This episode of What’s New in APE is the third and final episode dedicated to the upcoming International Symposium of Adapted Physical Activity (ISAPA) conference. This episode features Ann Griffin, who currently serves as the APE consultant with the Grantwood area education agency (AEA) in the great state of Iowa! In addition, she is the contact person for educators who need resources for facilitating APE for 32 different school districts. Ann will be presenting at this year’s ISAPA conference, where she will be hosting a practitioner’s day. Within the podcast, Ann and I discuss the practitioner's day and all of the great activities she is currently planning! Ann and I also discuss (1) how teachers can use research in their daily lives, (2) the multitude of APE resources offered by the Grantwood AEA, AND (3) her background as a teacher.
The Grantwood AEA is one of nine agencies within the state of Iowa. The purposes of each individual agency vary, but the primary goal is to provide educators with resources to enhance teaching and student learning. These include resources for all grade levels and disciplines, including APE. The Grantwood AEA offers a variety of equipment designed for use in APE, which can be checked out for use by educators with the Grantwood AEA’s coverage area. Additionally, they take requests for the creation of new APE equipment.
To see some of the available APE equipment, as well as previous new equipment requests and creations, click here for the Grantwood AEA’s Equipment Adaptations and Resources
For more information on the Grantwood AEA, visit: https://www.gwaea.org
Once again, ISAPA returns to the United States this year (2019) for the first time since 1992. It will be held June 14th through 18th in Charlottesville, Virginia. This year’s theme is Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. The goal for ISAPA is to bring international researchers together to share their research in hopes of learning about what is going on in other countries. If you are interested in the 2019 ISAPA, check out their website at: http://isapa2019.org/index.shtml
