Training modules

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1. Introduction to the Project and the Training Module 1.1. Gantt chart of the Training Module 1.2. Timeline of the Training Module 2. 2 Days Round Tables 3. Methodology of training modules 4. Structure of the Training Module and its Outcomes 5. Presentation for the Training Module (4.0.) Instructions 4.1. Introduction Lecture 4.2. Theoretical and Practical Lecture – Target Groups: Persons with Disabilities and Their Families 4.3. Theoretical and Practical Lecture – Target Groups: Family Physicans 4.4. Theoretical and Practical Lecture – Target Groups: Physical Education Teachers (4.5.) Questionnaire 1. Introduction to the Project and the Training Module

What is Erasmus+ Sport project Change Your Mindset-Sport4Everyone?

• Sport and physical activity can be extremely valuable not only for participants’ physical and mental health, but also in the context of their social inclusion and integration. It also provides those with an opportunity to find and show their talents and challenge commonly-held stereotypes.

• The objective of the Erasmus+ Sport project of the European Union - Change Your Mindset-Sport4Everyone is raising awareness of the need for physical activity as the basis of a healthy lifestyle by including young people with disabilities in recreational sport activities.

• The project with a duration of 18 months (1 January 2017 – 30 June 2018) brings together eight partners from seven European countries: Austria, Croatia, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Serbia. What is a training module? • The intention of a designed modules is to increase knowledge and skills of young people with disabilities, their families, family physicians and elementary and high school physical education teachers regarding the necessity for young people with disabilities to participate in recreational sport activities in order to boost their physical, cognitive and social development. Who are target groups? • Young people with disabilities • Their family members, • Family physicians and • Elementary and high school (and universities) physical education teachers Who are experts? • Persons with a relevant experience in the field of kinesiology, medicine, physiotherapy, psychology and an athlete working in sport for persons with disabilities. When the training module will take place?

• Within the period from September 2017 to April 2018 (to be determined in due time). Methodology of training modules • Duration: 3 days • Participants: all the target groups • Number of participants: at least 10 participants per each target group • Who leads the training module: – Experts, – A role model athlete for persons with disabilities – A psychologist What do experts have to prepare? • Training module – publications/presentation from their field of expertise on the importance of sport for persons with disabilities. The aim is motivating all the target groups. • Experts are encouraged to prepare presentations with both theoretical and practical parts. – Outcomes: • Highlighting benefits of physical activity and its influence on the quality of life. • Personalised advices on improving health, prevention of chronic cardiovascular diseases, prevention and treatment of obesity • To add networking all the experts due to hollistic approach to this problem • Questionnaire Questionnaire • Through the analysis of the questionnaire, the experts will get a feedback from the target groups on prepared presentations. 2. 2 Days Round Tables Who is a target group? • Target groups of the project – Young people with disabilities – Their family members, – Family physicians and – Elementary and high school (and universities) physical education teachers • Decision makers (national, regional and local governments); • General public • Sport organisations • Media The structure of the event • Purpose: – Induce the dialog among decision and policy makers, stakeholders and the public about the importance of sport for persons with disabilities. – Promotion and invitation of participants to the training module. If the training module will be held prior to the round tables, they can reflect on the experience gained on the training module. 3. Structure of the Training Module and its Outcomes

Schedule of the training module Day one Day two Day three Participants: young people with Participants: family physicians Participants: Elementary and high disabilities and family members school (and universities) physical education teachers Location: to be determined in due Location: to be determined in due Location: to be determined in due time in accordance with partners’ time in accordance with partners’ time in accordance with partners’ preferences preferences preferences Date: to be determined in due time Date: to be determined in due time Date: to be determined in due time in accordance with partners’ in accordance with partners’ in accordance with partners’ preferences preferences preferences Who leads the program: experts, a Who leads the program: experts, a Who leads the program: experts, a psychologist and an athlete - role psychologist and an athlete - role psychologist and an athlete - role model in sport for people with model in sport for people with model in sport for people with disabilities disabilities disabilities

Continue on the next slide Schedule of the training module

Schedule* Day one Day two Day three (60’) Introduction Lecture (60’) Introduction Lecture (60’) Introduction Lecture Theoretical lecture about the importance Theoretical lecture about the importance Theoretical lecture about the importance of sport for persons with disabilities of sport for persons with disabilities of sport for persons with disabilities

