Distance,” WUFT TV
Channel 5 News at 5:30pm, video story of program, October 27, 1998.
“UF Research Finds Pain-Free Treatment That Helps Elderly Increase Walking Distance,” WCJB TV
Channel 20 News at 6pm and 11pm, video story of program, October, 27 1998.
“UF Research Finds Pain-Free Treatment That Helps Elderly Increase Walking Distance,” UF News and
Public Affairs, news release, October 27, 1998.
“UF Research Finds Pain-Free Treatment That Helps Elderly Increase Walking Distance,” Independent
Florida Alligator, page 12, November 4, 1998.
“UF Research Finds Pain-Free Treatment That Helps Elderly Increase Walking Distance,” The Friday
Post, cover story, page 1, November 6, 1998.
Stopka, Christine. “The Instructors of Adapted Aquatics Program at the University of Florida – how it
impacts the community serving at least three area schools (pre-K through middle school), about 50
children with disabilities.” WCJB TV-20 News at 6pm and 11pm, April 25, 2000.
Stopka, Christine. “The Instructors of Adapted Aquatics Program at the UF – how it impacts the
community (pre-K- high school), about 70 children with disabilities.” A FOLLOW-UP! WCJB TV-20
News at 6pm and 11pm, April 16, 2001.
“Well Walkers.” This was a 90 second news clip on our exercise therapy program for people with
peripheral arterial disease (intermittent claudication). Broadcast nationally via NBC, CBS, and ABC
NEWS, one company per each major TV market in the country, during June, 2001; through Ivanhoe
Medical News Agency, Orlando, FL.
Stopka, Christine. Radio interview, aired on National Public Radio (NPR), “Exercise Implications for
Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis;” 4:45pm, January 10, 2005.
Stopka, Christine. Channel 20 News reported on “The Inclusive Sports and Fitness Program with UF and
Sidney Lanier School,” TV/20 News, broadcasted at 5:30pm, 6pm, & 11pm, March 10th, 2005.
Adapted Aquatics at the University of Florida; Gainesville Sun, photo, caption featuring the program and its
specialized equipment; April 21, 2005, page B2. Also found on the newspaper’s web page at:
http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050421/LOCAL/50421005/1078/news.
Brennan, Jessica & Stopka, Christine. Photo from our research on adolescents with mental disabilities used to
showcase the article: “Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEIA)” Physical
Activity and Recreation for Life Newsletter from AAALF/AALR of AAHPERD, Summer 2005, p.4.
Brennan, Jessica & Stopka, Christine. “Adapted Physical Activity Goes the Distance 4U,” Physical Activity
and Recreation for Life Newsletter from AAALF/AALR of AAHPERD, Summer 2005, p.8.
Brennan, J., Broome, T., Naugle, K., Stopka, C. “Splish Splash; Slip & Slide: Adapted Aquatics Programs at
UF,” Performance Magazine, Volume 11, #2, Fall, 2005, pp. 14-15, 27.
UF Pulls the Plug on PE Program. http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2006203100331
Story concerning this situation with Stopka defending the need for the program, especially to combat the
obesity epidemic. Appeared in hard copy on Friday, March 10, 2006, lead article in the Local Section.
Stopka, Christine. Radio interview on the above; aired on Florida news radio stations, March 10, 2006.
Stopka, C. Television: The Ilene Silverman Show, discussed the need for exercise and how it can be easily
added to one’s life, for the American Heart Association’s Search Your Heart Initiative. Aired 6 times on Cox
Cable Channels 21,11; WYPN/UPN 11; DISH 4; CBS/WGFL 4; May 23, 25, 27, 28 (twice), 31st, 2006.
Re-Aired (repeated) several more times, on above stations, during the first two weeks of January, 2007.
“Senior Games focuses on new activities, having fun.” Stopka, Christine; quoted for four paragraphs in this
article encouraging others to participate in the Senior Games; Gainesville Sun; page 3B, September 30, 2008.
“These seniors got game; high level of athleticism especially in older age groups.” Stopka, Christine; quoted
for four paragraphs in this article exclaiming the fun and adventure of participating in new sports in the
games; Gainesville Sun; page 5B, October 10, 2008.
Stopka, Christine. WUFT News (Channel 3) interviewed Stopka, and filmed and reported on “The UF
Inclusive Sports and Fitness Research & Service Program with students from Sidney Lanier School,”
broadcasted at 5:30pm, March 31, 2010.
“Olympic Spirit in Gainesville: More than 150 people participate in county’s Special Olympics events.”
Stopka, Christine; quoted for six paragraphs in this article on the benefits of this event, and exercise, for this
population, and our programs at UF for these students; Gainesville Sun; pages1B, 4B, February 27, 2010.
Internet Media Publications on our programs and research:
“Keeping Seniors On Their Feet,” TheSanDiegoChannel.com; two page website on our peripheral arterial
occlusive disease (intermittent claudication) research program; the webpage includes the above video clip
within it’s text; August 23, 2001.
Stopka, C., “ ‘Ultra-Stretch’” Beats Painful Pre-Workout Regimen, University of Florida Study Shows,”
University of Florida Web-page, 2 pages, November, 13, 2001.
Stopka, C. Adapted PE web-page author for PELINKS4U; “Guidelines for Adapting Physical Education
Equipment and Teaching to Maximize Learning and Facilitate Success in Inclusionary Settings;” PE for
Children with Disabilities: Information from NCPERID;” “Excellent Educational/Professional Websites for
Getting Help When Teaching PE to Students with Disabilities,” Volume 3, # 22, Nov. 26, 2001, 6 pages.
Stopka, C. Adapted PE web-page author for PELINKS4U; “APENS Update” and “Five Commonly Seen
Physical/Medical Disabilities for School-aged Children, including Implications for Teaching Adapted
Physical Activities,” Volume 4, #2, February 4, 2002, 5 pages.
Stopka, C. Adapted PE web-page author for PELINKS4U; “APENS Update” and “Five Common
Mental/Behavioral Disabilities Seen in Students, including Implications for Teaching Adapted Physical
Activities,” Volume 4, #6, April 1, 2002, 5 pages.
Stopka, C. Adapted PE web-page author for PELINKS4U; “ APENS Update” and “Using Adapted
Aquatics Equipment to Facilitate the Acquisition of Aquatics Skills by Students with Disabilities,” Volume
4, #12, August 28, 2002.
Stopka, C. Adapted PE web-page author for PELINKS4U; “Organizations for Athletes with Disabilities,”
and “Adapted PE National Standards (APENS),” Volume 22, #18, October, 1, 2002, 4 pages.
Stopka, C. Adapted PE web-page author for PELINKS4U; “ABC’s of Adapted PE; Adapted Aquatics;
APENS Update; Special Olympics; and more,” Volume 5, #3, March, 2003.
Stopka, C., Todorovich, J. Adapted PE web-page author for PELINKS4U; “Developing Inclusionary
Climates that Influence the Motivational Levels of Children with Disabilities,” and other topics on Inclusive
Sports, helpful websites in the field, and APENS updates. Volume 5, #6, August, 2003.
Stopka, C., Barak, Sharon; Jun, Hee Sun. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Finding the
Needed Resources to Establish or Enhance Your Program -- Part One: Funding and Personnel;” also,
“Winter Activities;” “Thanksgiving Turkey Day Fun;” “State and National Conventions;” and, an editorial
on the self esteem benefits children receive by learning to help others.” Volume 5, #9, November, 2003.
Stopka, C., Barak, Sharon; Jun, Hee Sun. Adapted PE web-page, PELINKS4U; “Finding the Needed
Resources to Establish or Enhance Your Program--Part 2: Equipment & Facilities;” Vol. 6, #3, March, 2004.
Todorovich, J., Stopka C. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “TARGET Sportsmanship with
your Students;” Volume 6, #3, March, 2004.
