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Article: Accommodating students with severe disabilities in regular physical education: extending traditional skill stations.
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- Palaestra
- Article date:
- September 22, 1993
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The current trend is special education
is to place most all children, including those with severe disabilities, not only in regular schools but to fully integrate them in all regular education activities (Giangreco & Putnam, 1991; Stainback & Stainback, 1990). As a direct result of this trend, ever increasing numbers of students with disabilities are being placed in regular physical education (Aufsesser, 1991: Grosse, 1991). While the debate continues as to appropriateness of integrating all students with disabilities into regular physical education (cf. Grosse, 1991; Lavay & DePaepe, 1987), the reality is that many physical educators are being asked or told ...