Sound Teaching Practices in Conducting a Physical Education Program for Persons with an Intellectual Disability

This paper presents key challenges reported by a
group of Australian undergraduate Physical Education students in
conducting a program for persons with an intellectual disability.
Strategies adopted to address these challenges are presented together
with representative feedback given by the Physical Education
students at the completion of the program. The significance of the
program’s findings is summarized.

• J. Young
• A. Brown
• L. Konjarski

• Adapted teaching
• persons with an intellectual disability.

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