Haygood, Kathy (Reporter), Stopka, C. & Orringer, D. interviewed and quoted on pages 2-5 of a 5 page
website article: “Exercise Programs Adapt for Disabled,” Floridatoday.com, April 27, 2004.
www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/healthstoryG0427DISABLED.htm
Stopka, Kathleen (Reporter), Stopka, C. interviewed and quoted on pages 29-30 of a 2 page website article:
“UF Professor Finds Pain-Free Exercise Therapy Method for Seniors,” University of Florida, College News,
Health & Human Performance, June 15, 2004.
Stopka, C., Barak, Sharon; Jun, Hee Sun. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Finding the
Needed Resources to Establish or Enhance Your Program -- Part Three: Transportation, Publicity, and
Additional Resources;” Volume 6, #7, July, 2004.
Rosslow, Kellie & Stopka, Christine. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Hippotherapy:
Reflections over the benefits gained by a young adult with Traumatic Brain Injury;” Volume 6, #7, July, 2004.
Rosslow, K., Hemstreet, M., Stopka, C., Bown, C., Blay, J., Broome, T., Chang, L., Keumurian, A., Minnix,
C., Lane, A., Dyar, I. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Adapted Holiday Games, Sports,
Arts n' Crafts, and Events,” Volume 6, #11, pp 2-6, December, 2004.
Davis, Tim & Stopka, Christine. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Adapted Physical
Education National Standards: An Important Update for Everyone in the Adapted Physical Education Field,”
Volume 6, #11, pp. 1-3, December, 2004.
Hamlin, Heather & Stopka, Christine. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Exercise Induced
Asthma in Children,” Volume 6, #11, pp. 3-8, December, 2004.
Martinez, C; Stopka C. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Ultra-Stretch,” Volume 7, #4,
pp. 2-5, April, 2005.
Broome, T; Stopka C. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “High School and College Age
Drinking and Driving: A Significant Cause of Death & Disability,” Volume 7, #4, pp 2-5, April, 2005.
Kress, J; Stopka, C. (Editor). Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Acute Lymphocytic
Leukemia: Medical Overview and Implications for Adaptations for Physical Activities,” Volume 7, #4,
pp. 1-7, April, 2005.
Brown, Charis; Stopka, C. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Games for the 31 Days of
October,” Brown, Charis, Stopka, C. Volume 7, #8, pp 1-3, October, 2005.
Erbacher, Aimee; Stopka, C. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Cerebral Palsy: An
Overview and Implications for Physical Activities,” Brown, Charis, Stopka, C. Vol. 7, #8, p.1, Oct., 2005.
Brennan, Jessica; Stopka, C. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “New Courses in Adapted
Physical Education: Now Available to All on the Web!,” Brown, Charis, Stopka, C. Volume 7, #8, pp 1-3,
October, 2005.
Davis, Tim; Stopka, C. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Become a Certified Adapted
Physical Educator!” Volume 7, #8, pp. 3-4, October, 2005.
Hough, StacyAnn; Martinez, Coleen; Stopka, C. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U;
“Peripheral Arterial Disease & Exercise Therapy” Volume 8, #2, pp.2-3, February, 2006.
Davis, Tim; Stopka, C. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Become a Certified Adapted
Physical Educator; APENS/CAPE update,” Volume 8, #2, p.1, February, 2006.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; Exercise Therapy Implications for Autism
(Michelle Davis); Physical Activity for Spina Bifida (Jennifer Gardner & Christine Stopka); Athletes with
Disabilities-Amputations (Josh West); Adapted Aquatics for the very young, beginning swimmer (Kathleen
Stopka); Adapted Aquatics for Children with Mental Disabilities (Whitney Stern); Aquacise Activities and
Lessons (Lindsey Hartman); and Aquatics Activities for Cancer Survivors-Mastectomies (Caitlyn Aydt);
Volume 8 # 6; June/July, 2006.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; Cerebral Palsy (by Claudia Mena); Cystic
Fibrosis (by Brooke Holman); Scoliosis (by Brittany Ware); Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (by Ryan
Cochran); Seizures (by Renee Gallo); Spina Bifida (by Lesley Brinton); Spinal Cord Injury (by Elizabeth
Giroud); and Osteoporosis (by Heather Simpson), Volume 8, #10, pp 1-5, December, 2006.
Rosslow, Kellie & Stopka, Christine. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Hippotherapy:
Reflections over the benefits gained by a young adult with Traumatic Brain Injury;” Volume 6, #7, July,
2004; REPRINTED in Volume 9, #1, January 2007; selected and featured, by the webmaster, as one of four
of the “best” articles from past issues.
Hamlin, Heather & Stopka, Christine. Adapted PE web-page authors for PELINKS4U; “Exercise Induced
Asthma in Children,” Volume 6, #11, pp. 3-8, December, 2004. REPRINTED in Volume 9, #1, January
2007; selected and featured, by the webmaster, as one of four of the “best” articles from past issues.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “The Effects of a Nine Week Resistance
Training Program on Individuals with Mental Retardation” (by Corey Campbell, Mark Tillman, Christine
Stopka); “Adapted Aquatics for a Beginning Swimmer with Asperger’s Syndrome” (by Francesca
Turchiano), “An Overview of Multiple Sclerosis” (by Jameson Heise), “Tracing the Legislative Path to
Inclusive Education” (by Frank Oquendo), Volume 9, #4, pp 1-5, April, 2007.
In Gainesville.com. Story by Meredith Muller: “UF faculty, staff, and students are improving health
with exercise. Stopka, C. was quoted multiple times in the internet news article, explaining the benefits
of our exercise therapy programs; the article focused on the research we do with the students with
intellectual disabilities from Sidney Lanier who visit UF and Living Well for our Inclusive Fitness and
Sports Research Program, pp. 1-2, written, April 18, 2007; printed May 4, 2007.
Note: Our articles published in our last two issues, December 2006 and April, 2007, were all mentioned in
the June/July, 2007, Volume 9, #6 issue of PELINKS4U.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Adapted Physical Activity for Students with
Cerebral Palsy” (by Reed Ziegler); “Adapted Equipment for Cerebral Palsy” (by Judlande Guervil);
“Exercise for Individuals with Spina Bifida” (by Brittany Hacker); “Muscular Dystrophy and Exercise” (by
Margo Lewkow); “Adapted PE for Individuals with Amputations” (by Jennifer Benitez); “Adapted Aquatics
Progress Report: City of Gainesville, FL” (by Joannalyn Delacruz, Fran Turchiano, Heather Quiroga, &
Christine Stopka); and “Tracing the Path to Inclusive Education: An Update to Gain a Prospective of Legal
Precedent” (by Frank Oquendo), Volume 9, #8, pp 1-3, October, 2007.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Creating a Soccer Program for Children
with Cerebral Palsy” (by Marisa Schuller); “Mobility Training Among Children with Cerebral Palsy” (by
Shirley Minton); and “Assistive Technology: A Review of Rifton Equipment” (by Katie Dendy),
Volume 9, #12, February 15, 2008.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Adventure and Experiential Education:
Adaptations and a Case Study” (by Elaine Brassard); Volume 10, #5, May 16, 2008.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Equine Assisted Therapy: An
Exploration of Therapeutic Riding & Hippotherapy” (by Rebbecca Belmore); “Seizure Disorders and
Physical Education” (by Jennifer Kosoy); “Physiological Benefits of Physical Activity for Children with
Cerebral Palsy” (by Chris Kroger); “Can Exercise Help Treat the Effects of ADHD?” (by Jason
Bouwkamp); Volume 10 #6, June 16, 2008.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “People with Disabilities: Fighting for
Equality” (by Mandy Ratliff); “Spina Bifida and Physical Activity” (by Bernard Baroudi); “Dance
Therapy” (by Kaitlin McNamara); Volume 10, #7, Aug. 22, 2008.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “DeMoisier’s Syndrome for Equality (by
Jessica Blank); Volume 10, #8, October 16, 2008.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Positive Effects of Physical Activity for
People with Alzheimer’s Disease” (by Elyse Morin); “Planned Physical Activity Involving Individuals
with Autism: Benefits and Guidelines” (by Stephanie Todd); Volume 11, #2, February, 2009.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Positive Impacts of Exercise for Children
with Autism” (by Elyse Morin);Volume 11, #3, March, 2009.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Exercise for People with Diabetes” (by
Tiffany Cowen), pp 1-3; “Rolling Forward: How Wheelchair Basketball’s History, Progression, and
Dynamic Influence have Impacted Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation; Physically and Psychologically”
(by Monique Jackson), pp 1-4; “Physical Activity in Children with Congenital Heart Defects” (by
Amanda Negron)pp 1-4; Volume 11, #7, September, 2009.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Scoliosis: To Exercise or Not” (by Andrea
Ruark); Volume 11, #8, October, 2009.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “The Advancement of Prostheses
throughout History,” (by Alexis Douglas); pp 1-4; “Children with Autism: Implications for Physical
Education,” (by Quincy Pearson); pp 1-3, Volume 11, #9, November, 2009.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “A Brief Overview of Cerebral Palsy and
Implications for Physical Activity,” (by April Gagnon); pp 1-4; Volume 11, #10, December, 2009.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “More Than Your Usual Therapy
Regimen: Hippotherapy” (by Renee Berens); Volume 12, #2, February, 2010.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder:
A look at Non-Pharmacological Approaches, especially with EXERCISE” (by Amy Driebe); Volume 12,
#3, March, 2010.
