Andrew Lampman

Christian Hartley
Friday 12:40
Fall 2014
A. Present Level of Performance:
Introductory Paragraph:
Christian is an 11-year-old boy who is a joy to be around. Christian is a very
intelligent student who listens very well. Although Christian is small in size, he
doesnt let that get in the way of his abilities. He is very skilled in motor movement
concepts and manipulative skills. Christian has what is called an emotional disability
where he may have behavioral issues or may have mood swings that come from
nowhere. I work with Christian in the gymnasium where we work on a variety of
movement and manipulative skill concepts. When assessing Christian I used the test
of gross motor development or TGMD 2 assessment tool and I assessed him on the
first and second day of class.
Present Level of Performance:
Cognitive:
Christian is very intelligent student. Christians speech and communication
skills with others are either on target with his stage in his development or are above
his developmental stage. Although I havent had the opportunity to really dive into
Christians intellect in the classroom, my senses tell me he has the ability to excel.
Christian comprehends my direction tells me he is at a mature stage in his cognitive
development.
Psychomotor:
Christian is very skilled in motor movement concepts and object
manipulation. He is able to perform all the locomotor skills at a mature level.
Christian is also very skilled in a variety of manipulative skills such as throwing,
catching, kicking, and striking which tells me he is at a mature level. Christian is at
the utilization stage of fundamental motor skills. The utilization stage is described
as containing the proper technique and being able to successfully repeating the
movements. Christian lacks muscular strength, this is due to his size. For an 11-yearold boy he is slightly undersized in his development. This causes his muscular
strength to be slightly below the average male student at his age.
Affective:
When Christian is not challenged in an activity, he usually doesnt want to
participate. I noticed this on the first day, I was assessing locomotor skills and

Christian was able to perform all the locomotor skills at a mature level thus
resulting in Christian becoming bored with the activities that I had for him. He then
proceeded to sit down on the side and refused to participate. I noticed that the best
way to get Christian participating in all activities is through incentive. Telling
Christian if you participate in everything I want you to do today, then we can play
the activity you like to do. This will motivate Christian to want to play and engage in
the lesson.
Description of performance in the curriculum offered in a general physical
education class- not BOCES:
I think that Christian can excel in a general education classroom setting for a
variety of reasons. One, he is very skilled and I believe he can excel at a high level in
physical activities. Two, he is very intelligent and I believe he possesses the abilities
to be effective in the physical education class setting. Three, with the necessary
motivation Christian can excel in physical education when challenged to do so.
Activities that Christian may not be interested in may result in possible modification
of activity or incentive based instruction. Based on the experience I have so far with
Christian leads me to think that he can be effective in a general physical education
class setting.
B. Long Term Goals and Short Term Objectives:
Cognitive Goal: Christian will learn the basic baseball rules and incorporating the
skills learned to be successful in gameplay.
1. Short Term Objective: In the baseball unit, Christian will demonstrates
knowledge of the basic rules of baseball and being able to obey the rules while
playing in a gameplay simulation.
2. Short Term Objective: In the baseball unit, Christian will demonstrate
knowledge of gameplay by incorporating skills learned into a gameplay style
simulation successfully.
Affective Goal: Christian will focus on the activities at hand by not giving up and
quitting when its an activity that doesnt interest him.
1. Short Term Objective: In the activities, Christian will demonstrate
perseverance by not quitting the activities through out the entirety of the lesson.
2. Short Term Objective: In the lesson activities, Christian will demonstrate a
positive attitude by participating in every activity with a positive outlook by smiling
and enjoying the activities.
Motor Goal: Christian will be able to develop the skills of throwing, catching,
striking, and running into an autonomous level of skill proficiency.

1. Short Term Objective: In the baseball unit, Christian will demonstrate

proficiency in the skills of throwing, catching, striking, and running by scoring in the
18-20 range on the TGMD2 assessment raw score.
2. Short Term Objective: In the baseball gameplay simulation activity,
Christian will demonstrate competency in utilizing the skills of throwing, catching,
striking, and running in the game by combining skills effectively.
C. Health Considerations:
Christian displays an emotional disability, when off of his medication he
tends to display a high energetic level as well as the other end of the spectrum, a low
energetic level. It is important to keep Christian grounded in the middle for him to
participate safely and successfully in the activities.
D. Behavioral Considerations:
Christian will quit activities and sit off to the side when he isnt interested.
This lack of interest will tend to result in tuning you as the teacher out and only
coming back to the activity if he has the choice of the next activity. The way to
handle Christian when he enters this state is to use an incentive. I have found that
using a certain activity that he likes to do, as a way to motivate him to participate in
the lead up activities is a way for him to be engaged in order to participate in the
activity he likes.
E. Accommodations, Modifications, and Services:
Christian is in the BOCES program. Specifically he is enrolled in the students
will emotional disabilities (SED) program. This program focuses on serving students
whose management and emotional needs are determined to be highly intensive.
This program provides a range of therapeutic interventions to best match the
emotional and behavioral needs of the students. Counseling services are included in
this program as well as academic classroom programming including
psychotherapeutic interventions. Christian is provided with multiple classroomteaching assistants.
F. Projected starting date for services and modifications along with
anticipated frequency, location, and duration of those services and
modifications:
Christian is receiving one hour of instruction in physical education on
campus each week throughout the fall 2014 semester in SUNY Cortlands Adapted
Physical Education Program.
G. Instructional Strategies:

1. Adjusting difficulty to activities. Christian is a skilled mover and required

modifications in difficulty. So in order to compensate for Christians abilities it is
required of the teacher to modify the activity to be more difficult and challenging.
2. Giving choices to activities. Allowing Christian to choose what activities to
participate in will enhance his engagement to the instruction. Also, involving
student choice will generate motivation and enthusiasm to the activities.
3. Keep an eye out for boredom. If you see Christians attitude diminish and
his energy level diminishes then most likely Christian is bored. As a result, the
activities need to be either modified or incorporate another activity into the lesson.
H. Provide a statement regarding assessment:
Using the TGMD2 assessment tool, the teacher can assess Christian skills in
throwing, catching, striking, and running which all relate to the motor goals for
Christian. Also, assessing Christian through teacher visual observation will assess
the cognitive and affective domains.
Parents/guardians will be regularly informed in Christians progress through
the program through the BOCES cooperating teacher. The BOCES teacher will
regularly be informed in Christians progress by which the BOCES teacher will have
the information to inform Christians parents/guardians.
I. Provide a statement of transition services needs of your student as he/she
progresses from age 16 into adulthood:
Christian will need extended psychiatric therapy in dealing with his
emotional issues throughout the beginning of his adult life. Christian requires
medication; hopefully the medication can either be deterred out as he progresses
through adulthood but if not it can be maintained through professional help. When
pertaining to Christians skills in movement, I would come to the conclusion that
Christian requires less development in his physical skills such as throwing, catching,
striking, and locomotor skills. Christian will require further knowledge of activities
that he can engage in as an adult. Christian has knowledge of a few sports such as
baseball, basketball, hockey, and soccer. Christian may need to require knowledge of
lifetime activities such as golf, running, bicycling, hiking, etc. in order to gain further
knowledge in activities in order to stay active as an adult.