| Developmental
Adapted Physical Education (DAPE) is a special physical
education class which assists particular students with
improving their gross motor skills. A student in a wheelchair
is an example of a student who would benefit from DAPE.
During adapted physical education class, we practice the
gross motor skills of running, skipping, hopping and galloping.
We also practice skills such as balancing, throwing and
catching. Sometimes the rules of a game we play are changed
(adapted) to the students' needs, for example playing basketball
in a wheelchair. Two changes we make for this game are
lowering the basket and allowing all players to carry the
basketball in their lap while they move the wheelchair
with their hands. |
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