The article outlines the psychological and pedagogical features of the physical education of children with disabilities. It is noted that over the past 5 years in Kazakhstan the number of disabled people has increased by 7.5% and currently amounts to 674200. 86956 are people under the age of 18 years, of which 90% are children under the age of 16. The authors describe the features of the motor-mental development of children with visual, hearing, speech, musculoskeletal and nervous system disorders. Information is presented on the methods of adaptive physical education of children with various developmental and health disorders. The requirements to the professional competence of the teacher-trainer of educational organizations in the field of adaptive physical education for working with children with special educational needs are proposed.