In-Service Teachers and Attention to Students with Physical Disability: Training, Concerns and Needs

The purpose of the study was to delve into the trainingof an in-service Physical Education Teachers (PET) inschools where students with a physical disability attend,their concerns and needs, as well as the relationship withother professionals. The participants were 57 in-serviceteachers and 3 physiotherapists (PT). The data were gathered from questionnaires from all the teachers and an interview of 8 PET and 3 PT. The results indicate they need to improve their training, and, in varying degrees, in suchareas as certain sports, learning tasks and curriculum adaptations. The study reveals PT ensure that exercises areconducted which benefit students with disability and notthose types which are designed for non-disabled students.Furthermore, teachers perception of a lack of training results in feeling unable to deal with students with disability,and becoming dependent on the PT.

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