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Education & Training · Updated Aug 2026

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.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
59/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
47/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence81/100
Task coverage85%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Establish and maintain standards of behavior to create safe, orderly, and effective environments for learning.High
70
Provide students positive feedback to encourage them and help them develop an appreciation for physical education.High
61
Adapt instructional techniques to the age and skill levels of students.High
55
Instruct students, using adapted physical education techniques, to improve physical fitness, gross motor skills, perceptual motor skills, or sports and game achievement.High
53
Provide individual or small groups of students with adapted physical education instruction that meets desired physical needs or goals.High
54
Provide adapted physical education services to students with intellectual disabilities, autism, traumatic brain injury, orthopedic impairments, or other disabling condition.High
53
Maintain thorough student records to document attendance, participation, or progress, ensuring confidentiality of all records.High
62
Collaborate with other educational personnel to provide inclusive activities or programs for children with disabilities.High
70
Prepare lesson plans in accordance with individualized education plans (IEPs) and the functional abilities or needs of students.High
60
Evaluate the motor needs of individual students to determine their need for adapted physical education services.High
64
Communicate behavioral observations and student progress reports to students, parents, teachers, or administrators.High
58
Write reports to summarize student performance, social growth, or physical development.High
65
Advise education professionals of students' physical abilities or disabilities and the accommodations required to enhance their school performance.High
54
Assist in screening or placement of students in adapted physical education programs.High
62
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Establish and maintain standards of behavior to create safe, orderly, and effective environments for learning.70
  2. Collaborate with other educational personnel to provide inclusive activities or programs for children with disabilities.70
  3. Write reports to summarize student performance, social growth, or physical development.65
  4. Evaluate the motor needs of individual students to determine their need for adapted physical education services.64
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Establish and maintain standards of behavior to create safe, orderly, and effective environments for learning.01
  2. Provide students positive feedback to encourage them and help them develop an appreciation for physical education.02
  3. Adapt instructional techniques to the age and skill levels of students.03
  4. Instruct students, using adapted physical education techniques, to improve physical fitness, gross motor skills, perceptual motor skills, or sports and game achievement.04
  5. Provide individual or small groups of students with adapted physical education instruction that meets desired physical needs or goals.05
Where else this work leads

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency45
Physical dependency65
Adoption pressure37
Labour-market resilience68
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence81/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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