ADAPTIVE SPORTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN THE BINA GRAHITA HARAPAN IBU PADANG SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

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Children with special needs are extraordinary children with different physical, mental, or social development from normal child movement development, with conditions requiring special assistance to reach the maximum movement developmental stage. The World Health Organization predicts about 7% of The world's child population is children with special needs. Children with special needs have problems in functioning sensory, motor, learning processes, and behavior. This problem resulted in disruption of the child's physical development. Children with special needs are provided an opportunity to be physically active through various sports and games. Sports are used as a means to help children develop and grow. Community Service Activities aim to increase further the role of teachers and coaches in supervising children with special needs to do adaptive sports and motivating children with special needs for routine and enthusiasm to do adaptive exercise. Service activities society held 27 – 28 May 2023 at House Social Bina Grahita Harapan Ibu Padang with methods lectures and demonstrations to 7 teachers and coaches and 45 children with special needs. The results of the activities of teachers and coaches increase knowledge, and children with special needs are more enthusiastic about doing adaptive sports. It is hoped that teachers and coaches will consistently implement and supervise the implementation of adaptive sports for children with special needs