Adapted Physical Activity | 1 Edition

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Adapted Physical Activity offers up-to-date information within a critical thinking approach. Based on a core theme of "inclusion", this text examines the spectrum of adapted physical activity from school, community and international disability sports perspectives. The comprehensive examination of issues within each of these areas provides the reader with a unique and up-to-date insight into the scope of adapted physical activity. The text deals with a variety of important issues ranging from the provision of equal access to active living opportunities, schools and communities, to instructional and educational issues, to the history of disability sport and issues regarding sports performance in athletes with disabilities. Contributions by a who's who of Canadian experts in the area of Adapted Physical Activity render this text a must have for instructors in APA or Education at all levels of post-secondary education. The textbook is constructed in a flexible thematic and modular format allowing instructors to select areas for study or integrate various selections of chapters into individual courses.