Stopka, C. (Editor and Co-Author); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “25 Years after Title IX:
How Far has Florida Come as Compared to the Nation…and Are We All Still Progressing?” (by Coury
Knowles and Christine Stopka); Volume 12, #3, March, 2010.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “25 Years after Title IX: How Far has
Florida Come as Compared to the Nation…and Are We All Still Progressing?” FULL 50 page
monograph, linked from the above, overview article (by Coury Knowles); Volume 12, #3, March, 2010.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “All About Asthma” (by Melissa Rose);
Volume 12, #4, April, 2010.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Hemophilia: Living, and Being Safely
Active, with a Bleeding Disorder” (by Brittany Maillet); Volume 12, #5, May, 2010.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Exercise Effects on Diabetes Mellitus and
Adapted Physical Activity Strategies,” (by Eli Goodman); Volume 12, #6, June/July, 2010.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Exercise on Diabetes,” (by Govinda Allin);
and “Cystic Fibrosis: A Case Study in Courage,” (by Kathy Nichols), Volume 12, #7, Sept., 2010.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “An Overview of Autism with
Recommendations for Physical Activities and Exercise,” (by Rachael Heilman); and “Adapted Aquatics
for Children with Disabilities: focus on Autism and Cerebral Palsy,” (by Alceste Laurenti), Volume 12,
#8, October, 2010.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy,” (by Jade
Cognetti), Volume 12, #10, December, 2010.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Cerebral Palsy and Intellectual Disabilities;
Consequences of hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy,” (by Jennifer Ostroff), Volume 13, #1, January, 2011.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Sickle-Cell Disease and Rhabdomyolysis,”
(by, Katie Olson), Volume 13, #2, February, 2011.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Successful Inclusion in the Regular
Physical Education Setting,” (by, Tamara Wilsey Forrester), Volume 13, #3, March, 2011.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Cerebral Palsy and Strength Training:
Beneficial or not?,” (by, Lori Ann Bruns), Volume 13, #4, April, 2011.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “The Benefits of Physical Activity for
Individuals with Down Syndrome,” (by, Acsah Abraham), Volume 13, #6, June, 2011.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Dystonia: Gaining Control Through
Movement,” (by, Kaitlin Mauch), Volume 13, #8, October, 2011.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Effects of Exercise Therapy on Juvenile
Rheumatoid Arthritis & Adapted Physical Activities,” (by, Alexis Adler), Volume 13, #9, November, 2011.
Evans, Altavia, Stopka, Christine; Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Adolescents with Cerebral
palsy: Overcoming Challenges of Self-Worth,” Volume 14, #1, January, 2012.
Skawisnki, Chelsea, Stopka, Christine; Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Benefits of Individual
Sports for Children with Autism,” Volume 14, #4, April, 2012.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Inclusion in a High School Physical
Education Dance Class,” (by, Diane Sniegowski), Volume 14, #5, May, 2012.
Stopka, C. (Editor); Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “Massage Therapy for People with Disabilities
Across the Lifespan,” (by, Kyra Catabay), Volume 14, #6, June/July, 2012.
Dipnarine, Krishna; Delisle, Tony; Stopka, Christine; Adapted PE web-page for PELINKS4U; “A
Preliminary Evaluation of a Social Cognitive Theory-Based Structured Physical Activity Program for
Improving Fitness in Populations with an Intellectual Disability,” Volume 14, #7, August/September,
2012.
Other Publications:
Stopka, C., Bolger, C., Shimon, J., Deere, R., 1999. “Certified Athletic Trainers in U.S. High Schools,”
NASPE/NCAT Position Paper, 3 pp.).
Stopka, C, Deere, R, Shimon, J, Bolger, C, 2001. “Sports Medicine Handbook,” NASPE/NCAT ; AAHPERD.
Deere, R., Stopka, C., Shimon, J., Bolger, C., 2002. “Tips for Coaches: Weight Training,” NASPE/NCAT,
educational publication for dissemination and for Clipboard Newsletter, 2 pp.).
Stopka, C., Deere, R., Shimon, J., Bolger, C., 2002. “The Benefits of Stretching (or Why Even Bother to Stretch),”
NASPE/NCAT, educational publication for dissemination and for Clipboard Newsletter, 2 pp.).
Deere, R., Stopka, C., Shimon, J., Bolger, C., 2002. “Recognizing and Treating Sports Injuries,” NASPE/NCAT,
educational publication for dissemination and for Clipboard Newsletter, 2 pp.).
Shimon, J., Gurchiek, L., Deere, R., Stopka, C., Curran, K., Bolger, C., 2002. “Tips for Safe Sports,” NASPE/NCAT,
educational publication for dissemination and for Clipboard Newsletter, 2 pp.).
Moore-Higgs, G; Todorovich, J; Stopka, C. “Unstructured Time in Middle School: A Position Paper of the Middle
& Secondary School Physical Education Council (MASSPEC);” AAHPERD; January, 2003; presented to the
Delegate Assembly, April, 2003.
Stopka, C. “Common Disabilities in School Aged Children and Youth: An Overview,” Monograph created &
written for public school teachers, presented/distributed in Brevard County, FL, February, 2004, 29 pp.
Miscellaneous:
Stopka, Christine. NATA News “Letters to the Editor,” letter published urging sports medicine advertisers to use
professionalism, especially related to the dress of their models, Volume 4, Number 4, Spring, 1992.
Harloff, Jason and Christine Stopka. NATA NEWS “Letters to the Editor,” published urging a name change from
“Athletic Trainer” to “Athletic Therapist; December, 1993.
Stopka, Christine. Quoted in the Alachua County Today Sports section regarding the physiological benefits of
participation in sports; eg., soccer, as this was the topic of this December 5, 2005 article found at:
http://www.alachuacountytoday.com/
Stopka, C. “STILL AT IT,” (their title). Letter to the Editor in Sports n Spokes, published in Volume 33, #5,
September 2007; identifying their photo of a wheelchair basketball (and tennis) coach and player (Jeff McDaniel) on a
skateboard, with no legs, whom I photographed and cheered on in 1979 when I was a doctoral student and he was a 12
year old boy. I explained I still use his great skateboard shots as motivation for my students, especially for my, “If I
can do this; I can do anything!” theme. Upon seeing my letter; Coach McDaniel gave me a phone call; and we have
been close colleagues ever since; my students and I are presently working on a skateboard for a 16 year old protégé of
his with no legs and phocomelia (hands connected to shoulders with no arms).
