Author(s)

Clévia Fernanda Sies Barboza¹, Alex Sandro Lins Ramos¹, Paula Alvarez Abreu², Helena Carla Castro^1*

¹Laboratório de Antibióticos Bioquímica, Ensino e Modelagem Molecular (LabieMol), Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Campus Valonguinho, Niterói, Brazil.
²Laboratório de Modelagem Molecular e Pesquisa em Ciências Farmacêuticas, Instituto de Biodiversidade e Sustentabilidade, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Macaé, Brazil.

Human development encompasses a relationship between genetics and environment factors including affective, social, cognitive and motor development. Physical activity can reduce the risk of several diseases also stimulating health promotion, feelings expression, formation of critical awareness, autonomy development, motivation for study and others. In case of deaf students, physical education also has other benefits, including social inclusion. Many challenges need to be overcome on adapted physical education for deaf students such as the lack of bilingual teachers and also the lack of specific signs of some important words for physical education. Herein we reviewed the benefits of physical activity for deaf children, highlighting some adaptations for helping on teaching and learning and development of this public.

Deafness, Inclusion, Physical Activity, Physical Education, Teaching

Barboza, C. , Ramos, A. , Abreu, P. and Castro, H. (2019) Physical Education: Adaptations and Benefits for Deaf Students. Creative Education, 10, 714-725. doi: 10.4236/ce.2019.104053.