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Target groups: persons with Target groups: family physicians Target groups: elementary and high disabilities and their family (n=10) school (and universities) physical members(n=10+10) education teachers (n=10) *During presentations, a psychologist and an athlete - role model in sport for people with disabilities will perform motivational speech(es) to inspire the audience for engaging in sport for people with disabilities. Outcomes of the Introduction Lecture:  Basic statistics on (sport) persons with disabilities at international and national/local level  Classification of the disability according to the International Paralympic Committee  Health benefits of practicing sport for persons with disabilities (draw attention to the type of disability)  Positive and negative effects  National legislations/strategies?  Rights of persons with disabilities Outcomes of the lecture: • What suggestions persons with disabilities should receive? – What to bring home after the lecture? • Young people with disabilities-  Get introduced with the importance of practicing sport for persons with disabilities  Get introduced with national legislations/strategies regarding sport for persons with disabilities  How their parents can provide support  How family physicians can provide support  How physical education (PE) teacher can provide support  Who to address in order to commence practicing sport – physicians, PE teachers, the website of the project and project partners, project’s mobile application (universal sport schools for persons with disabilities). Outcomes of the lecture: • What suggestions family members should receive? – What to bring home after the lecture? • Family members:  Get introduced with the importance of practicing sport for persons with disabilities  Get introduced with national legislations/strategies regarding sport for persons with disabilities  Steps who to support their children in everyday life

Outcomes of the lecture: • Injuries treatment, physiotherapy, kinesitherapy • What suggestions physicians should receive? – What to bring home after the lecture? • Get introduced with the importance of practicing sport for persons with disabilities • Get introduced with national legislations/strategies regarding sport for persons with disabilities • Steps how to engage persons with disabilities in sport – „Good” and „bad” sport activities per age groups: (preschool children), elementary school, high school, students, young persons up to 29 – Who to address in order to commence practicing sport – physicians, PE teachers, the website of the project and project partners, project’s mobile application (universal sport schools for persons with disabilities). Outcomes of the lecture: • Training approaches to persons with disabilities (kinesitherapy, development of the training programme, prevention of injuries) • What suggestions PE teachers should receive? – What to bring home after the lecture? • Get introduced with the importance of practicing sport for persons with disabilities • Get introduced with national legislations/strategies regarding sport for persons with disabilities • Steps how to engage persons with disabilities in sport – „Good” and „bad” sport activities per age groups: (preschool children), elementary school, high school, students, young persons up to 29 – Who to address in order to commence practicing sport – physicians, PE teachers, the website of the project and project partners, project’s mobile application (universal sport schools for persons with disabilities). • How to adapt PE class to students with disabilities in elementary schoold, high school, at university 4. Presentation for the Training Module*

*Experts are strongly advised to use this part of the presentation for their lectures!!!

Pripremio: Zagrebački šporstki savez osoba s invaliditetom [email protected] Instructions

• Experts are strongly advised to use this part of the presentation for their lectures. • Introduction Lecture – It is recommended to use information from following slides. It is not obligatory to use the whole text, but to rather get informed about them. It is up to experts to further develop the presentation, which should be according to outcomes and the concept of the Introduction Lecture. – The partner organisation should open the training module with a welcome speech. Afterwards, experts ought to take over the lead. They can discuss how to do the lecture(s): it can be only one expert talking or all three of them. Please bear in mind that an athlete role model and a psychologist will keep the motivational speech(es) as well. It is up to experts to decide what is the most appropriate.

4.1. Introduction Lecture Definition: Adaptive Sports* Adaptive sports also known as disability sports or parasports, are sports played by persons with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. As many disabled sports are based on existing able bodied sports, modified to meet the needs of persons with a disability, they are sometimes referred to as adapted sports. https://www.disabled-world.com/sports/

*It can be also called sport for persons/people with disabilities and further in this presentation we will use that term. Sport benefiting people’s lives • While sport has value in everyone's life, it is even more important in the life of a person with a disability. This is because of the rehabilitative influence sport can have not only on the physical body but also on rehabilitating people with a disability into society. Furthermore, sport teaches independence. Nowadays, people with a disability participate in high performance as well as in competitive and recreational sport. https://www.disabled-world.com/sports/ Classification of sport for persons with disabilities

• There are several classifications of sport for persons with disabilities as it is done by various organisations. • There are currently 28 sports on the Paralympic Programme (22 summer, 6 winter). Nine of these sports plus one non-Paralympic sport (Para alpine skiing, Para athletics, Para biathlon, Para cross-country skiing, Para ice hockey, Para powerlifting, shooting Para sport, Para swimming, Para dance sport) are governed by the IPC, hence they used to be called IPC Sports. https://www.paralympic.org/frequently-asked-questions https://www.paralympic.org/sports International Blind Sports Federation