Published “message” in a textbook:
Stopka, C. “Athletic Trainers Speak Out.” By invitation, my half-page-long message (chapter “lead-off”) speaking out on
the prevention of “Exertional Heat Illness,” was published in the new (5 th) edition of the textbook: Concepts of Athletic
Training (by Pfeiffer, R. & Mangus, B.) Jones & Barlett Publishers, 2007.
Stopka, Christine. NATA News “Letters to the Editor,” letter published urging a name change for our profession
from “Athletic Training/Trainer” to “Athletic Therapy/Therapist,” Volume 23, Number 12, December 2011.
PAST PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
University of Virginia:
Project Director studying the physical/histological effects of endurance exercise in peripheral vascular disease.
Instructor of Anatomy, Kinesiology, and Analysis of Movement courses.
East Carolina University:
Taught graduate and undergraduate courses in PE for students with mental and physical disabilities.
Responsibilities included supervision of practica, advising, and teaching PE to university students with disabilities.
Director, ECU Special Physical Education Laboratory-developmental, adapted & rehabilitative physical education.
Coordinator: Greenville/Pitt County Area Special Olympics, 1982.
Sponsor: East Carolina University Physical Education Major Club, 1982.
Coordinator: East Carolina University “Jump Rope for the Heart” campaign, 1982.
University of Florida:
Member, Department of Education, State Steering Committee for Physical Education for the Handicapped, 1982-85, and Special Task Force for
Assessment and Curriculum for the Handicapped, 1983-85.
Chairperson for College Section; Florida Association for Health, PE, Recreation and Dance, 1986-87.
NCPERID: National Consortium for PE & Rec. for Individuals w/ Disabilities, Board of Directors, Vice President, 2004 to 2006.
Director, University of Florida Student Injury Care Center (1982-1992).
Director, UF Continuing Education Summer Institute for nine credit hours in Adapted PE, 1983 & 1988 to 2007.
Project Director – Master’s Program in Special PE (Four federal grants: 1985, 1987-90; 1995-98; 1998-01).
Director, NATA Approved Graduate Education Program in Athletic Training (1986-1992).
Research Associate for the Women’s Health Research Center, 2002 to present.
Executive Committee, National Council for Athletic Training (NCAT Board of AAHPERD), 1999 - 2002.
Research Associate for the Center for Exercise Science, 1982-1985; 1995 to 2004.
Florida DOE State Steering Committee for PE for the H-capped, Sept. 1988 to 1994.
Appointed as a Chief Athletic Trainer for the 1996 Paralympic Games, Atlanta GA, August 10-25, 1996.
Appointed to the NATA Strategic Planning Task Force (national committee), 1994-1997.
Intern Coordinator for the Department of Exercise & Sport Sciences - August 1996 through December 1998.
Member, Appointed to the ICHPER.SD Adapted Physical Education Commission, January, 1996 - 1999.
Board Member, North Central Florida Network for Families & Children with Disabilities.
Board Member, Girls Club of Alachua County (1998 through 2000). Vice President, 1999 – 2000.
Board Member, YMCA of North Central Florida (1998 through 2000).
Reviewer, Teacher Education and Special Education, 1996 to 2000.
Faculty Advisor for UF Physical Education Club (2006 to 2007).
Board Member, Project HOPE: Horses Helping People, Inc., Hippotherapy, Spring 2005 – 2008.
PRESENT APPOINTMENTS
Professor, Adapted Physical Activity: Adapted PE, Exercise Therapy, Adapted Aquatics and Athletic Training.
Director, University of Florida Adapted Physical Activity Programs 1982 to present (SPE Laboratory 1982 to 2002).
NCPERID: National Consortium for PE & Rec. for Individuals w/ Disabilities, Board of Directors, Treasurer, 2009 to 2013.
Member, UF Title IX Committee for Intercollegiate Athletics (Fall 2005 – Spring 2013), Presidential Appointment.
Member, UF Teacher of the Year Selection Committee (Spring 2009 to present), Provost Appointment.
Media Review Editor, Journal of Sport Rehabilitation, 1991 to 1999; Reviewer, 1997 to present.
Reviewer, Journal of Athletic Training, January 1997 to present.
Reviewer, Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 1997 to present.
Board & National Exam Administrator, Adapted PE Standards (APENS) National Task Force, 1993-present.
Editorial Board, Sports Medicine Editor, Palaestra (The International Forum for Adapted Physical Activity & Sport), 1997-present.
Editorial Board, International Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (IJ-SoTL), 2007 to present.
Adapted PE “Expert of the Month” and Board member for PE Central national website, 1998 – present.
Adapted PE Editor for national website-PELINKS4U; 2001- present.
Faculty Advisor for Minority Mentees, McNair Scholars, University Scholars, Senior Theses, (presently, or within decade).
Faculty Advisor for Tennis on Wheels; Students teaching wheelchair tennis to children with disabilities (2003-present).
Faculty Advisor for Union of Students with Disabilities (2004 – present).
Faculty Advisor for UF Gymnastics Club (2004 to present).
Faculty Advisor for UF Water Polo Club (2006 to present).
Faculty Advisor for UF Synchronized Swimming Club (2009 to present).
Faculty Advisor for UF Adapted Miracles (Adapted Physical Activity Challenges Program) (2007 to present).
Faculty Advisor for UF PREVIEW Program (2007- present).
Department/College Committees:
Past: Philosophy, Goals, and Policies; (Chair) Special Projects; Public Relations; Admissions and Petitions; College
Safety; Research (Chair); Graduate Admissions and Petitions; Exercise Physiology Search; Special Projects
Undergraduate Curriculum; (Chair) Graduate Curriculum; College Curriculum; College Sabbatical; College
Social/Necrology; Exercise and Sport Sciences Chairperson Search; College Doctoral Planning; Merit; Gerontology
Research; State level DOE Coaching Certification; College Computer; (Chair) Social; (Chair) College Research;
Affirmative Action; Undergraduate Petitions; (Chair) Athletic Training Search; Minority Affairs (Chair); Sport and
Fitness Position Search, Multi-cultural, Graduate Recognition and Awards (Chair) Grade Appeals; Library Liaison,
University Community Campaign (United Way), Living Well Director Search; (Chair) Student Recognition; Promotion
and Tenure; Faculty Evaluation; Pedagogy Search; Faculty Advisory Committee to the Dean (Chair); Teacher of the
Year Committee; Advisory Board to the Chair; Tenure and Promotion Committee (Chair); Undergraduate Curriculum
Director and Committee (Chair); Athletic Training Search Committee (Assistant and Associate level searches); College
Curriculum Committee; Athletic Training Self-Study Committee; Strategic Planning Committee, Graduate Program
Advisory Committee, Academic Personnel Board, Student-Faculty Recognition Committee, Faculty Advisory
Committee; Living Well Advisory Board (member most of the last decade); Center for Exercise Science (member most
of the last two decades); Undergraduate Program Advisory Committee; College Teacher of the Year Committee (Chair).
Present:
Departmental:
Tenure & Promotion Committee
Online/Distance Learning Committee
Florida Center for Digital Health Promotion
Undergraduate Program Committee
College:
Online/Distance Learning Committee
University Committees:
Past:
Campus Committee on Wellness, 1983-1988.
Faculty Senate, 1984-1986.
Advisory Board for DisAbled Special Health (DASH) parcours for individuals with disabilities; 1983-1985.
