Disability or not? PE class

[sybbie719]

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The third option is to continue arguing with the school. Than my D. won’t have PE at all.

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<p>This is just cutting your nose to spite your face. The only person hurt in this scenario will be your child who will not meet the graduation requirements.</p>

<p>In some states PE is no longer waived even if the student has a disability. Since it is a requirement for graduation (check the policy in your state) your state will list how much PE is needed to meet the graduation requirement.</p>

<p>California states the following:</p>

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<p>Legal Requirements for Middle and High School Physical Education</p>

<p>All students in grades 7-12 must receive a minimum of 400 minutes of physical education instruction every 10 school days. (Education Code Section 51222)</p>

<p>Local school boards may exempt students from any two years of physical education in grades 10, 11, or 12.</p>

<p>Beginning in July 2007, students must pass the physical performance test administered in grade 9 to receive the two year exemption. (Education Code Section 51241)</p>

<p>If exempted, students must be provided a variety of physical education elective courses. (Education Code Section 51222) </p>

<p>The variety of programs to be offered:</p>

<p>General physical education - requires a variety of facilities to provide required course content and instruction.</p>

<p>Elective physical education - may require the use of a single facility for the duration of the course. Weightlifting and aerobics are common examples.</p>

<p>Modified physical education - courses that meet the needs of students with temporary conditions that restrict their participation in general physical education. Requires the use of a variety of facilities, typically a smaller class size.</p>

<p>Adapted physical education - courses that meet the needs of students with disabilities. This program may incorporate specialized equipment that is not shared with the general program.</p>

<p>[Physical</a> Education Guidelines Middle & High School - School Facility (CA Dept of Education)](<a href=“http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/fa/sf/peguidemidhi.asp]Physical”>Physical Education Guidelines Middle & High School - School Facility Design (CA Dept of Education))

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<p>I think that we can all agree based on what you wrote that your daughter needs adaptive PE (even if she “claims” a disability, which she has, she will be given adaptive PE) vs modified PE because her condition is not temporary. </p>

<p>If there is a doctors note in the health file, you need to give permission for the GC to have a copy (for programming) and that the PE teacher gets a copy with the modifications that your daughter needs.</p>

<p>She will most likely be placed in adaptive PE for her own safety and the school’s. However, neither you or she get a say in how the adaptive PE is carried out. In some schools kids with adaptive PE are placed in a different class from general PE because those classes tend to be smaller in order for the teacher to effectively monitor the students. </p>

<p>General PE along with Band and Chorus tend to be the largest classes in the school where there can easily be 50+ students in the class (California caps at 40 students).</p>

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PE teacher wants to have a general release. His position is simple “either she participates in the class activities like everyone else, and is graded like everyone else, or she should claim disability and be in the class with disabled kids.”

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<p>In this case, the teacher is right and if it is a gen ed class, he just wants to teach to the class and the administration will most likely back the teacher. In your house, you will have to choose your battles; since your child needs adaptive PE, she will most likely be placed in the class with other SWD, especially if it is a programming issue. The big challenge is that the school has made the accommodation for your D, but it seems like it is not the accommodation that she wants.</p>