List of sports • Alpine Skiing • Archery • Athletics • Chess • Football • Goalball • Judo • Ninepin Bowling = 16 sports • Powerlifting • Shooting • Showdown • Swimming • Tandem Cycling • Tenpin Bowling • Torball • Other sports www.ibsasport.org

International Wheelchair & mputee Sports Federation IWAS Sports • IWAS is the International Governing Body (IF) for the Paralympic Programme Sport of Wheelchair Fencing and also governs the sport of Powerchair Hockey. • The Federation has developed strong working relationships as its sports have moved from IWAS (ISMWSF/ISOD) to independency or IPC governance, to ensure that its membership and the sports still benefit from opportunity in the IWAS Games programme. http://www.iwasf.com/iwasf/ Special Olympics

• Special Olympics offers 30-plus Olympic-style individual and team sports that provide meaningful training and competition opportunities for persons with intellectual disabilities. This page presents coaching guides, rules, quick-start guides and more.

http://www.specialolympics.org/ About the ICSD The International Committee of Sports for the Deaf (ICSD) is the main governing body responsible for the organization of Deaflympics and other World Deaf Championships. Founded in 1924 and known as the CISS (Comité International des Sports des Sourds), the ICSD is now approaching the century mark of being the organization behind the building, evolving and fortifying the tradition of inviting deaf/hard of hearing elite athletes from all of the world to come together not only to compete in their respective sports, but to also develop comradeships between their countries.

https://www.deaflympics.com/ Other organisations promoting sport for persons with disabilities • Para archery (World Archery, https://worldarchery.org/Para-Archery) • Para-Badminton (Badminton World Federation, http://bwfcorporate.com/para-badminton) • Boccia (BISFed, www.bisfed.com) • Paracanoe (International Canoe Federation, www.canoeicf.com/discipline/paracanoe) • Para-cycling (International Cycling Union, www.uci.ch/para-cycling) • Para-Equestrian Dressage (International Equestrian Federation, www.fei.org/disciplines/para-equestrian-dressage) • Para-Rowing (World Rowing, www.worldrowing.com/para-rowing) • Sitting Volleyball (World Paravolley, www.worldparavolley.org) • Table Tennis (The International Table Tennis Federation, www.ipttc.com) • Para-Taekwondo (World Taekwondo Federation, www.worldtaekwondofederation.net) • Paratriathlon (International Triathlon Union, www.triathlon.org/paratriathlon) • Wheelchair Basketball (International Wheelchair Basketball Federation, www.iwbf.org) • Wheelchair rugby (Wheelchair Rugby Federation, www.iwrf.com) • Wheelchair tennis (International Tennis Federation, http://www.itftennis.com/wheelchair) • … Basic statistics on (sport) persons with disabilities at international and national/local level • The World Bank estimates that approximately 600 million people, or 10% of the world’s population, have disabilities and that 80% of these people live in the developing nations. • If families of persons with disabilities are included, at least 25% of the world is directly affected by disability. • In 2011, 44 million people in the EU-28 had basic activity difficulties and 35 million people had a disability in employment; • In 2012, 42 million people in the EU-27 were disabled. Basic statistics on (sport) persons with disabilities at international and national/local level • Add data from the national/local level! What is classification? Can you explain the classification system? • Classification is simply a structure for competition. Not unlike wrestling, boxing and weightlifting, where athletes are categorized by weight classes, athletes with a disability are grouped in classes defined by the degree of function presented by the disability. • Traditionally there are athletes who belong to six different disability groups in the Paralympic Movement: amputee, cerebral palsy, visual impairment, spinal injury, intellectual disability and a group which includes all those that do not fit into the aforementioned groups (les autres). • Sport classes are determined by a variety of processes that may include a physical and technical assessment and observation in and out of competition. The classes are defined by each sport and form part of the sport rules. • Classification is an ongoing process. When an athlete starts competing, they are allocated a sport class that may be reviewed throughout the athlete's career. Sports certify individuals to conduct the process of classification and these officials are known as classifiers.

