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Article: Yes! Physical education is a direct service.
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- Palaestra
- Article date:
- June 22, 1997
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I applaud the editorial, Is Physical Education a Direct or Related Educational Service? seen in the Winter (13:1) issue of Palaestra. As a retired special education teacher for students with disabilities, a lifelong adapted aquatics specialist, and the sibling of someone with disabilities, I have experienced the many challenges of ensuring direct physical education services for persons with disabilities.
Prior to inclusion and LRE philosophy taking hold, I taught aquatics for eight years at a school for students with multiple disabilities, ages three to twenty-two, from 1983 to 1991. Everyone had opportunities with IEPs to participate in Beginner, Advanced ...