Features a lifespan, cross-disciplinary approach useful for both teaching and non-teaching professionals. This work emphasizes attitude change, inclusion, and psychosocial perspectives for understanding individual differences.

Offering the most comprehensive coverage available, this new edition features a lifespan, cross-disciplinary approach valuable for both teaching and non-teaching professionals. "Adapted Physical Activity, Recreation, and Sport" emphasizes attitude change, inclusion, and psychosocial perspectives for understanding individual differences.

Part 1 Foundations
1 Active, Healthy Lifestyles for All: Thinking About Philosophy
2 Celebrating Individual Differences, Planning Practical Experiences, and Striving toward Inclusion
3 Teamwork, Communication, and Creativity
4 Adaptation, Advocacy,a nd Law
5 Philosophy, Planning, and Curriculum Design
6 Assessing, Prescribing, and Writing the IEP
7 Teaching, Evaluating, and Consulting
Part 2 Assessment and Pedagogy for Specific Goals
8 Self-Concept, Motivation, and Well-Being
9 Inclusion, Social Competence, and Attitude Change
10 Sensorimotor Integration and Severe Disability
11 Motor Performance: Assessment and Instruction
12 Perceptual-Motor Learning: An Ecological Approach
13 Fitness and Healthy Lifestyle
14 Postures, Appearance, and Muscle Imbalance
15 Play and Game Competence, Active Leisure, and Relaxation
16 Adapted Dance and Dance Therapy
17 Adapted Aquatics
Part 3 Individual Differences with Emphasis on Sport
18 Infants, Toddlers, and Young Children
19 Other Health-Impaired Conditions
20 Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and DCD
21 Mental Retardation, Special Olympics, and the INAS-FMH
22 Serious Emotional Disturbance and Autism
23 Wheelchair Sports and Orthopedic Impairments
24 Les Autres Conditions and Amputations
25 Cerebral Palsy, Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury
26 Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Conditions
27 Blindness and Visual Impairments
28 Aging and Physical Activity