Special Education Services
Plano Independent School District

Adapted physical education is an instructional service provided to students who are
eligible for special education services and who demonstrate a need for modified or accommodated physical education
services. Adapted PE is an individualized program of developmental activities, exercises, games and rhythms and sport
that are aligned with the TEKS. The TEKS are modified or accommodated to meet the unique physical needs
of the individual with a disability.

A.P.E. is an active program of physical activity rather than a sedentary alternative program. The goal of adapted physical
education is similar to the goal of physical education in general; i.e., to enhance the movement capabilities of students.
Content of instruction typically includes activities designed to develop and maintain functional levels of health-related physical fitness, acquire appropriate motor patterns and skills, and skills in individual and group games and sports.

A referral for an evaluation for A.P.E. services can be made during the referral process or at some time after the student's
eligibility has been established. The referral may be made by a teacher, by the parent, or by anyone with an educational
interest in the student.

The evaluator is an adapted physical education teacher who is skilled in procedures for a functional assessment of the student in the psychomotor domain and who will, in turn, make a recommendation to the A.R.D. committee regarding whether regular or specially designed physical education classes will best fit the student's needs.

Plano ISD has four adapted physical education teachers who serve students from kindergarten through senior
high school. They are: