Federal law mandates that physical education be provided to students with disabilities and defines Physical Education as the development of:  Physical and motor skills  Fundamental motor skills and patterns (throwing, catching, walking, running, etc)  Skills in aquatics, dance, and individual and group games and sports (including intramural and lifetime sports)

 Students who may have limitations to the their learning experience.  It may be a physical or intellectual disability.  Adapted P.E. is Physical Education modified to the students needs and capabilities.

Softball  Students who have fine motor prohibitions may have trouble throwing a softball at a target.  In adapted P.E. I will work at a slow pace to help students with hand and eye coordination.  Include fun introduction games to help improve skills.  Practice, Practice, Practice.

 Students will be able to throw and catch softball.  Goal- to play an organized softball game.

 1. Look at target › (Where do I want my object to go?)  2. Using dominant arm adjust body back lifting dominant leg.  3. Release object while moving forward and landing on dominant foot.

 Start with bean bags.  Each student will get five bean bags.  Goal- Get two bean bags in bucket.

 Athletic Stance-

 Bend knees

 Look at person with object  Ball, bean bag, balloon

 Let person with object know you are ready.

 Extend arms (Reach out) to grab object and bring it into your body.

HUG BALL

 Students will be grouped in partners-  Or work with one on one teacher.  They can toss bean bags to each-other  Then toss different materials: Balloons Squishy balls Volleyballs Softballs

The Adapted Physical Education program is developmentally appropriate physical education. It is adapting, modifying, and/or changing a physical activity so it is as appropriate for the person with a disability as it is for a person without a disability.