Adapted Physical Education

What is the Adapted Physical Education Specialist Credential?

The Adapted Physical Education Specialist Credential is a credential that you can add on to a Multiple Subject, Single Subject, or Education Specialist credential. It permits candidates to teach physical education to students with disabilities authorized by your credential.

Courses are designed to ensure that candidates have opportunities to develop a broad education and philosophical background on which to base their APE program decisions. The APE specialist credential may be added to an existing credential or earned concurrently with a credential.

The APE specialist credential is not a standalone credential, it must be added onto an existing Multiple Subject, Single Subject, or Education Specialist credential. Classes for the APE specialist credential can be taken concurrently with credential classes.

The program is offered by the: College of Education and Integrative Studies, Education Department and College of Science, Kinesiology and Health Promotion Department.

Prerequisites: If a non-Kinesiology major with a pedagogy option:

(1) Completion of the CSET with a passing score in the single subject area of physical education.

(2) Take Kinesiology core courses as prerequisites to the APE AA program.

Course Title	Units	Semesters
KIN 3030/L Physiology of Exercise	3/1	Fall/Spring
KIN 3040/L Introduction to Biomechanics	3/1	Fall/Spring
KIN 3620/A Motor Behavior	3/1	Fall/Spring
KIN 3550/A Physical Education Curriculum and Assessment	2/1	Fall/Spring

If a Kinesiology major with a pedagogy option, these are the classes required:

Course Title	Units	Semesters
KIN 2406S/AS Introduction to Students with a Disability	3/1	Fall
KIN 4050S/AS Adapted Physical Education Fieldwork	1/1	Fall/Spring
KIN 4310AS Student with Disabilities Field Experiences KIN 4310AS must be taken two times. Co-requisites: KIN 4330S and KIN 4340	1 (2x)	Fall/Spring
KIN 4320S Behavior Intervention and Support Plans in APE	3	Fall
KIN 4330S Motor Assessment Policies and Procedures in APE	3	Spring
KIN 4340 APE Program Development and Implementation	3	Fall
KIN 4360 Clinical Practice in Adapted Physical Education Not needed if completing single subject PE credential concurrently	3	Spring
KIN 4370 Adapted Physical Education Candidate Assessment	1	Spring

Additional Information

Please contact Dr. Lara Killick, Adapted Physical Education Program Coordinator, with further questions:

Location: Building 66, Room 218

Email: lkillick@cpp.edu.edu

Information about the Cal Poly Pomona Motor Development Clinic can be found here: Motor Development Clinic

Information about the SEEDS scholarship can be found here: SEEDS Scholarship