Fieldwork with David Rosenburg

Today, we went to Kicking The Spectrum on Lexington Avenue. Kicking The Spectrum is a Karate organization for both kids with a wide range of different disabilities and kids without any disability at all. We learned briefly about what David does to run his program, and how it started. David and his wife have discovered many ways to navigate through teaching a variety of students effectively. They use a reward system for many of the kids, which, David said, tends to be extremely effective. Before they use systems like this one, however, the instructors have to get to know the kids themselves. Sometimes it is difficult, depending on their physical and/or mental state of heath but the instructors have many ways for “dealing with” those disabilities and making all of the kids feel comfortable. What David does is truly amazing and extremely important for our society. Physical activity is one of the most important aspects of a person’s life, we need to make sure that everyone is getting the proper exposure to the necessary activity no matter what their state of health may be.

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