What is DAPE?

Developmental Adapted Physical Education (DAPE)

Specially designed physical education instruction and services for students with disabilities who have a substantial delay or disorder in physical development.
It is special education instruction for pupils age three through 21 and includes development of physical fitness, motor fitness, fundamental motor skills and patterns, skills in aquatics, dance, individual and group games, or sports.

Reference: MNDAPE Website or the MN DAPE Manual found on the "For Teachers" page

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What do we do in DAPE?

Gross motor skill development
Modified games/activities
Lifetime Activities
Fitness
Sportsmanship
Teamwork
Cooperation

How do we service students in DAPE?

Pull-out: Small groups in a controlled environment
Push-in: DAPE teacher co-teaches with general PE teacher
Unified Physical Education: Students with and without disabilities partner to participate in physical education

How does a student qualify for DAPE services?

Student must meet criteria in items A and B

Part A

Student has one of the following disabilities:

Autism Spectrum Disorder
Blind and Visually Impaired
Deaf/blind
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Developmental Delay (3-6)
Developmental Cognitive Disability
Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
Other Health Disability
Physically Impaired
Severely Multiply Impaired
Specific Learning Disability
Traumatic Brain Injury

Part B

1). Student's performance on an appropriately selected norm-referenced psychomotor or physical fitness instrument is 1.5 standard deviation or more below the mean. The instrument must be individually administered by appropriate licensed teachers.

-OR-

2). Student's development or achievement and independence in school, home, and community settings is inadequate to allow success in the regular physical education program as supported by written documentation from two or more of the following:

Skill Checklists
Informal Tests
Criterion-referenced measures
Deficits in achievement related to defined curriculum
Medical history or reports
Parent and Staff Interviews
Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Assessments
Systematic Observations

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