Podcast 102: Adapted Aquatics & Early Childhood

Eric Hope, APE Teacher

Hello Adapted PE(APE) podcast listeners! Our first episode went so well we decided to keep this project going. We had over 650 views of the podcast within a week! Thank you to everyone for all your support. Please continue giving the podcast feedback and topic ideas for future episodes.



Zero Entry Pool For Increased Access

I am proud to be giving you our second exciting episode! In our second episode, I interviewed Erica Hope, a 3rd year APE teacher in Michigan. Erica's day primarily consist of working with adapted aquatics and early childhood at a center-based school for students with a wide variety of disabilities. During the interview we discuss an array of topics. The topics ranged from adapted aquatics, early childhood, the IEP process, and issues with being a new APE teacher. In the podcast she goes into detail about the accommodations she uses on a regular basis in an aquatics and early childhood setting.


Thanks to a very good friend of mine, Ray Krol, the podcast has it's own original intro and outro music. Please stop by his website if you want to listen to more or think you may want to use it for a project of your own(make sure you contact him before using his music).

The podcast is preparing for a launch on iTunes, which should be taking place within the week. Once we are on iTunes, please subscribe to us and let us know what you think of the podcast.

Next week we will be having a very special interview with the 2013 National APE Teacher Of The Year, Brad Weiner. So please stay tuned.

Until next time,


The APE Man

Scott McNamara

Podcast 101: What is new in Adapted Physical Education!

Welcome to our first podcast! The podcast is all about what is new with Adapted Physical Education(APE). We will have a wide variety of interviews with experts, parents of children with disabilities and service providers on their perspectives on APE, the benefits of APE, new equipment in the field, the IEP process, new legislation, and much more.


This very special first episode was conducted with Caryl Dazer and I. Caryl is a very passionate APE teacher in Livonia Public Schools in the state of Michigan. We discussed her views on the field of APE, strategies on how to communicate with parents and other staff and some common obstacles that an APE teacher may find in the field. 



Caryl Dazer, Michigan 2014 APE Teacher of the Year



Adapted Tricycles mentioned in the Podcast.
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Please send me any feedback that you can about the podcast. My goal is to inform and educate as many people as possible about the importance of the field of Adapted Physical Education . We want to make this podcast as strong as possible and help those out there who are listening. Please send me an email about a topic you may like to hear about or if you are having any issues in the field that we may be able to help you problem solve. My email is scmcnamara23@gmail.com .
After we continue to tweak this podcast, my hope is to get it running on iTunes in the near future.

Please enjoy,

 

The APE ManPodcast
Scott McNamara

Camp Abilities Michigan

Here is the video for Camp Abilities Michigan!!

I'm currently working on a new podcast and am expecting to put it out soon. Stay tuned for additional details:)