Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) often experience difficulties with motor skill learning and performance. The pool is a unique learning environment that can help children with ASDs learn or improve aquatic skills, fitness, and social skills. A pool-based approach is also aligned with the elements of dynamic systems theory, which…

This booklet presents educational programs and activities focusing on motor skills for 5- to 9-year-old children and older children with learning problems. The premise of the activities is that the acquisition of motor skills is essential to basic learning. The role of language as a mediator and controller of motor development is emphasized. The…

This fourth in a series of six learning modules on instructional evaluation is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in devising and administering evaluation devices for assessing student performance in an occupational skills area. The terminal objective for the module is to assess student psychomotor (skills)…