Early Childhood
How is early childhood defined?
What is the period from birth to eight years old?
Two major types of transitions
What is vertical and horizontal?
ITP
What is an Individual Transtion Plan?
An acute onsent, traumatic form of disability
What is an accquired disability?
This disability experiences aging at an accelerated rate
What is Down Syndrome?
When assessing infants and toddlers, what are the focuses of the assessment?
What is spontaneous movements, reflexes, and motor milestones?
Is physical education that may be adapted or modified to address the individualized needs of children and youth with gross motor developmental delays
What is Adapted Physical Education (APE)?
A checklist or rating-type instrument designed to assess the person-environment activity match in various settings.
What is an ecological inventory?
The removal of a limb by trauma, medical illness, or surgery
What is an amputation?
A brain disorder that leads to shaking, stiffness, and difficulty with walking, balance, and coordination
What is Parkinsons?
Webbing of the digits
What is Syndactyly?
Assessment results (i.e., strengths and limitations) are reported on this document which provides the adapted physical education (APE) teacher the necessary information to construct their student’s Individual Educational Program (IEP).
What is Full Individual Evaluation (FIE?
Components of this assessment are: Aerobic Capacity, Flexiblity, Body Comp, Muscular Strength, & Muscular Endurance
What is the Fitnessgram?
A disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body
What is multiple sclerosis?
This percent of individuals over 65 years of age are legally blind
What is 50%?
Loss of ligamentous stability between atlas and axis causing instability of that joint
What is Atlantoaxial Subluxation?
A federal civil rights law protecting individuals with disabilities prompted regulations that apply to state departments of education, school districts, and colleges and universities
What is the Rehabilitation Act of 1973?
A condition that affects the spine and is usually apparent at birth. It is a type of neural tube defect
What is Spina Bifida?
Occurs when the blood supply to part of your brain is interrupted or reduced, preventing brain tissue from getting oxygen and nutrients
What is a stroke?
The swelling and tenderness of one or more of your joints
What is arthritis?
Most common motor disability in childhood
What is Cerebral Palsy?
Children with ASD experience greater transition difficulties. Why?
What is social and communication deficits?
The ability, confidence, and desire to be active for life
What is physical literacy?
A progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord
What is Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)?
A progressive disease, where dementia symptoms gradually worsen over a number of years
What is Alzheimer's ?