Also called: APE Teacher, Adaptive PE Specialist
Designs PE classes so students with disabilities can exercise, play sports, and build motor skills.
An adapted PE teacher might teach a wheelchair user to play basketball, work with a student with autism on catching a ball, and travel between several schools in a day.
Estimate based on BLS special education teachers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 5 years after high school. Bachelor's in physical education plus an adapted PE certification (CAPE).
Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Kinesiology, Physical Education, Special Education.
Growing slowly (about 0% over 10 years). Steady; federal law requires PE access for students with disabilities.
Low risk for 10 years. AI may help design adapted games; teaching wheelchair basketball and motor skills in person stays human.
Classes: Physical education, Anatomy and physiology, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-2059.
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