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Adapted Physical Education – The Call For Inclusion

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Regular physical activity in children and adolescents promotes health and fitness and helps to reduce obesity and the risk of developing chronic conditions. This recommendation from the CDC is for all students. In addition, the obesity rate for children with a disability is 38 percent higher than for children without a disability.

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PLT4M and Lakeshore Foundation & NCHPAD Partnership

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Obesity, anxiety, depression, and behavioral issues are all at elevated rates. Student health and wellness are more at risk than ever before. More than 75% of students do not get the recommended 60 minutes of activity per day and suffer the consequences of inactivity. The solution is quality physical activity and physical education.

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Health Benefits Of Physical Education In Schools

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Instead, it helps to empower them with motor skills, physical literacy, and a vast array of other health and wellness tools to promote overall health. Less than 25% of children achieve the recommended 60 minutes of physical activity a day.

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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.”

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Physical Activity vs Physical Education

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Instead, physical education class is a place to develop motor skills, learn fundamental fitness skills, and explore different types of exercise. For example, many people expect physical education classes to be a place for constant and consistent vigorous physical activity.