Guest guest Posted January 24, 2004 Report Share Posted January 24, 2004 Hello, My son and his 5 other classmates (all autistic boys) have adaptive P.E. with a Physical Ed teacher hired just to teach kids with special needs. This is an added cost to the school system, but our children cannot always follow group instruction given to a class of 23 typical students (or behave appropriately at times) and the school recognized the need for adaptive P.E.. I never asked for it for my son, but it has been a great benefit to him and the other boys in his class. The teacher works on specific motor skills with each child, such as running and galloping around bases during kickball and throwing a ball to a target. These goals are written in his IEP and he attends once a week for 30 minutes in addition to attending his regular gym class with his typical peers as tolerated. It really depends on what they are doing whether he can participate or not in the regular PE class, so it's great to have the A.P.E.. Rhonda mother to Max, 10, autistic/bipolar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 I don't know what state you are in, but I am looking at my son's IEP form. One the first page, it has heading of Physical Education and a choice of four boxes to choose - General Education, Modified Gen. Ed., Special Desighned and Adaptative. If your child is not functioning in General Educations PE and not eligible for Adaptive PE. It still leaves you with two choices. I'm not sure what it entails. The " I " in IEP is there for a reason. Request an PE program modified to fit your child's needs. PE is required for typical peers. Our kids should have same educational opportunites as the typical peers with the appropriate accommendation and modifications. That is what the law states and it is reasonable to request that it be honored. > Since the subject is up about adaptive pe, could someone please tell > me exactly what it is or a web-site about it. I've tried looking it > up, but can't find much. I've heard that kids that don't qualify for > PT can get adaptive pe, but when I asked the school psycologist about > it she said its for kids that can't do anything, or have special > equipment. Whitney doesnt get PT because she can run & climb. She is > 9.5 yrs old, cant hop-scotch, hoola-hoop, do monkey bars, ride a bike > without training wells, walk a balance-beam ( even a wide > one),etc.,but she cant get PT or adaptive PE. Anything anyone could > tell me would be appricated!! > Thanks, Robin > PS. Any new people that have joined recently, Welcome to the group!! > I'm behind on my e-mails! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2004 Report Share Posted January 25, 2004 My understanding of adaptive PE is that it is to help kids who have trouble with things like:catching and throwing, following a series of directions, keeping their balance, etc. With the poor coordination many kids with autism and Aspergers have, they in the main should qualify for it. (If you have someone good to do the eval and the school doesn't want to fight you as it may entail added cost to them). fyi...Sally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2004 Report Share Posted April 3, 2004 I don't think that's true. You can ask for an evaluation to be done for Adaptive PE, and if they reject it, they need to tell you why. Penny -----Original Message-----From: Robin [mailto:biloxirrobin4@...]Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 6:09 PMautism Subject: Adaptive PESince the subject is up about adaptive pe, could someone please tell me exactly what it is or a web-site about it. I've tried looking it up, but can't find much. I've heard that kids that don't qualify for PT can get adaptive pe, but when I asked the school psycologist about it she said its for kids that can't do anything, or have special equipment. Whitney doesnt get PT because she can run & climb. She is 9.5 yrs old, cant hop-scotch, hoola-hoop, do monkey bars, ride a bike without training wells, walk a balance-beam ( even a wide one),etc.,but she cant get PT or adaptive PE. Anything anyone could tell me would be appricated!! Thanks, Robin PS. Any new people that have joined recently, Welcome to the group!!I'm behind on my e-mails! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 is in 8th grade and gets adaptive PE. She has had it all through middle school. Basically she is scheduled into a regular PE class, but an adaptive PE coach comes to the class to help modify activities so that she can participate. Her coach has been especially good at recruiting non-disabled students to help out the included Adaptive PE kids. - Becky In a message dated 4/3/2006 7:50:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, northnr@... writes: My daughter is in 7th grade( geez has time flown). The vice principal wants her to take some class this quarter called Industrial TEch. Her resource teacher is vehemently against her taking it. She does pretty well in school, gets honor roll but this class will be over her head and useless. We suggested another quarter of Home EC and I aske whether APE would be a possibility. She has never had it. Doesn;t mean that she couldnt have used it but we always fought for speech as we " picked our battles " accordingly. Does anyone have any children this age in APE and what are some of the things that the kids work on? Her balance could be improved as well as she could use some floor exercises. Kathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 In a message dated 4/3/2006 7:50:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, northnr@... writes: APE what does this mean ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Hi I have heard this term thrown around and was curious exactly what it means. My son will have to take gym five days a week next year and that will be difficult. Is this something I should investigate and try to add to his 504? Any other suggestions for PE class for kids with CMT. He likes to run around and obviously needs the exercise but running laps and relays etc is just too much especially if it will be every day. Thanks Lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 My doctor has had my CMT kids doing adaptive PE. We had adaptive P. E. written it in to a 504 plan. The prescription was for adaptive P.E to tolerance. In High School my CMT daughter decided to do independent study PE during the summer. She has 2 or 3 credits to go and we are DONE with the CMT P.E issues Finally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 13, 2009 Report Share Posted October 13, 2009 Lori, Here's some info and resources http://www.pecentral.org/adapted/adaptedmenu.html Gretchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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