Contents: 1. Physical education for the disabled. 2. The individualized physical education for the disabled. 3. Therapeutic recreation--a prescriptive approach. 4. Historical background of adapted physical education. 5. Significance of physical development in physical education. 6. Imparting special physical education for disabled. 7. The playground programming in adapted physical education. 8. Emotional disturbance and behaviour disorder in disabled. 9. Psycho-social developments in disabled. 10. Integrating evaluation and programming in adapted physical education. 11. Understanding impaired individuals. 12. Leisure and recreation for physically disabled persons. 13. The fitness for physically disabled athlete. 14. Glimpses of adapted sports. 15. Exercises for the physically unfit persons.

"The present book entitled Adapted Physical Education is primarily intended to serve practitioners working with mentally retarded individuals, therapeutic recreation students, and impaired youths and professors in colleges and universities. However, others will find that the doctrines mentioned and the procedures outlined can be adopted or modified to their needs in working with different clients. (jacket)