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Adapted Physical Education (APE)
Teaching Strategies
Remember to look at students with disabilities in your class as
the student (person) first and the disability second. Use the disability
as an information guideline for including your student!
The activities listed below are tools to help with inclusion
of students with disabilities and working with
the motor development of those students on the
borderline of qualifying for Adapted PE services.
Descriptions of a variety of diagnoses that you may encounter in your students and strategies you can use in the classroom. Includes: Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and Spina Bifida. Written by Terri Atwell.
An aerobics class using the Swiss Balls. This activity by Sandy Ingaldson is a great cardio workout with low impact on the joints and incorporates core strengthening and stability.
This activity is designed to increase the knowledge and awareness among the regular education students of the various disabilities they will be associated with.
This is a wonderful new innovative way to get all of the fun and advantages of having a climbing wall in your gym, without the expense. Children of all ages and most physical abilities can participate in the "It Rocks" activity without a fear of falling. While the children are having fun, they are also gaining individual growth through crossing the midline, improved visual planning, and increased muscular endurance, flexibility, balance and stability.
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These motor development activities are designed to help those students that do not qualify for Adapted PE but need the extra support.
Peer Tutors
The peer tutor or (buddy) programs allow you to set up a structured guideline with which your regular education students can follow to help you and the students with disabilities succeed within the regular physical education class.
The following pages are designed to print well on a black and white printer:
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