Manoel Osmar Seabra Junior

Coordinator of the postgraduate program in education at UNESP in Presidente Prudente. Professor in Research Methodologies in Special Education (2022). Postdoctoral fellow (2016) at The College at Brockport State University of New York. PhD in Education (2008) from the São Paulo State University Júlio de Mesquita Filho (Unesp), Marília-SP Campus. Master in Physical Education and Adaptation (1995) from the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). Specialist in Human Development and Motor Skills (1991), from Unesp in Rio Claro -SP. Graduated in Physical Education (1989) from Unesp in Bauru- SP. Currently (since 2010) he is a professor at the Department of Physical Education at Unesp and at the Postgraduate Program in Education (Masters and Doctorate) at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Presidente Prudente (33004129044P6). Leader of the Research Group in Assistive Technology Motor Activity and Adaptation at Unesp in Presidente Prudente _ SP. Researcher in the Physical and Sensory Disabilities group at Unesp / Marília-SP. Member of the International Research Network "Difference, Inclusion and Education" - CAPES / PRINT (Call PROPG 02/2019 Proc. AUXPE No. 88881.310517 / 2018-01). Integral Member of the Project Team Observatory of Support Networks for School Inclusion (call CNPq -40 / 2022). Coordinator of the Nucleus (2022/2024) of Physical Education with the Institutional Program of Scientific Initiation Scholarship for Teaching Pibid-Capes-Unesp, contemplated by call 23/2022 from Capes. Editor of the ADAPTA Magazine. Coordinator of the Laboratory of Studies and Research in Assistive Technology, School Inclusion and Adaptation (LETAIA/FCT/Unesp). Contemplated in the CAPES/2024 Internationalization Call, he participated as a Senior Guest Professor at the University of Coimbra Portugal, where he organized the Brazil-Portugal event on Assistive Technology and the respective discipline in the Postgraduate Program, in addition to projects, application panels for Technological Development and a Sandwich Doctorate for his students. He was contemplated in 2023 and 2024 by the following calls: FAPESP Technological Development, for the creation and development of a Multidisciplinary Center for Assistive Technology; in the CNPq-Universal Call - Contemplated for the development of an International Multidisciplinary Repository for Assistive Technology and; contemplated in the PROPe Notice 14/2024 - Pro-Rector of Research at Unesp, in the USP, UNESP and UNICAMP Agreement, as Support for research in Assistive Technology for Implementation of Digital Accessibility Resources in electronic educational games. Works in the area of #8203;#8203;Special Education with an emphasis on Adapted Motor Activity, Inclusion and development of Assistive Technology through intervention studies in pedagogical practice or educational situations (such as access, participation and educational learning) of teachers and other actors in the educational environment and/or through table/board games and/or virtual games aimed at students in Special Education. The research aims at autonomy and functional independence, using methodological techniques of Special Education, from the perspective of collaborative work or collaborative therapeutic or educational partnership. He was Vice-President (2014-2017) of the Brazilian Society of Adapted Motor Activity (Sobama). He has experience in Distance Education (EaD). He was a Class Advisor (OT) in the blended Pedagogy course at the Virtual University of the State of São Paulo (Univesp) in partnership with Unesp. He worked as a Specialist in the area of #8203;#8203;Physical Disability in the Specialization courses in Special and Inclusive Education of the São Paulo Teacher Training Network (Redefor) - Unesp / NEaD / Efap / SEE. He was a Member of the Permanent Accessibility Committee (2012 -2016) (CPA) of FCT / Unesp. (ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8429-2180) (Scopus Author ID: 55791596900). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)