Adapted Physical Education

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Federal law mandates that physical education be provided to students with disabilities and defines Physical Education as the development of:

Physical and motor skills Fundamental motor skills and patterns (throwing, catching, walking, running, etc) Skills in aquatics, dance, and individual and group games and sports (including intramural and lifetime sports)

What is Adapted P.E.?

Students who may have limitations to the their learning experience.

It may be a physical or intellectual disability.

Adapted P.E. is Physical Education modified to the students needs and capabilities.

Example

Softball

Students who have fine motor prohibitions may have trouble throwing a softball at a target.

In adapted P.E. I will work at a slow pace to help students with hand and eye coordination.

Include fun introduction games to help improve skills.

Practice, Practice, Practice.

Lesson Plan Overview

Students will be able to throw and catch softball.

Goal- to play an organized softball game.

Throwing-

Step by Step -

1. Look at target› (Where do I want my object to go?)

2. Using dominant arm adjust body back lifting dominant leg.

3. Release object while moving forward and landing on dominant foot.

Practice

Start with bean bags. Each student will get five bean bags. Goal- Get two bean bags in bucket.

Catching

Step by Step- #1

Athletic Stance-

WHAT TO DO! Bend knees

EYE CONTACT! Look at person with object

Ball, bean bag, balloon

“I’M READY!!!” Let person with object know you are

ready.

Extend arms (Reach out) to grab object and bring it into your body.

BRING BALL INTO YOUR BODY

HUG BALL

PLAY BALL

MINI LESSON Students will be grouped in partners-

Or work with one on one teacher.

They can toss bean bags to each-other

Then toss different materials: Balloons Squishy balls Volleyballs Softballs

The Adapted Physical Education program is developmentally appropriate physical education. It is adapting, modifying, and/or changing a physical activity so it is as appropriate for the person with a disability as it is for a person without a disability.