Consultation Articles To View

1.      Pope, J.M., (2009) General Physical Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Adapted PhysicalEducation Consultation (Masters Thesis) Available from Chico State DigitalRepository, Accession number ( chico.b1853063)

This study examined the perceptions that general physical education teachers have with the consultation of the adapted physical education teacher to include children with disabilities in general PE. A list of possible action and outcomes were established for possible issues i.e. teacher needing more time, more information, more frequency, and more concrete strategies. The outcome would be for both GPE teacher and APE teacher to come up with a model that will help them have an effective collaborative consultation model.

2.      DeVore,S., Miolo, G., & Hader, J., (2011) Individualizing Inclusion for PreschoolChildren Using Collaborative Consultation. Young Exceptional Children, 14(4),31-43

This article follows the implementation of inclusive services by a collaborative team of specialist that will help with Cory a preschool student with spastic cerebral palsy. The authors felt that if the collaborative team was able to have a single point of contact as noted by research that states that families feel more comfortable when there is one point of contact in a medical team. The researchers found that for a collaborative team to work they need to have some basic building block like: building relationships, gathering information, identifying goals and strategies, and implementing strategies and monitoring progress. By doing these steps the collaborative consulting team is assured consistency.

3.      Lytle, K.R., Collier, D., (2002)The Consultation Process: Adapted Physical EducationSpecialists’ Perceptions. Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly, 2002, 19,261-279

The author’s objective in this study was to see the type of perception that adapted physical education specialist had in the way they consulted with general physical education teachers. In their findings the author’s found that consultation benefited the student as the student evolved from elementary to middle school to high school. It was more effective because as the student moves forward academically they want to feel like a “normal” student. The only way to for this to happen is for the APE specialist to improve communication skills and general knowledge as well. Of course there needs to be a willingness from schools and districts to support this effort by money and training.