Download Joseph P. Winnick - Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual : A Health-Related Assessment for Youngsters with Disabilities in DJV, FB2, MOBI

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Teachers no longer have to adapt standard physical fitness tests to accommodate students with special needs. The all-new Brockport Physical Fitness Test is specifically designed to test the fitness of youths from ages 10 through 17 that have various disabilities. This manual and related materials provide teachers with everything they need to know to easily administer the test.Years in preparation, the Brockport Test was developed through Project Target, a research study funded by the U.S. Department of Education and designed to develop a health-related, criterion-referenced physical fitness test. The manual presents all test items that comprise the Brockport Test, including-a written description of the test items, -how they are to be administered, -what equipment is needed, -ways of scoring the test, -number of trials required, -test modifications, and-recommendations for easy test administration.The manual's unique personalized approach allows the tester to -identify health-related concerns, -establish the components of physical fitness to be measured, -identify test items, -create unique physical fitness profiles, and-apply standards associated with desired levels of health-related physical fitness.The manual includes a special chapter that presents health-related, criterion-referenced test selection guides and standards for assessing physical fitness. Standards are presented in tabular form. In all, "The Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual" is an easy-to-follow, thorough guide that makes it easier for teachers to assess the fitness levels of students with special needs.The "Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual" is also available as part of a kit of coordinated resources that includes software, a training guide, measurement tools, and much more., 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.

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