C.H.A.M.P.S. (Challenge Health and Motivation through Participation in Sports) Advisory Board Member; 1985-1987.
University of Florida Institutional Review Board (Human Subjects Review Committee) 1985-1988.
University of Florida Research Development Award Review Committee, 1988-1989.
Status of Women Committee, 1994-1996.
University Minority Mentor Program, 1994-1997.
McNair Minority Fellowship Intern Mentor, 1996-1997; 2003-2004.
Professional Leave Committee, 1994 – 2000.
Search Committee for the Assistant Dean for Disabled Students, Summer - Fall 1999.
UF Undergraduate University Research Scholarship Program Mentor, 2003-2004; 2006-2007.
UF Persons with Disabilities (ADA) Committee, Fall 2002–Spring 2008; and its Scholarship Review Board, Fall 2003 - Spring 2008.
UF Academic Freedom, Tenure, Professional Relations Standards Comm. (Elected by Faculty Senate) Fall 2006 - Spring 2009.
Present:
UF Teacher/Advisor of the Year Committee, Spring 2009 to present.
UF Title IX Committee for Intercollegiate Athletics (Appointed by the President); Fall 2005 – Spring 2011.
UF Minority Mentor Program, 2007 to present.
UF Faculty Associate for Center for Gerontologic Studies, 1983 – present
SUMMARY OF EXTERNAL AWARDS AND GRANTS
1. Student Government University of Florida, “Student Injury Care Center” (large equipment and supplies for
Sports Medical Unit). $8,000.00, Approved January 25, 1983.
2. Division of Sponsored Research, University of Florida, “Computation and Correlation of Student Injuries,”
$2,266.00, September 27, 1983.
3. Student Government University of Florida, “Student Injury Care Center” (large equipment and supplies for
Sports Medical Unit), $10,518.45, Oct. 25, 1983.
4. UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education and Adapted Aquatics,” $8,000, June, 1983.
5. Division of Sponsored Research, University of Florida, “Prototypical Furniture and Mobility Device for
Physically Handicapped Children,” $7,117.00, Spring 1984. (PI: Dr. Jim West, College of Architecture).
6. Office of Instructional Resources, Faculty Support Center Software Development Program, University of
Florida “Programmed Learning in Athletic Training/Sports Medicine,” $5,000.00, May 31, 1984.
7. Marion County Public Schools, Ocala, Florida, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary
Schools,” $12,000.00, 1984-1985.
8. Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, “Placement of Certified Trainers at the Community College
Level,” $5,000.00, 1984-1985.
9. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
“Initiation of a Special Therapeutic Recreation Delivery System for the Handicapped.” $54,594.00, September
30, 1984 to September 29, 1985.
10. Biomedical Research Support Competition, Division of Sponsored Research, UF, “Health, Fitness, and Motor
Development in Four Year Olds.” $4994.50, August 3, 1984. (O’Shea, Lawrence J; Christine E. Boyd; Mary
K. Dykes).
11. Health and Rehabilitation Services, Developmental Disabilities Testing and Curriculum Project,
$4,990.00, June 1985-86, Robert Beland; Christine Stopka.
12. Marion County Public Schools, Ocala, Florida, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary
Schools,” $12,000.00, 1985-1986.
13. Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, “Placement of Certified Trainers at the Community
College Level,” $7,000.00, 1985-1986.
14. Hubbard Publishing Company and Michigan State University, “Educational Materials for Achievement Based
Curriculum Programs” donation of video cassettes, films, and assessment and curriculum materials, $2,400.00
worth, September 1985.
15. Marion County Public Schools, Ocala, Florida, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary
Schools,” $12,000.00, 1986-1987.
16. Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, “Placement of Certified Trainers at the Community
College Level,” $7000.00, 1986-1987.
17. Alachua County School Board, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary Schools”
$36,075.00, 1986-1987.
18. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
“Program Assistance for a Master’s Degree Emphasis in Special Physical Education,” $64,378.00, 19871988.
19. Marion County Public Schools, Ocala, Florida, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary
Schools,” $6,000.00, 1987-1988.
20. Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, “Placement of Certified Trainers at the Community
College Level, “$8,000.00, 1987-1988.
21. Alachua County School Board, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary Schools”
$36,075.00, 1987-1988.
22. UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education with an Emphasis on Severe/Profound Disabilities,” $8,000, May, 1988.
23. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
“Program Assistance for a Master’s Degree Emphasis in Special Physical Education,” $61,411.00, 1988-1989.
24. Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, “Placement of Certified Trainers at the Community
College Level, “$8,000.00, 1988-1989.
25. Alachua County School Board, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary Schools”
$36,075.00, 1988-1989.
26. UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education with an Emphasis on Assessment and Curriculum,” $8,000, May, 1989.
27. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
“Program Assistance for a Master’s Degree Emphasis in Special Physical Education,” $61,411.00, 19891990.
28. Marion County Public Schools, Ocala, Florida, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary
Schools,” $24,000.00, 1989-1990.
29.
Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, “Placement of Certified Trainers at the Community
College Level, “$8,000.00, 1989-1990.
30.
P. K. Yonge Laboratory School, “Athletic Training Services,” $6,000.00, for 1989-1990.
31.
College of HHP, “Instructional Development Award,” $494.75, October 3, 1989.
32.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education with an Emphasis on Medical/Health Aspects,” $8,000, May, 1990.
33.
HHP, “Rowcycle for the Handicapped for teaching, service, and research,” $1,625.00, January, 1990.
34.
College of Health and Human Performance, UF; OCO and Expense Disbursement for Equipment and
Supplies for teaching, research, and service for the Special PE Laboratory and Student Injury Care Center
(anatomy models, hand dynamometer, LCD goniometer, manual muscle tester, Flexiciser, Sports chair,
Hand Cycle, and tandem trike): $7,432.00, February, 1990.
35.
College of HHP, UF; “Instructional Development Award,”$335.00, February, 1990.
36.
Shands Hospital Physical Therapy Department, UF; “Graduate Student Certified Athletic Training
Services for the SICC,” $2,000.00, Summers A and B, 1990.
37.
Shands Hospital Physical Therapy Department, UF; “Graduate Student Certified Athletic Training
Services for the SICC,” $2560.00, Fall, 1990.
38.
Marion County Public Schools, Ocala, Florida, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary
Schools,” $35,000.00 for 1990-1991.
39.
Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, “Placement of Certified Trainers at the Community
College Level,”$8,000.00 per year, 1990-1991.
40.
Alachua County School Board, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary Schools”
$36,075.00, 1990-91.
41.
P. K. Yonge Laboratory School, “Athletic Training Services,”$6,000.00, 1990-1991.
42.
College of HHP, UF; “Instructional Development Award,” $609.78, February 1991.
43.
Shands Hospital Physical Therapy Department, UF; “Graduate Student Certified Athletic Training
Services for the SICC, “$1,920.00 for Spring 1991.
44.
University of Florida Division of Sponsored Research-Research Development Award; “Exercise as a
Therapy for Intermittent Claudication in Peripheral Vascular Disease,” $14,000.00, February 1991 for
May 1, 1991 to May 1, 1992.
45.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education with an Emphasis on Severe/Profound Disabilities,” $8,000, May, 1991.
46.
Shands Hospital Physical Therapy Department, UF; “Graduate Student Certified Athletic Training
Services for the SICC,” $2,500 for Summer C, 1991.
47.
Shands Hospital Physical Therapy Department, UF; “Graduate Student Certified Athletic Training
Services for the SICC,” $2,500, Fall, 1991.
48.
P. K. Yonge Laboratory School, “Athletic Training Services,” $6,000.00, 1991-1992.
49.
Marion County Public Schools, Ocala, Florida, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the
Secondary Schools,” $23,000.00, 1991-1992.
