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Special Educators Who Teach Health Education

Their Role and Perceived Ability

Peter J. Ellery, PhD, is an assistant professor in adapted physical education with the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His research interests focus on the health and physical education needs of teachers in the Nebraska and Heartland regions of the United States.

Judith Rabak-Wagener

Judith Rabak-Wagener, PhD, is and assistant professor of health education at the University of nebraska at omaha. Her specialty area is school health curriculum and programs.

Richard D. Stacy

Richard D. Stacy, EdD, is an associate professor of health education at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. His research interests include health behavior, tobacco use, and health education program evaluation. Address: Peter J. Ellery, School of HPER, University of Nebraska at Omaha, 60th and Dodge St. Omaha, NE 68182-0216.

Current educational practices indicate that an increasing number of students with disabilities may now be receiving health education services through specialist health education teachers instead of special education teachers. In this survey, we explored the extent to which special education teachers in the state of nebraska taught health education to students with disabilities and how prepared they felt they were to teach in this area. Results of the study showed that almost one third of the special education teachers responding to the survey taught health education to students with disabilities but also indicated that many of these teachers did not perceive themselves as being adequately prepared or confident in their ability to address health education issues related to students with disabilities. Further research and curriculum development for teaching health to students with disabilities are recommended.

Remedial and Special Education, Vol. 18, No. 2, 105-112 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/074193259701800204


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