This manual helps physical and occupational therapists instruct nontherapists in positioning and handling students with physical disabilities. A chapter on movement and motor disability covers types of abnormality in muscle tone. A chapter on handling explains appropriate handling techniques and why they are necessary to the student's well-being.…

The role of the physical therapist as a member of the educational team working with mainstreamed physically handicapped students is explored. The physical therapist serves as a consultant who participates in planning meetings, develops and prescribes adopted equipment, trains teachers and other team members in transdisciplinary physical therapy…

The purpose of leisure education for the handicapped is to develop awareness of leisure values and attitudes, social interaction skills, leisure activity skills, and knowledge of leisure resources. (JD)

This paper introduces conductive education (CE) for rehabilitation of children with motor disabilities through development of ordered movement and coordinated function. It reviews the origin of CE, its development between 1945 and 1994, the CE method, and the new profession of CE practitioners. Recent extension of CE to education for children…

This article discusses family-centered functional therapy, a model of practice for children with motor dysfunction based on tenets derived from family-centered philosophy and dynamic systems theory. This model stipulates that parents must be included in the identification of functional goals. Positive results of pilot work with 12 children are…

This paper examines the organization and administration of the elementary adapted physical education program in the Indiana Area School District. The program, designed to meet special needs of pupils with temporary or permanent physical deficienceis, contains two basic phases: (a) the modified phase, which retains most of the activities of the…

In a continuation of the Information System for Adaptive, Assistive and Recreational Equipment, described are aids for physically handicapped pupils in the functional areas of insitu motion, travel, and rehabilitation. Insitu motion equipment items are seen to include static positioning devices (such as tilt tables, stand-in tables, and protective…

A model is proposed for developing home occupational/physical therapy programs for parents of children with physical disabilities, based on naturally occurring teaching opportunities in the family's daily routine. Potential barriers to the collaborative development of such programs are highlighted, and a case study illustrates the application of…

Difficulties encountered in school by 35 neuromuscularly handicapped children, (5 to 18 years old) were assessed, and methods of alleviating problems were developed. (SEW) Journal Availability: The C. V. Mosby Company, 11830 Westline Industrial Drive, St. Louis, MO 63141.

Parents were trained to provide infants (n=4) with low muscle tone secondary to Down Syndrome with a home intervention oral motor training program. Four case studies indicate that all four children demonstrated improved oral motor function for eating, drinking, and speaking. (Contains references.) (DB)

Based on a systems theory of motor control, reactive postural control (RPA) and anticipatory postural control (APA) in children are reviewed from several perspectives in order to develop an evidence-based intervention strategy for improving postural control in children with limitations in motor function. Research on development of postural…

This paper describes a study of the effects of horseback riding on physically disabled adults. The first therapeutic riding centers were built during the late 1950s in Great Britain. Today, there are well over 350 accredited therapeutic riding centers in North America. Therapeutic riding is categorized into three areas: sport/recreation, medical,…

The manual's purpose is to acquaint physical and occupational therapists with the goals and practices of adapted physical education (PE). The manual delineates the essential difference between therapy and adapted PE in terms of their differing goals for students and separate training and certification of practitioners. The manual then offers a…

This directory is designed to help its users locate colleges and universities in the United States that offer physical fitness programs for older adults. The directory's annotations include: program area, scope of activities comprising the program, target population, duration of program, and special comments. The focus of the listed programs is on…