50.
Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, “Placement of Certified Trainers at the Community
College Level,” $8,000.00, 1991-1992.
51.
Alachua County School Board, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary Schools”
$36,075.00, 1991-92.
52.
College of HHP, UF; “Instructional Development Award,” $499.00, March 1, 1992.
53.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education: Medical Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,”
$10,000, May, 1992.
54.
Gilchrist County School Board, “Athletic Training Services,” $14,000 for 1992-93.
55.
P. K. Yonge Laboratory School, “Athletic Training Services,” $6,000.00, 1992-1993.
56.
Marion County Public Schools, Ocala, Florida, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary
Schools,” $24,000.00, 1992-1993.
57.
Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, Florida, “Placement of Certified Trainers at the Community
College Level,” $8,000.00, 1992-1993.
58.
Alachua County School Board, “Placement of Certified Athletic Trainers in the Secondary Schools”
$36,075.00, 1992-1993.
59.
University of Florida Division of Sponsored Research-Graduate Assistant Award; for “Exercise Therapy
for Peripheral Vascular Disease,” $4499.43, 1992-93.
60.
Josh McGriff, former student, Donation to the Special PE Lab, $500.00, March 15, 1993.
61.
College of HHP, UF; “Instructional Development Award,” $349.82, March 15, 1993.
62.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education: Medical Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,”
$10,000, May, 1993.
63.
UF Division of Sponsored Research-Graduate Assistant Award; for “The Effects of a Physical Fitness
Program on Adolescents and Young Adults with Moderate to Severe Mental Retardation,” $4,499.43,
1993-1994.
64.
College of HHP, UF; “Instructional Development Award,” $460.66, February, 18, 1994.
65.
Josh McGriff, former student and UF Alumnus, Donation to the Special PE Lab, $300.00, July, 1994.
66.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education: Medical Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted
Aquatics,” $10,000, May, 1994.
67.
Santa Fe Community Care to provide “Health Promotion Programs to the senior citizens of Alachua
County,” $4,150.00, August - December, 1994.
68.
Santa Fe Community Care to Provide “Two Fitness/Health Promotion Fairs to the senior citizens of
Alachua County,” $1,500.00, August - December, 1994.
69.
Sid Schmuckler, patient; Donation to Exercise Therapy Programs with 50% matching funds from the
college (HHP); total $1,000.00 donation, November, 1994.
70.
NIH MRI grant written and directed by Dr. Kate Scott; donated $600.00 to us for a treadmill,
December, 1994.
71.
UF Division of Sponsored Research-Graduate Assistant Award; for “The Effects of a Physical Fitness
Program on Adolescents and Young Adults with Moderate to Severe Mental Retardation,” $4,384.06,
1994-1995.
72.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education: Medical Disabilities, Motor/ Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted
Aquatics,” $10,000, May, 1995.
73.
Santa Fe Community Care to provide “Health Promotion Programs to the senior citizens of Alachua
County,” $2,000.00, January - November, 1995.
74.
College of HHP, UF; “Instructional Development Award,”$489.05, March 21, 1995.
75.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
“Program Assistance for a Master’s Degree Emphasis in Special Physical Education,” $82,620.00,
1995-1996.
76.
College of HHP, UF; “Instructional Development Award,”$500.00, February 21, 1996.
77.
Publix Supermarket Charities. “Capital Campaign Contribution for the YMCA-North Central Florida’s
facility expansion,” $16,000.00, April, 1996.
78.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education: Medical Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,”
$10,000, May, 1996.
79.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
“Program Assistance for a Master’s Degree Emphasis in Special Physical Education,” $82,620.00,
1996-1997.
80.
Alachua County Public Schools: Teacher in-service workshop for all courses for the Add-on Endorsement
in Adaptive Physical Education for the State of Florida. “Survey of Exceptional Students, Medical
Aspects, PE & Sports for Students with Motor and Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled, and Adapted
Aquatics,” $5000, June 3-7, 1996.
81.
University Athletic Association. “Donation of Athletic Training Supplies for my use in the 1996
Paralympic Games as Chief Athletic Trainer,” $600, August, 1996.
82.
Home Depot. “Capital Campaign Contribution for the YMCA-North Central Florida’s facility
expansion,” $2,000.00 (line of credit), October, 1996.
83.
Chernoff/Silver. “Corporate Sponsorship for Spring Soccer,” for the YMCA-North Central Florida,
$2,000.00, January, 1997.
84.
Longstreth, C. “Treadmill Donation for community for people with disabilities,” $250, January, 1997.
85.
College of HHP, UF; “Instructional Development Award,” $500.00, February 21, 1997.
86.
College Overload Incentive Fund; “The Effects of Low Intensity Training on Peripheral Vascular Disease:
Vascular, Metabolic, and Bioenergetic Responses,” $5,273.00, February 24, 1997.
87.
Mike Membrino. Donation of an electric wheelchair to our special physical education teaching program,
$3000.00, March, 3, 1997.
88.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education: Medical Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,”
$10,000, May, 1997.
89.
Reginald Colton. Donation of a wheelchair basketball sports chair to our special physical education and
exercise therapy program, $2000.00, May 8, 1997.
90.
Publix Supermarket Charities. “Donation for the YMCA-NCF,” $6,500.00, May 14, 1997.
91.
WCJB Channel 20. “Donation for Construction of a Playground at the YMCA-McGurn Center,”
$2500.00, May, 15, 1997.
92.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
“Program Assistance for a Master’s Degree in Special Physical Education,” $82,620.00, 1997- 1998.
93.
College of HHP, UF; “Instructional Development Award,” $500.00, March 3, 1998.
94.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education: Medical Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,”
$10,000, May, 1998.
95.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
“Multi-disciplinary Preparation of Educators to Improve Services and Results for Children with LowIncidence Disabilities in Adapted Physical Education,” $147,176.00, 1998-1999.
96.
University of Florida Athletic Association Gymnastics Team, “Donation of 200 slightly used leotards and
warm-up suits for children in the community with disabilities,” $4000.00, December, 1998 (amount
includes April, 1998, donation, as well).
97.
University of Florida Athletic Association Women’s Basketball Team, “Donation of 144 brand new
basketball tee-shirts for children in the community with disabilities,” $1600.00, January, 1999.
98.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education: Medical Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,”
$10,000, May, 1999.
99.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
“Multi-disciplinary Preparation of Educators to Improve Services and Results for Children with LowIncidence Disabilities in Adapted Physical Education,” $147,176.00, 1999-2000.
100.
Palm Beach County Public Schools, Teacher in-service workshop for all courses for the Add-on
Endorsement in Adapted Physical Education for the State of Florida. “Survey of Exceptional Students,
Medical Aspects, PE & Sports for Students with Motor and Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled, and
Adapted Aquatics,” $13,547, August 2-6, 1999.
101.
College of HHP, UF; “Instructional Development Award,” $500.00, November, 1999.
102.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of Education, Washington, D.C.
“Multi-disciplinary Preparation of Educators to Improve Services and Results for Children with LowIncidence Disabilities in Adapted Physical Education,” $147,176.00, 2000-2001.
103.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education: Medical Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,”
$30,000, May, 2000.
104.
Palm Beach County Public Schools, Teacher in-service workshop for all courses for the Add-on
Endorsement in Adapted Physical Education for the State of Florida. “Survey of Exceptional Students,
Medical Aspects, PE & Sports for Students with Motor and Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled, and
Adapted Aquatics,” $10,000, June 5-9, 2000.
105.
Columbia County Public Schools, Teacher in-service workshop for ESE teachers for “Exploring Adapted
Recreational Activities for Students with Disabilities,” $600, August 7, 2000.
106.
University of Florida Laptop Program, by attending 20 hours of course instruction, received a Dell Laptop
Computer, worth about $2500, for faculty teaching, research, and service, Fall, 2000.
