Children with disabilities have the right to
participate in extra-curricular and nonacademic activities just as children
without disabilities do. Along
with academic activities, schools usually offer extracurricular and nonacademic
activities, which typically involve students of the same age and may be
organized and supervised by school personnel. Examples of these activities
include the school yearbook and newspaper, school sports and recreational
activities, school clubs and special interest groups, lunch, recess, pep
rallies, assemblies, field trips, and school-sponsored after-school programs.
For children with disabilities who
qualify for special education, the child’s Individualized
Education Program (IEP) team, which
includes the parents, will determine the appropriate education for the child,
as well as the appropriate extracurricular and nonacademic activities.
Which school extracurricular activities does
your child participate in? Are there other activities you would like your child
to participate in?
My son doesn't participate in anything at this point, but we'll be looking at things in the fall. Right now he just does Cub Scouts (which is not school related). He has had problems in the past with school extracurriculars and being able to behave well enough to participate, so I'm not sure how that would work out for him without me also attending with him to supervise (which is what I need to do at Cub Scouts).
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