Jobs / Education and social services / 25-2059.01
Adapted Physical Education Specialists
Provide individualized physical education instruction or services to children, youth, or adults with exceptional physical needs due to gross motor developmental delays or other impairments.
- US jobs
- 33,930 (SOC 25-2059 group, "Special Education Teachers, All Other")
- Median wage
- $76,580 a year
- Job family
- Education and social services
Can agents do the work of adapted physical education specialists?
We read the evidence at the level of the job family, Education and social services:
- Task levelUnexploredNo task-level benchmark in our collection tests teaching, counseling, or casework.
- Project levelPartialThin, adjacent evidence only. GDPval, which spans 44 occupations, is the one benchmark in our collection mapped here. OpenAI reports that GPT-5.5's deliverables won or tied against professionals' work in 84.9% of comparisons across all GDPval occupations. No benchmark tests work with students or clients.
Benchmarks for the job family
These cover work in education and social services, not always this occupation's tasks.
Typical tasks
From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.
- Provide adapted physical education services to students with intellectual disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury, orthopedic impairments, or other disabling condition.
- Provide students positive feedback to encourage them and help them develop an appreciation for physical education.
- Provide individual or small groups of students with adapted physical education instruction that meets desired physical needs or goals.
- Instruct students, using adapted physical education techniques, to improve physical fitness, gross motor skills, perceptual motor skills, or sports and game achievement.
- Write reports to summarize student performance, social growth, or physical development.
- Evaluate the motor needs of individual students to determine their need for adapted physical education services.
- Establish and maintain standards of behavior to create safe, orderly, and effective environments for learning.
- Collaborate with other educational personnel to provide inclusive activities or programs for children with disabilities.
- Adapt instructional techniques to the age and skill levels of students.
- Assist in screening or placement of students in adapted physical education programs.
- Maintain thorough student records to document attendance, participation, or progress, ensuring confidentiality of all records.
- Prepare lesson plans in accordance with individualized education plans (IEPs) and the functional abilities or needs of students.
Other job titles for this occupation (22)
Adapted Aquatics Instructor · Adapted Physical Activity Specialist · Adapted Physical Educator · APE Consultant (Adapted Physical Education Consultant) · APE Instructional Specialist (Adapted Physical Education Instructional Specialist) · APE Teacher (Adapted Physical Education Teacher) · Certified Adapted Physical Educator · DAPE Specialist (Developmental Adapted Physical Education Specialist) · DAPE Teacher (Developmental Adapted Physical Education Teacher) · PE Teacher (Physical Education Teacher) · Adapted Fitness Professional · Adapted Physical Education Aide · Adaptive PE Specialist (Adaptive Physical Education Specialist) · Adaptive PE Teacher (Adaptive Physical Education Teacher) · Adaptive Physical Educator · Adaptive Skills Educator · Autism Motor Specialist · Certified Adaptive Physical Educator · Developmental Physical Educator · Movement Education Specialist · PE Provider (Physical Education Provider) · PE Specialist (Physical Education Specialist)