Martin Block

My former doc students Aija Klavina from Latvia and Sean Healy from Ireland at #EUCAPA2022. They are doing wonderful things in Europe!

Three past presidents of International Federation of Adapted Physical Activity. #eucapa2022

@CathyMcKay10 @UVAKinesiology @UVAEdu So proud of all of you!

Way to go Andrea! Three happy WAHOOS from @MartinBlockUVA's APA PhD program representing at JMU last week! @UVAKinesiology @UVAEdu

@ifapanet @AureliePanko Congratulations Dr. Panko!

Former ifapa student representative gets her #PhD. Congrats Dr Panko @AureliePanko

@NCPEID @Justin_Haegele Congratulations. He is a rising star in our profession! Actually, he already is a star!

G. Lawrence Rarick Research Award Justin A. Haegele, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Movement Sciences at Old Dominion University (Norfolk, Virginia). @Justin_Haegele

@CathyMcKay10 @NCPEID Very well deserved! So proud to count you as my advisee and colleague!

@NCPEID Thank you, @NCPEID, for this honor. So many mentors and colleagues to thank for the past five years of higher ed collaboration! And a special shout out to @MartinBlockUVA for his patience and encouragement during my 11 year stint as a doctoral student. 🥳

David P. Beaver Young Scholar Award Cathy McKay, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology at James Madison University. @CathyMcKay10 ncpeid.org/assets/docs/Aw…

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@MLBONFOX One of my favorite players when I was a kid and a Senator’s fan

Washington Senators legend Frank Howard in attendance tonight for Game 4! #WorldSeries

@Dr_AmandaYoung @NCPEID Sorry, I missed Amanda’s question about preparing undergraduates for a midterm. Perhaps having a study session with the group where you review key concepts. I also have a study guide to help them focus on key concepts

@MartinBlockUVA sending a ? from the faculty side: how do you prepare undergrads for midterms?! @NCPEID #AskAnExpert

@MNfeldmanDAPE @CSULB_APE I like to start with similarities. “Did you know John loves the New England Patriots and watches every game with his family?” Then you go into how the student would love to interact more with his classmates. Then give some simple ways for the peers to interact with the student.

@MartinBlockUVA @CSULB_APE I like this conversation. How do you go about explaining the child who is in an inclusive class- do you go over specifics of that student or about disabilities in general?

@MartinBlockUVA (APE Grad class Q1): How can we better prepare GPE students for inclusion? #NCPEID #AskAnExpert

@CSULB_APE Continuing with the reluctant PE teacher, give some simple suggestions for modifications, and then praise PE teacher for using the modifications. Then ask the PE teacher for some suggestions. This will build confidence and open the PE teacher to accepting more students w/ disab.

@MartinBlockUVA APE Grad Q #3: Suggestions on how to work with a GPE teacher who doesn't philosophically embrace inclusion, isn't using the latest pedagogical techniques, and is only there to coach a sport? #NCPEID #AskAnExpert

@CSULB_APE This is a big challenge! I would start slow with brining child in for warm up, and make sure child is successful. Then I would praise PE teacher for including the child. With success you can try longer periods of inclusion and bring in more students.

@MBittner_APE Also with regard to a continuum, part time in GPE and part time pull out is a nice addition. The para educator can bring the child into GPE and provide support as needed, and the para can pull child out when environment or activities are not appropriate for child.

@MartinBlockUVA LRE for PE is mandated to be provided on a continuum of placements (e.g., push-in, pull-out, team teaching, full inclusion, reverse inclusion). How can inclusion foster this when most schools only have two placement options: self-contained APE or GPE? #NCPEID

@MBittner_APE This is a true but challenging situation. I think talking to the General PE teacher and seeing students who normally are pulled for APE can come for part of PE (e.g., warm ups). Then if we can make sure the experience is successful for the student, the PE teacher might ok more

Inclusion in PE. We can’t expect children without disabilities to know if they are supposed to approach a peer with a disability or what to do if they have the courage to approach a peer. Early interactions have to be nurtured and planned. Later they will become more spontaneous.

@ScottMcNamara12 Socially, the number of times a child with a disability is approached by and interacts with peers. Physically, the child with a disability is playing the game and participating successfully in PE activities. Both aspects are needed for true successful inclusion.

@MartinBlockUVA Here is my UG's 3rd and final ?: How do you measure the inclusion of your students? #NCPEID #AskAnExpert

@ScottMcNamara12 It starts with just a few children who want to interact with and help the child with a disability. Through teacher praise and encouragement more students will want to interact and help, and soon the entire class will be involved. But you have to encourage and start with a few.

@MartinBlockUVA Here is ? 2 from my UGs: How do you get your entire class to help students feel included? #NCPEID #AskAnExpert

@ScottMcNamara12 Make accommodations universal and not just for child with disabilities. Take volleyball. Each server chooses the ball they want to use and distance from net. This way the accommodation is for everyone, and less skilled children also benefit from accommodations

@MartinBlockUVA Here is a ? from my UGs: How do I make accommodations for students w/o making them feel excluded? #AskanExpert #NCPEID

@CSULB_APE This is important - we have to prepare peers if we want to get good interactions. Simple things like explaining about the child who is included, teaching positive ways to interact, using peer tutoring, explaining modifications and offering modifications to everyone are a few ways

@MartinBlockUVA What about the typically developing peers in GPE? How can we better prepare them for an inclusive PE environment?

@CSULB_APE Unified Sports provides a really easy mechanism to bring people with and without disabilities together through sport. Any opportunity where people without disabilities interact and play with people with disabilities is wonderful and changes attitudes. Unified Sports provides this

@MartinBlockUVA Grad class Q2: What is Unified Sports role in fostering inclusion? #NCPEID #AskAnExpert