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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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Lakeshore Foundation’s adapted recreation, sport, fitness and aquatics programs serve people locally, nationally and internationally. Obesity, anxiety, depression, and behavioral issues are all at elevated rates. Lakeshore houses the CDC-funded National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability (NCHPAD).

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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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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. Physical education programs should be: Quality – PE programs are more than just playing sports and “rolling out the ball.”

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Physical Activity vs Physical Education

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For example, if they participate in sports, marching band, or prove they participate in some other type of physical activity, they don’t have to take PE. So again, while sports are great opportunities for older students to participate in physical activity, they should not completely replace physical education classes.