107.
College of HHP, UF; “Instructional Development Award,” $600, November, 2000.
108.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education: Medical Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,”
$30,000, May, 2001.
109.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education: Medical Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,”
$25,000, May, 2002.
110.
Department of Exercise & Sport Sciences, Research Grant, pilot projects: “The Effects of a LowIntensity, Exercise Therapy Program on Individuals with Intermittent Claudication due to Peripheral
Arterial Disease,” $4000, October 17, 2002. Addendum; $700 added to this sum, February, 2003; new
Total = $4700.
111.
College of HHP, UF; “Instructional Development Award,” for computer hardware (an internal CD/DVD
reader/writer drive) and assessment kit for testing students with disabilities; $550.94, November, 2002.
112.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical
Education: Medical Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,”
$27,000, May, 2003.
113.
University of Florida Undergraduate Scholarship Mentor Award, $500, for sponsoring Keith Pena to
conduct research with our exercise therapy program for persons with peripheral vascular disease,
September, 2003.
114.
School Board of Alachua County transportation grant (written with, and received by, Ms. Rutledge
Withers, Pre-K Teacher) to transport her students with disabilities to the Adapted Aquatics Program at UF,
$600, October, 2003.
115.
Coordinated UF Students efforts to raise monies for the students with disabilities at Howard Bishop Middle
School (Ms. Claudia Siders’ class), to support their Gator Sports Ability Games, $700, December, 2003.
116.
Coordinated UF Students efforts to raise monies for the students with disabilities at Sidney Lanier Center for Special Olympics
and Project Safe Walk (Ms. Ann Goodman’s students) $420, April, 2004.
117.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical Education: Medical
Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,” $21,000, May, 2004.
118.
Coordinated UF Students efforts to raise monies for the students with disabilities at Sidney Lanier Center and Howard Bishop
Middle School’ Gator Invitational Sport Ability Games $200, August, 2004.
119.
Coordinated UF Students efforts to raise monies for the students with disabilities at Sidney Lanier Center for Special Olympics
needs and HBMS’ Gator Invitational Sport Ability Games $400, December, 2004.
120.
Coordinated UF Students efforts to raise monies for the students with disabilities at Sidney Lanier Center for Special Olympics
needs and HBMS’ Gator Invitational Sport Ability Games and Adapted Aquatics programs) $700, May, 2005.
121.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical Education: Medical
Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,” $16,000, May, 2005.
122.
Coordinated UF Students efforts to raise monies for the students with disabilities at Sidney Lanier Center for Special Olympics
needs and HBMS’ Gator Invitational Sport Ability Games and Adapted Aquatics programs) $200, August, 2005.
123.
Coordinated UF Students efforts to raise monies for the students with disabilities at Sidney Lanier Center for Special Olympics
needs and HBMS’ Gator Invitational Sport Ability Games and Adapted Aquatics programs) $600, March, 2005.
124.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical Education: Medical
Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,” $16,000, May, 2006.
125.
Christopher Reeve Foundation (CRF) Quality of Life grant with the CRF and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) “Participant Training and Game Day Operations for the Gator Invitational Sports Ability Games,” $4920, June 1, 2006.
126.
Palm Beach County Public Schools, Teacher in-service workshop for “Inclusive Physical Education,” and administration of the
Adapted PE National Standards (APENS) CAPE exam, $25,000, June 5-9, 2006.
127.
UF University of Florida Undergraduate Scholarship Mentor Award, $500, for sponsoring Michelle Davis to conduct
research with our exercise therapy program for persons with peripheral vascular disease, September, 2006.
128.
UF Division of Continuing Education contract to conduct “Teacher Workshops in Adapted Physical Education: Medical
Disabilities, Motor/Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled and Adapted Aquatics,” $9600, May, 2007.
129.
University of West Florida: Masters degree level Teacher workshop for “Adapted Physical Education” and the administration of
the Adapted PE National Standards (APENS) Certified Adapted Physical Education (CAPE) exam, $600, July 23-25, 2007.
130.
University of West Florida: Masters degree level Teacher workshop for “Adapted Physical Education,” $800, July 27-29, 2009.
Sub-Total accountable funds secured to date: $1,904,137.00.
Plus, Division of Continuing Education Teacher workshops; Summers, 1983 and 1988-2006.
Student credit hours generated for the college; using DOCE and Academic Affairs formula: $6500 in funds are generated for every 35 student
credit hours. Assuming a minimum of 30 people per workshop (two held per summer since 1992), equals 60 per summer. Each person takes 2-9
credits; but only 3 credits per person will be assumed to be conservative. 60 people x three credits = 180 hours. 180 divided by 35 = 5.14 = 5. So, 5 x
$6500 = $32,500 per summer x 20 years = $650,000 extra dollars generated through DOCE. (Due to lower enrollment during the 21st year (2007), no
student credit hour funds are being calculated for 2007). So, $1,903,337.00 from above plus $650,000 here =
$2,556,137.00 in total funds generated to date
CONSULTATIONS
Applied physiology consultant for Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation Training Center, Richmond, VA, 1980-81.
Consultant for adapted physical education programs in Volusia County, Deland, Florida, May 24, 1985.
Consultant for Alachua County School Board, Sports Medicine Committee, Fall 1986 through present.
Department of Education, State of Florida, Coaching Certification Committee, Core Committee and Item Writing
Committee, Fall 1986 through Spring 1988.
Consultant for Florida Department of Education, State Steering Committee on Physical Education for the
Handicapped, September 1988 to present.
Content Review & Item Specification Writing Boards for the State of Florida Department of Education Physical
Education (K-12) Teacher Certification Tests, July, 1992; May, 1997; October, 1998; and June, 2002.
Consultant for Volusia County’s Physical Education for Exceptional Students program, April 22-23, 1993.
Consultant for the North Central Florida YMCA, Inc., for grant writing, adapted aquatics, and sports medicine
areas; August 1994 to present.
Consultant for the State of Florida Teacher Certification Examination, May, 1998 through October 1998.
Consultant, YMCA-NCF. Facility expansion for fitness center, aerobics center, and aquatics, May 1998-2000.
Consultant for Dr. Keith Tennant, Chair, Physical Education & Recreation, State University of West Georgia,
Carrollton, GA, for teaching adapted physical education courses, October, 1999.
Science Fair Judge, Earth-Space Science, Howard Bishop Middle School, Gainesville, FL, December 16, 1999.
Science Fair Judge, Health & Medicine, Howard Bishop Middle School, Gainesville, FL, December 19, 2000.
Consultant, Palm Beach County Exceptional Student Education & Physical Education divisions, 1999 - present.
Consultant for “RehabWorks,” Mary Kirkland, Director, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, for their employee
exercise needs as they age; Cape Canaveral, FL, February, 2000 to present.
Consultant for Dr. Jane Shimon, Assistant Professor, Black Hills State University, South Dakota, for teaching
adapted physical education courses, November, 2000.
Consultant for the “Adaptive Health & Wellness Center,” Port St. Lucie, FL, November, 2000 to present.
Consultant for Gary Bays, Athletic Director, guidance in teaching Adapted PE courses, Warner Southern
University, Lake Wales, FL, January 18, 2001.
Consultant, Keh Nyit Chen, Asso. Prof., Nat’l Taiwan Normal Univ., on Ex Ther/APE, Nov. 2001–June, 2002.
Teacher Education Workshops:
Richmond Public Schools—Teachers In-Service Workshop, special educators and therapists: “Implications
for Assessment in Special Education,” Richmond, VA, January 26, 1979.
Virginia Public Schools—Teachers Workshop for Physical Educators: “Mainstreaming the Physically
Handicapped Child in Physical Education,” Norfolk State College, Norfolk, VA, February 20, 1979.
