EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. University of New Mexico 1984
M.S. Eastern Illinois University 1976
B.S. Plymouth State College 1973

INSTRUCTIONAL EXEPERIENCE
Dr. Barry Lavay is a professor the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education (KPE) at California State University, Long Beach where his primary responsibility is to train students to teach physical education to individuals with disabilities. His duties in the KPE department, where he has taught since 1988, include: coordinating the State Adapted Physical Education Teaching Credential Program and directing after school and summer physical activity programs for children with disabilities. These programs include the Perceptual Motor Development Clinic and Camp Nugget, both offer positive physical activity experiences to children with disabilities from ages 5 to 12. He is the 2001 CSULB Outstanding Professor Award recipient.

SCHOLARSHIP
Lavay recently received the 2001 American Alliance for Health Physical Education, Recreation and Dance Adapted Physical Activity Council Professional Recognition Award for his leadership on the national level and significant contributions to the literature in the area of adapted physical education. Dr. Lavay's publication and research interests are in the areas of behavior management and physical fitness testing and programming for individuals with mental retardation. He has authored or co-authored over 10 textbooks, textbook chapters, and manuals and over 35 juried articles in 11 different physical education and special education journals. He is the co-author of two textbooks, Positive Behavior Management Strategies for Physical Educators and Physical Activity for Individuals with Mental Retardation: Infancy through Adulthood. He has given over 75 scholarly presentations on the international, national, regional & state level and also provided over 20 inservice training seminar/workshops on the state, and local level. He served on the Editorial Board for Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly from 1993 to 1997 and is currently a guest reviewer.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Since 1973, Dr. Lavay has been an active member with the American Alliance of Health, Physical Education, Recreation, & Dance (AAHPERD). He was on the writing task force that authored, Physical BEST and Individuals with Disabilities: A Handbook for Inclusion in Fitness Programs. Since 1983, he has been actively involved with the National Consortium for Physical Education and Recreation for Individuals with Disabilities. From 1992 to 1997 he served on the Steering Committee for the Adapted Physical Education National Standards Project (APENS) that developed the first national standards and examination in adapted physical education. From 1999 to 2002 he served on the CAHPERD State Council on APE where he was Chair from 2000 to 2001. He was on the program planning committee for the 20th and 30th National Conference on Physical Activity for the Exceptional Individual. Since 1988 he has directed after school and summer physical activity programs for children with disabilities and special needs on the CSU, Long Beach campus. He has been involved in Special Olympics having served in the capacity of a coach of various sport programs as well as the Director of the Kansas State Special Olympics Basketball Tournament from 1984 to 1988.  He has been on the State Board of the California Association for Blind Athletes and for many years directed the Goalball games held on the CSULB campus. He has served as a consultant to the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO) to develop instructional materials (i.e., manual, workshop materials) to help coaches meet the unique challenges children with special needs and disabilities present when included into youth soccer.
He has seven years of physical education public school teaching experience in adapted and general physical education. Experiences include; teaching as an itinerant special physical education teacher, teaching physical education in a special day school to children with mental retardation, and working as an elementary school physical education teacher.