Tuesday, July 28, 2015

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