APENS 14 Ethics

Related service personnel who work closely with adapted physical educators:

• Need to have taken a course in adapted physical education

• Need to be credentialed in their field

• Need to have taken a course in general physical education

• Need to know the standards of the adapted physical education profession

Adapted physical educators should:

• Advocate for professional preparation standards aligned with APENS

• Advocate for the SHAPE America standards for adapted physical educators

• Advocate for the state professional preparation standards

• Advocate for the adapted physical activity council

The organization responsible for developing and implementing standards for adapted physical educators is:

• National Consortium for Physical Education for Individuals with Disabilities (NCPEID)

• Society of Health and Physical Educators (SHAPE) America

• National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE)

• Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)

The professional standard by which general physical educators can profess an ability to work with individuals with disabilities is:

• The ability to assess students with disabilities

• The establishment of successful programs in adapted physical education

• A passing score on the Adapted Physical Education National Standards Examination

• The knowledge of how to develop programs in adapted physical education

Adapted physical educators should maintain high professional standards to:

• Further research and development in the field of adapted physical education

• Prepare individuals with disabilities for competition in Special Olympics

• Ensure quality instruction in physical and motor skills, games and sports, aquatics, and rhythm and dance for individuals with disabilities

• Stand apart from educational development of individuals with disabilities

The information discussed in an eligibility meeting must be:

• Distributed to all interested school personnel

• Confidential among the teachers at the meeting

• Available for all the other teachers

• Written into a report and placed in the student’s folder

Adapted physical educators should maintain high professional standards by:

• Developing and maintaining a strong adapted physical education program

• Convincing others that adapted physical educators are knowledgeable

• Helping parents appreciate the importance of adapted physical education

• Impressing on administrators the unique role and importance of adapted physical education

When dealing with students with disabilities, parents, surrogates, advocates, and other professionals, adapted physical educators:

• Need to control the future of all the parties involved

• Should provide an atmosphere of open communication among all parties involved

• Are allowed to do whatever they want

• Should show the other parties involved how to work with the individuals with disabilities even in the area of academics

Adapted physical educators contribute to the development of other professionals by:

• Talking to other professionals about physical education

• Writing individualized education programs (IEPs) for their students

• Discussing with parents the IEPs of students taught by other teachers

• Presenting papers and professional literature at conferences

Adapted physical educators continually improve and upgrade their skills by:

• Attending conferences in APE

• Presenting at conferences in APE

• Taking courses in APE

• All of the above