Development of professional competencies in people with disabilities for the practice of Sports Training: A view from the Andrés case

Abstract

The research exposes the results of a case study, taking as a unit of analysis a student of the Higher Technology in Sports Training with Down Syndrome career, who arrives with extensive skills in swimming and body expression. The investigative dynamics started from a diagnostic phase where a psychopedagogical analysis of the intellectual potentialities and limitations was carried out, used as a reference to develop a psychopedagogical strategy that would allow the development of professional skills, the proposal was built inductively through workshops with the participation of teachers involved; Actions were defined for curricular adaptations and levels of aid adjusted to the student’s needs. Three cuts were applied in the evaluation of the variable under study, placing each one at the end of the ordinary academic periods (PAO), each period with 16 weeks. The results of the three moments were contrasted using the Friedman non-parametric test, it is found that between the first and second PAO there are no significant differences, however, between the first and third PAO the significance of the changes showed that p = .001, as it is less than the preset value (p