Physical Education for People with Special Needs (Adaptive Physical Culture)

Our graduates organize and manage training and competitive activities of athletes with special needs in schools, community clubs, recreation institutions, health institutions, etc.

Curriculum:
Theory and Methodology of Physical Education, Adaptive Physical Education, Developmental Psychology, Motor Activity and Teaching Methods, Anatomy, Physiology, Biomechanics, General Pathology.

The main disciplines are Pathology, Psychology of Disease, Age-Related Psychopathology, Physical Rehabilitation, Massage, Special Pedagogy, Adaptive Physical Education, Methodology of Adaptive Physical Education, etc.

Careers and opportunities:
• any educational institutions that have students with special needs;
• specialized educational institutions, e.g. boarding schools for children with developmental disabilities, orphanages, neuropsychiatric dispensaries, remedial classes and kindergartens, etc.;
• sports schools and clubs for children with special needs;
• health and fitness and rehabilitation centers, medical institutions, sanatoriums, etc.

A teacher of adaptive physical education and sports can organize physical education and sports activities for people with special needs; organize and manage competitions for athletes with special needs; provide methodological support for organizations of physical education and sports for people with special needs, etc.