INTRODUCTION: One of the challenges delegates to train teachers of physical therapy professionals who is particularly knowledgeable in the approach to the child, in order to promote environmental strategies and social development potential of children. OBJECTIVE: To interrogate the teaching and learning of physical therapy applied to the child, in physiotherapy courses of Alagoas State, Brazil. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Exploratory, descriptive, constructed from a qualitative and quantitative approach, conducted with teachers responsible for teaching and graduates of the State Physical Therapy. The procedure adopted is a documentary analysis of the syllabus of the course, using a questionnaire scale Lirket students and interviews with teachers, following the core direction positioners for content analysis. RESULTS: It was perceived that the teaching of Physical Therapy in Alagoas State applied to the child suffers the consequences of explosive growth in the number of courses, which occurred in the last decade, demonstrates the traditional physical therapy practices, focused on the disease, among these the neurological and respiratory problems. Teachers with teacher training have demonstrated, active methodologies and initiatives integral vision of children's health. CONCLUSION: Faculty and graduates suggest changes in the educational project, with anticipation of expansion and practical experiences, adding new content and expanding the disciplinary workload, changes in teaching method with amplification of questioning in teaching and more institutional support for these changes, implementation of actions inter-and multidisciplinary, improvements in theoretical-practical articulation.
Teaching; Physical therapy Child health
