How do they match: Adapted Physical Education Specialists

  • Professor
  • Services Education Specialist
  • Adapted Fitness Professional
  • Adapted PE Professor
  • Adapted Physical Education Professor
  • Associate Professor
  • Autism Resource and Education Specialist

  • Provide individualized physical education instruction or services to children, youth, or adults with exceptional physical needs due to gross motor developmental delays or other impairments.

  • Adapt instructional techniques to the age and skill levels of students.
  • Advise education professionals of students' physical abilities or disabilities and the accommodations required to enhance their school performance.
  • Attend in-service training, workshops, or meetings to keep abreast of current practices or trends in adapted physical education.
  • Evaluate the motor needs of individual students to determine their need for adapted physical education services.
  • Instruct students, using adapted physical education techniques, to improve physical fitness, gross motor skills, perceptual motor skills, or sports and game achievement.
  • Provide adapted physical education services to students with intellectual disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury, orthopedic impairments, or other disabling condition.

  • Attend training sessions or professional meetings to develop or maintain professional knowledge.
  • Collaborate with other professionals to develop education or assistance programs.