Elizabeth Foster
Associate Professor
Office: Sturzebecker 306
Phone: 610-436-2189
Email: EFoster@wcupa.edu
Dr. Beth Foster, CAPE (certified adapted physical educator), is an associate professor
at West Chester University in adapted physical activity/education (APA/E). She is
the APA/E program coordinator and graduate coordinator of the APE graduate certificate
program, the program coordinator for health and physical education majors, and the
director of the Adapted Physical Activity minor. Dr. Foster is also the director
for Camp Abilities, which is a developmental sports camp for youth with vision loss
that occurs over Memorial Day weekend at WCU. She is the head coach of Special Olympics
Rammies for Soccer and basketball hosted here at West Chester for athletes with intellectual
disabilities. Dr. Foster has presented internationally and nationally at conferences
on research and various application-based topics on vision loss/deafblindness, adaptations,
and assessment within the field of APA/E and adapted sports. She completed deafblind
intervener training at the Minnesota Deafblind Project. Dr. Foster was named the
2012 Pennsylvania State Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and
Dance APE teacher of the year and is also English as a Secondary Language certified.
She is currently a member of the Pennsylvania Deaf-Blind Advisory Committee and is
also a special advisor for the Pennsylvania Partnership for the Deafblind. She is
the research chair for the National Consortium for Physical Education for Individuals
with Disabilities. In addition, Dr. Foster has been involved with various adapted
sport organizations and disability organizations promoting physical activities, fitness,
adapted sports, and aquatics for all individuals with disabilities.