%0 Journal Article %T Description of Paralympic Athletic Talent Development Environment %J Journal of Research in Rehabilitation Sciences %I Isfahan University of Medical Sciences %Z 1735-7519 %A Mahmodi, Sahar %A Badami, Rokhsareh %A Meshkati, Zohreh %A Nazari, Rasol %D 2018 %\ 11/01/2018 %V 14 %N 5 %P 296-302 %! Description of Paralympic Athletic Talent Development Environment %K Environment %K Talent %K Development %K Athlete %K Disabled %R 10.22122/jrrs.v14i5.3359 %X Introduction: The contemporary studies seek to describe the appropriate environments for athletic talent development by changing procedure instead of talent identification, which is a tedious process that sometimes does not yield the desirable result. Accordingly, some studies have described the athletic talent development environment, but only a few studies have described Paralympic athletic talent development environment. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to describe Para-Asian and Paralympic athletic talent development environment.Materials and Methods: The current research was a descriptive-correlational study. The study participants consisted of 150 athletes (46 women and 104 men) who participated in the teenage and youth Para-Asian and Paralympic games between the years 2014-2018. The participants were selected using convenience sampling method. In this study, Talent Development Environment Questionnaire for Sport was used. This questionnaire comprises seven subscales: “long-term development focus”, “quality preparation”, “communication”, “understanding the athlete”, “support network”, “challenging and supportive environment”, and “long-term development fundamentals”. The obtained data were analyzed using one-sample t test.Results: The means of the four subscales of “long-term development focus” (P = 0.001), “communication” (P = 0.001), “challenging and supportive environment” (P = 0.001), and “long-term development fundamentals” (P = 0.001), were higher than average. The means of the two subscales of “support network” (P = 0.450) and “understanding the athlete” (P = 0.360) were at a moderate level. The mean of “quality preparation” (P = 0.035) was less than average.Conclusion: In talent development environment for athletes with disability, more attention should be paid to providing the athletes with continuous and always-available support of coaching staff as well as services and facilities. Additionally, the coaches should pay more attention to the athlete’s physical and mental health; so that the athlete feels his/her health is important to the coach. %U https://jrrs.mui.ac.ir/article_17093_e1f189e6d7001fea40232a324605b07c.pdf