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Overview
Opens sport to disabled participants through adapted technique, equipment, classification awareness and genuinely inclusive session design. Practical and participant-led.
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Aims of the Course
- Adapt activities for a range of impairments
- Select and use adaptive equipment confidently
- Design inclusive sessions and competitions
- Work with participants to remove barriers
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Course Structure
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Inclusion Principles
- Social model of disability in sport
- Barriers to participation
- Person-centred coaching
- Language and respectful practice
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Impairment Awareness
- Physical and mobility impairments
- Visual and hearing impairments
- Learning disability and neurodivergence
- Long-term health conditions
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Adaptation Skills
- Adapting rules, space and equipment
- Seated and wheelchair activity
- Communication adaptations
- Progression for all abilities
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Adaptive Equipment
- Wheelchairs and frames in sport
- Hand cycles and adaptive cycles
- Throwing and striking adaptations
- Maintenance and safe use
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Inclusive Competition
- Classification awareness
- Parallel and integrated formats
- Coaching para-athletes
- Safeguarding and medical considerations
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Session Project
- Design an inclusive programme
- Deliver a session
- Gather participant feedback
- Review and adapt
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Learning Outcomes
- 01Adapt a sport across three impairment groups
- 02Deliver an inclusive session with mixed abilities
- 03Use adaptive equipment safely and appropriately
- 04Apply the social model to session design
- 05Evaluate participation barriers with participants
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Assessment
- Inclusive programme design
- Observed adapted session
- Reflective inclusion portfolio
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Entry Requirements
- Coaching or fitness background helpful
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Progression and Careers
- Inclusive sport coach
- Disability sport coordinator
- Community activity lead