Adaptive Physical Education

Overview

UW-Superior’s adaptive physical education certificate program prepares you to teach individuals with disabilities and design individualized programs. Through your coursework combined with enriching experiences working with individuals with disabilities, you will gain knowledge about adapted physical education topics. These include human development, motor behavior, exercise science, instructional design, unique attributes of learning, measurement, curriculum development and teaching. 

You will also engage in an off-site practicum working with K-12 students with disabilities and adults with disabilities in various community programs.

This set of courses meets Wisconsin certification requirements for the K-12 Adapted Physical Education (APE) (860) supplementary license when paired with the K-12 physical education major. Licensure requires completion of the teacher certification coursework and one semester of student teaching. 

Unique Opportunities

• Learn from experienced APE faculty with diverse educational backgrounds.
• Learn about different content areas of APE and engage in APE practicum.
• UW-Superior education programs do not have an enrollment cap, meaning there is no limit on the number of qualified students we accept.

The APE program is vital for those wanting to work in any education field. This program has helped me learn more about how to help persons with disabilities in the community. I can also connect the APE courses to my major and minor. 

Jessica Jacobson,

Physical Education, Health Education, Coaching