https://www.paralympic.org/frequently-asked-questions Classification of the disability according to the International Paralympic Committee • Challenging the interests of para-sport is the threat of one sided and predictable competition, in which the least impaired athlete always wins. To prevent this, para- athletes are placed in categories for competition based on their impairment, these are called sport classes. The IPC classification system determines which athletes are eligible to compete in a sport and how athletes are grouped together for competition. This, to a certain extent, is similar to grouping athletes by age, gender or weight. • In para-sport, athletes are grouped by the degree of activity limitation resulting from the impairment. Different sports require athletes to perform different activities, such as: sprinting, propelling a wheelchair, rowing and shooting. As sports require different activities, the impact of the impairment on each sport also differs. Therefore, for classification to minimise the impact of impairment on sport performance, classification must be sport specific.

https://www.paralympic.org/classification Three steps of Classification

• Athletes are classified by classifiers, who work together in a classification panel of two or three. They are trained and certified by the International Federation. When evaluating an athlete, the classification panels always consider three questions, which are answered through the process of athlete evaluation: 1. Does the athlete have an eligible impairment for this sport? 2. Does the athlete’s eligible impairment meet the minimum disability criteria of the sport? 3. Which sport class describes the athlete’s activity limitation most accurately? https://www.paralympic.org/classification Health benefits of practicing sport for persons with disabilities - positive effects

At present there is sufficient evidence to show that those who live a physically active life can gain a number of health benefits, including the following: • A reduced risk of cardiovascular disease. • Prevention and/or delay of the development of arterial hypertension, and improved control of arterial blood pressure in individuals who suffer from high blood pressure. • Good cardio-pulmonary function. • Maintained metabolic functions and low incidence of type 2 diabetes. • Increased fat utilization which can help to control weight, lowering the risk of obesity. • A lowered risk of certain cancers, such as breast, prostate and colon cancer. • Improved mineralization of bones in young ages, contributing to the prevention of osteoporosis and fractures in older ages. • Improved digestion and regulation of the intestinal rhythm. • Maintenance and improvement in muscular strength and endurance, resulting in an increase in functional capacity to carry out activities of daily living. • Maintained motor functions including strength and balance. • Maintained cognitive functions and lowered risk of depression and dementia. • Lower stress levels and associated improved sleep quality. • Improved self-image and self-esteem and increased enthusiasm and optimism. • Decreased absenteeism (sick leave) from work. • In very old adults, a lower risk of falling and prevention or delaying of chronic illnesses associated with ageing. EU Physical Activity Guidelines, 2008 Health benefits of practicing sport for persons with disabilities - positive effects – persons with disabilities Studies show that adaptive sports provide numerous benefits including: • Less stress • More independence • Higher achievement in education and employment • Reduced dependency on pain and depression medication • Fewer secondary medical conditions (i.e., diabetes, hypertension)

https://www.disabled-world.com/sports/ Health benefits of practicing sport for persons with disabilities - negative effects – persons with disabilities

Quick Facts: Negative Attitudes in Sports • Stereotypes, attitudes, assumptions and perceptions often combine to create a stigma around people with disabilities. These barriers to sports participation can cause a disabled person to see himself as less worthy. This is especially true for disabled women. According to RightToPlay.com, only about 7 percent of women with disabilities exercise regularly or participate in any type of sport. • A wide range of sports have been adapted to be played by people with various disabilities, as well as several that are unique to disabled athletes. Within each movement, different sports are practiced at different levels; for example, not all sports in the Paralympic movement are part of the Paralympic Games. In addition, many sports are practiced by persons with a disability outside the formal sports movements.

https://www.disabled-world.com/sports/ Questionnaire

• Young People with Disabilities

 Are you introduced with the importance of practicing sport for persons with disabilities?  Are you introduced with national legislations/strategies regarding sport for persons with disabilities?  Are you informed how your parents or family can provide support in practicing physical activity?  Are you informed how family physicians can provide support in practicing physical activity?  Are you informed how physical education (PE) teacher can provide support in practicing physical activity?  Are you informed who to address in order to start practicing sport?

• Family Members  Are you introduced with the importance of practicing sport for persons with disabilities?  Are you introduced with national legislations/strategies regarding sport for persons with disabilities?  Are you informed with steps how to support (your) children with disabilities in everyday life?

• Physicians  Are you introduced with the importance of practicing sport for persons with disabilities?  Are you introduced with national legislations/strategies regarding sport for persons with disabilities?  Are you informed how to engage persons with disabilities in sport?

• PE teachers  Are you introduced with the importance of practicing sport for persons with disabilities?  Are you introduced with national legislations/strategies regarding sport for persons with disabilities?  Are you informed how to engage persons with disabilities in sport?