Pires, Pedro Rui InêsMesquita, HelenaBatista, MarcoHonório, SamuelSerrano, JoãoMachado, TiagoIbáñez, Sergio J.2020-09-152020-09-152019Pires, P., Mesquita, H., Batista, M., Honório, S., Serrano, J., Machado, T. & Ibañez, S. (2019). Adapted sports: an experience for initial skills development of sport professionals. Proceedings of the International Seminar of Physical Education, Leisure and Health; Castelo Branco, Portugal. (2019). Journal of Human Sport and Exercise, 14(4proc), S1574-S1576. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2019.14.Proc4.82. pp. 1574-1576.1988-5202http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/7247The lack of specific training in Adapted Sports in Portugal is an obvious reality and according to this context, the Polytechnic of Castelo Branco, through their School of Education presents in the study plan of the bachelor’s degree of Sports and Physical Activity, the specialization of Sport for People with Disabilities. One of the Curricular Units (CU) included in the study plan is Adapted Sports, where several practical and collaborative methodologies are used. A questionnaire was address to 30 students with the purpose of evaluating the teacher’s performance and the importance of functional and practical dynamism of this Curricular Unit. The teaching methodologies used are highly appreciated by the students, as confirmed by the results of the curricular unit evaluation (mean 5.62) as well as the teacher’s performance (mean 5.66), for a maximal evaluation of 6. This CU also aims to sensitize the entire academic community to Adapted Sports, in order to develop workshops and continuous training in this field.engAdapted sportsCurricular unitEvaluation of the study planCollaborative methodologiesjournal articlehttps://doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2019.14.Proc4.82