Today's journal carousel was very beneficial. I appreciated collaborating with classmates to share our different perspectives. I am leaving with a few practical take aways,
1. I plan to implement a peer buddies program with my students. My thought is to collaborate with the teacher from Horton and implement the Best Friends for Lunch program with my students at Avon View. This integration time will include adapted physical education activities.
2. Adaptive PE is one area where we can attain individualized goals for our student. Our students work on goals in cross curricular subjects and/or activities. For example, a behaviour goal maybe work done and visit class during sensory time on outings and during direct teaching time.
3. As teachers we must understand and acknowledge that the boundaries of of inclusion expanding. For example we must provide gender-neutral change rooms and washrooms for students who are on the LGBQ spectrum.
4. As a resource teachers we must have a strong knowledge base of adaptive PE and implement thoughtful and purposeful activities. We must use our common sense, experiment and collaborate with peers to problem solve to best meet our students needs. This quite often involves thinking outside of the box.
5. We must stay grounded and combine theoretical research to our every day practical application in our classrooms. One example of this is Roxanne's dedicated commitment to attending every S.M.I.L.E. session so she can apply research and gather data for future research.
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