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Adapted Physical Education – The Call For Inclusion

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Physical Activity and People with Disabilities According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) , children and youth with disabilities were found to have much lower rates of participation in physical education and sports compared to their peers. Youth participating in a virtual fitness class at home.

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Physical Education Waiver Form – The Opt Out Era of PE

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Physical education provides cognitive content and instruction designed to develop motor skills, knowledge, and behaviors for physical activity and physical fitness. Many high schools are shifting to an elective-based physical education offering to achieve this.

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Should Physical Education Be Required?

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Instead, Shape outlines physical education as “an academic subject that provides a planned, sequential, K-12 standards-based program of curricula and instruction designed to develop motor skills, knowledge and behaviors for healthy, active living, physical fitness, sportsmanship, self-efficacy, and emotional intelligence.”