STUDY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL EXERCISE IN THE RECOVERY AND SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF PUPILS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Children in the category of people with special needs must, because they have the right, beneϐit from an educational approach that ensures their development and recovery, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, social integration or reintegration under non-discriminatory conditions regarding capabilities, skills, abilities or personality. The study aims to integrate knowledge, methods, forms and means speciϐic to the ϐield of motion science into activities that are meant to optimize health status, growth and physical development and the possibilities for their recovery and social integration of the children with special needs The study took place in the on a group of 10 students and 26 teachers and physiotherapists. Methods that are part of the category of those speciϐic to the educational ϐield were used, namely: scientiϐic documentation, observation, pedagogical experiment, opinion questionnaire, statistical-mathematical processing, graphic representation. Considering the heterogeneity of the subjects, following the application of the physical exercise program and the tests of evaluation of the motricity, an appreciable progress is observed in 8 of them, which represents 80%; for the remaining 20%, the progress made does not change the status of people with a low level of motor ability, namely speed, strength and endurance.