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A Proactive versus Reactive Approach to Dealing with the Self-Control Needs of Students with a

Disability

Gene White Professor East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

gwhite@esu.edu

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• My background:

– 25 years as a Physical Education Teacher at Wordsworth Academy, Ft. Washington, PA

– State Approved Private School for Students with Serious Emotional Disturbance, Traumatic Brain Injury, PDD-NOS

– 10 years at ESU

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Everybody’s It Tag

Changing the World One Game at a TimeI tried to teach my child with words

They passed him/her by oft unheard

I tried to teach my child with books

S/he gave me only puzzled looks

Despairingly I turned aside

“How shall I teach this child?” I cried

Into my hands s/he put the key

“Come,” s/he said, “Play with me.”

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Positional Asphyxia Experiential Exercise

Cathy Maher, Devereaux Foundation (2001)insert clip of exercise

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Guiding Belief:

“Physical education is the education of the potentials of the whole person through physical activities, rather than an exclusive education of the physical.”

Jesse Feiring Williams, 1964

OBJECTIVES1. PE is education of the Whole Child through

the physical, impacting the social, emotional and cognitive domains, as well.

2. Play is a powerful tool to address the Social, Emotional, Cognitive and Physical needs of self-control.

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3. You can enhance a person’s Self Esteem!

4. Choose activities prescriptively.5. Stay Positive. When kids are

struggling, that is when they are learning.

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Seven Factors of Self Concept Security (rules, procedures, TPSR)Affiliation/Belongingness (Hello, I’m not…)Self-determination (choices, make a decision, help set rules)

Mohnson, B. ( ) Concepts and Principles Every Physical Educator Should Know

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Seven Factors of Self Concept, con’t:Competence: Mosston’s Slanty Rope, Flow, inclusion at my levelSelfhood: treat me as an individual, FitnessGramPurpose: give me a reason to live, to come to class and participate, teach the “WHY”

Mohnson, B. ( ) Concepts and Principles Every Physical Educator Should Know

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Seven Factors of Self Concept, con’t:

Virtue (let me know what “it looks like sounds like feels like”, if my needs are met, I may behave better for you!)

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An enhanced Self Esteem is often a main need for self

control!

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Play is a powerful tool in developing self-control because it provides:-Abundant opportunities to experiment, “as long as you don’t ELIMINATE me” -Clear and consistent goals-Immediate feedback

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-Errors can be forgiven-Almost instant opportunity to try again (to adjust, repeat, recover)-Self-control frequently contributes to achieving the goal-Many opportunities to see and feel success through self-control

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Identify the NeedDetermine the SECP factorsChoose activities prescriptivelySTAY POSITIVE!!!

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Teaching Strategy

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Play can support Self Control through opportunities to learn/practice:

listening skillsTiger, tiger, where’s the tiger?

stress managementrelease of excess energy

Alarm clocktime to practice (no elimination)

Quick Change

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Play can support Self Control through opportunities to learn/practice:

Physical, cognitive, perceptual motor skillsfocus, attention span and concentration

Follow Me, One Behind, Anything But, Helium Stick

need to follow directions for successchanging emotional levels in game

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encourage perseverance (yours & theirs)support participants’ sense of growthPhysical fitness (at my level)

•Turnstile Rope, alphabet juggle

LOTS OF TURNS!!!

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It’s not just a game,it’s a developmental tool!Marianne Torbert “Follow Me”, Leonard Gordon Institute for Human Development through Play (2010)

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