Aahper Youth Fitness Test Manual For The National Physical Fitness Test Program

Author : Joseph P. Winnick
Publisher : Human Kinetics
ISBN 13 : 1492584533
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual written by Joseph P. Winnick and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2014-06-06 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brockport Physical Fitness Test revolutionized fitness testing for youngsters with disabilities when it first came out in 1999. This significantly updated edition takes up where the original left off, offering adapted physical education teachers the most complete health-related fitness testing program available for youngsters with physical and mental disabilities. This new edition of Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual: A Health-Related Assessment for Youngsters With Disabilities comes with an online web resource with reproducible charts and forms as well as video clips that demonstrate assessment protocol for the tests. The text helps teachers understand these aspects: • The conceptual framework for testing • How to administer tests to youngsters with various specific disabilities The text also supplies a glossary and many appendixes, including a body mass index chart, guidelines on purchasing and constructing unique testing supplies, conversion charts for body composition and PACER, data forms, and frequently asked questions. Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual: A Health-Related Assessment for Youngsters With Disabilities is compatible with Fitnessgram 10. The text’s updates include standards and language that help teachers use Brockport and Fitnessgram side by side in providing youngsters and parents or guardians with the best possible individualized education programs (IEPs). Through Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual, adapted physical education teachers can do the following: • Rely on research-based assessments and standards for people with disabilities. • Provide youngsters with disabilities the same opportunities as other students to have their health-related fitness assessed. • Apply a unified approach for all students based on the test’s compatibility with Fitnessgram. • Create appropriate IEPs for students with disabilities. Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual: A Health-Related Assessment for Youngsters With Disabilities has been adopted by the Presidential Youth Fitness Program as its assessment program for students with disabilities. Its online resources include reproducible forms and tables that help teachers administer the tests. Included in the online resources are video clips that demonstrate assessment protocol for the tests. This text provides teachers with all the information and tools they need for assessing students with disabilities, evaluating their readiness for inclusion in nonadapted PE classes, and generating and assessing IEPs for students.