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Article: Are children with disabilities receiving appropriate physical education?
- Article from:
- Teaching Exceptional Children
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Council for Exceptional Children Jan/Feb 1999. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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The IEP team should decide what constitutes an appropriate physical education program, as determined by each individual child s age, unique needs, interests, parental interests, and what is available and popular in physical education and community recreation programs.
Did you know that physical education services, specially designed if necessary, must be made available to every child with a disability receiving a free appropriate public education? Physical education has been required since 1975, when Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (known as the EHA), was enacted. It has remained an essential part of special education services through the many ...