Virginia Association for Retarded Citizens annual convention: “Physical Development and Recreation—
Family Involvement in Supplementing the IEP,” Lynchburg, VA, April 6, 1979.
Suffolk Public Schools—Teacher Workshop: “Special Physical Education—Developmental,
Therapeutic, and Adaptive,” August, 1979.
University of Virginia Division of Continuing Education: “Special Physical Education Developmental,
Therapeutic, and Adaptive,” Roanoke—February, 1980 and Christiansburg—March, 1980.
Currituck County Public Schools—Teacher Workshop: “Special Physical Education,” December 4,
1981.
Citrus County Public Schools, mini convention: “Sports Medicine” and “Adaptive P.E.,” Inverness,
Florida, August 16, 1983.
Columbia County Sports Medicine Conference: Columbia High School “Considerations for the Female
Athlete,” Lake City, Florida, March 5, 1984.
Marion County Public Schools Physical Education Clinic: “Physical Education for Children with
Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, and other respiratory conditions,” Ocala, Florida, April 27, 1984.
Alachua County Public Schools: Hospital/Homebound Program: “Updating and Improving Skills in
Special Physical Education,” Sidney Lanier School, Gainesville, Florida, December 5, 1984.
Volusia County Public Schools, Boston Avenue Schools: “Summary of Adapted Physical Education
Progress at Boston Ave. School,” Deland, Fl., March 12, 1986.
Baker County Public Schools: “Fundamentals of Athletic Training and the Need for Certified Trainers in
our Schools,” Baker County High School, MacClenny, Florida, August 18, 1987.
Hernando County Public Schools: “Athletic Training and Sports Medicine in Our Secondary Schools”
teacher in-service, Brooksville, Florida, October 27, 1988.
St. Lucie County Public Schools: Teacher in-service workshop on Athletic Training Principles for
Secondary School Coaches,” August 17, 1989.
Marion County Public Schools: Teacher in-service presentation on “The New Athletic Training program
for Marion County High Schools,” August 26, 1989.
Palm Beach County Public Schools: “Adapted Physical Education: Medical and Methodological
Considerations,” Boynton Beach, FL, November 14, 1989.
Palm Beach County Public Schools: “Adapted Equipment for Special Physical Education,” Boynton Beach,
FL, January 26, 1990.
Flagler County Public Schools: “Athletic Training for the Secondary Schools: Part I,” Flagler Beach, FL,
February 23, 1990.
Flagler County Public Schools: “Athletic Training for the Secondary Schools: Part II,” Flagler Beach, FL,
March 9, 1990.
Clay County Public Schools: “Basic Athletic Training for the Secondary School Coach,” Middleburg, FL,
June 14, 1990.
Bradford County Public Schools: “Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries,” teacher in-service, Starke, FL,
February 22, 1991.
Clay County Public Schools: “Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries,” Middleburg, FL, June 15, 1992.
Volusia County Public Schools: “Medical/Health Aspects of Disabled Individuals in Physical Education,”
“Physical Education and Sports for Individuals with Motor Disabilities,” “Physical Education and Sports for
Individuals with Mental Disabilities,” “Coaching Disabled Athletes,” “Adapted Aquatics,” Daytona Beach,
FL, August 2-5, and independently through December 1, 1993.
Pasco County Public Schools: “Successfully Including Profoundly Physically and Profoundly Mentally
Handicapped Students in Physical Education Classes,” Land O’ Lakes, FL, April 15, 1994.
Gateway FDLRS (Hamilton County and neighboring counties): “Initiatives for Inclusion: Adapted Physical
Education Strategies and Equipment for the Successful Inclusion of Students with Disabilities into Pre-K PE
Programs,” Madison, FL, July 26, 1995.
St. Lucie County Public Schools: Teacher in-service workshop on “Adaptive Physical Education Methods
and Equipment for Including Students with all Abilities in Physical Education.” October 23, 1995.
Alachua County Public Schools: Teacher in-service workshop for all courses for the Add-on Endorsement in
Adaptive Physical Education for the State of Florida. “Survey of Exceptional Students, Medical Aspects, PE
& Sports for Students with Motor and Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled, and Adapted Aquatics.” June
3-7, 1996.
Palm Beach County Public Schools: Teacher in-service workshop for all courses for the Add-on
Endorsement in Adaptive Physical Education for the State of Florida. “Survey of Exceptional Students,
Medical Aspects, PE & Sports for Students with Motor and Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled, and
Adapted Aquatics.” August 2-6, 1999.
Palm Beach County Public Schools: Teacher in-service workshop for all courses for the Add-on Endorsement
in Adaptive Physical Education for the State of Florida. “Survey of Exceptional Students, Medical Aspects,
PE & Sports for Students with Motor and Mental Disabilities, Coaching Disabled, and Adapted Aquatics.”
June 5-9, 2000.
Columbia County Public Schools: Teacher in-service workshop on “Exploring Adapted Recreational
Activities for Students with Disabilities: An Interactive Presentation,” for teachers in exceptional student
education, Lake City, FL, August 7, 2000.
Marion County Public Schools: Teacher in-service workshop on “Adapted Equipment Ideas to Enhance
Inclusionary Teaching in Elementary Physical Education Settings,” Ocala, FL, May 28, 2002.
Marion County Public Schools: Teacher in-service workshop on “Adapted Equipment Ideas to Enhance
Inclusionary Teaching in Secondary Physical Education Settings,” Ocala, FL, May 30, 2002.
Stopka, C; and Bowie, L. Teacher in-service on “Inexpensive, Adapted Equipment Ideas to Enhance
Inclusionary Teaching of Physical Activities in Elementary Special Education Settings,” Marion County
Teachers’ In-Service Workshops, Ocala, FL, August, 6, 2002.
Stopka, C. Teacher in-service on “Inexpensive, Adapted Equipment Ideas to Enhance Inclusionary Teaching
of Physical Activities in Middle School Settings,” Marion County Teachers’ In-Service Workshops, Ocala, FL,
November 12, 2002.
Stopka, C. Teacher in-service on “Inexpensive, Adapted Equipment Ideas to Enhance Inclusionary Teaching
of Physical Activities in High School Settings,” Marion County Teachers’ In-Service Workshops, Ocala, FL,
November 14, 2002.
Stopka, C., Bowie L., Jones, D. “Facilitative Adaptations to Enhance Inclusive Teaching for Students aged
Pre-K through the Lifespan,” Brevard County School District, Cocoa Beach High School, February 16, 2004.
Stopka, C., Todorovich, J., Jones, D. “Adaptations to Enhance Learning and Program Accountability in
Inclusive Teaching for Students aged Pre-K through the Lifespan,” Volusia County School District, Daytona,
Beach, June 10, 2004.
Stopka, C., Brown, C., Stopka, K. “Adapted Equipment and Methods for the Pre-K Setting to Facilitate
Inclusion with Children with Disabilities,” Early Learning Coalition; Fall Conference on Inclusion, Lake City,
FL, October, 22, 2005.
Stopka, C. “Evaluation of the proposed new ‘Standards for Teachers of Physical Education & Standards for
Teachers of Health Education,” Indiana State Department of Education, October 25, 2005.
Palm Beach County Public Schools: Teacher in-service workshop for “Inclusive Physical Education” and the
administration of the Adapted PE National Standards (APENS) Certified Adapted Physical Education (CAPE)
exam, June 5-9, 2006.
University of West Florida: Masters degree level Teacher workshop for “Adapted Physical Education” and the
administration of the Adapted PE National Standards (APENS) Certified Adapted Physical Education (CAPE)
exam, July 23-25, 2007.
University of West Florida: Masters degree level Teacher workshop for “Adapted Physical Education:
Medical Aspects; Adapting Teaching Methods/Equipment,” July 27-29, 2009.