Teaching Physical Education to Children with Sickle Cell Disease

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Teaching physical education to children with Sickle Cell Disease A physical education has the responsibility to teach a class about health with incorporating dynamic activities to motivate children to learn while being physically active. They have to plan practice opportunities that are designed for maximum participation of interaction (such as activities with partners or in small groups). It is also the duty that activities that would be performed in class to accommodate the special needs of every student. Especially when the student is suffering from a chronic health illness that would hinder their physical performance. With children are currently distressing from health ailments such as Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes, Asthma, and Sickle Cell disease, also along with other common protracted conditions, it is important that there are certain adjustments for these children while they are performing physical activities. By having accommodations, they could help to reduce a reaction of an episode of the disease when it comes to physical activity and also to not overexert themselves for that certain exercise. Out of the three listed diseases – Type 1 (Juvenile) Diabetes, Asthma, and Sickle Cell disease, this paper will focus on Sickle cell disease. In this paper, it will cover the background information about the Sickle Cell Disease, the cause of pain inside of the body, and the complications that the child would experience. Possible steps of precaution for safe exercise and the modifications that the physical education teacher would have to enforce and consider when the child is exercising in the class will also be discussed. Sickle cell disease is a genetically inherited blood disorder when the red blood cells transitioned from a soft, round shape into a rigid, sickle (crescent) shape. These sickle cells contain abnormal hemoglobin, that has a tendency to block the
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