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Article: Rural adapted physical education: an inservice training approach.
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- Palaestra
- Article date:
- September 22, 1990
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RURAL ADAPTED PHYSICAL EDUCATION: AN INSERVICE TRAINING APPROACH
The past fifteen years have witnessed emergence of adapted physical education as a fundamental education service for disabled children. Enactment of federal and state legislation, federally funded research, and graduate training programs have enabled adapted physical education to establish parity with teachers of special education. However, in many years, adapted physical education is misunderstood, unappreciated, or even viewed as frivolous or possibly unnecessary. In addition, there appears to be much variation in delivery of adapted physical education services across the nation. For instance, ...