Inclusive Sport - Class Slides

Question 1

Sports and recreation are universal; what should we consider when thinking about sport for those with and without disabilities?

Answer 1

the similarities rather than differences

Question 2

Sport is ______. It provides common ground for ____. It involves many differently abled participants, each with unique ____ and ____.

Answer 2

universal
societies
skills and abilities

Question 3

T/F: Sport is sport, no matter who is playing or what his/her abilities.

Answer 3

true duhhhh

Question 4

Organizational Overview on the International Level: Sport for people with disabilities is represented by?

Answer 4

• Sport Canada

- Canadian Paralympic Community

Question 5

What organization funds national organizations and athletes?

Answer 5

Sport Canada

Question 6

What does “para” in paralympics mean?

Answer 6

“para” = equal, or parallel

NOT paraplegic

Question 7

Sport Canada has set out a policy that is important, what is it called?

Answer 7

Policy on Sport for Persons with Disability

Question 8

What are three examples of disability-specific organizations

Answer 8

1. Canadian Blind Sports
2. Special Olympics
3. Canadian Deaf Sports Association

Question 9

• Goal is to participate at highly competitive national and international events
• National wheelchair rugby championships
• paralympics

What category?

Answer 9

Paralympic Category

Question 10

Participation occurs as a recreational pursuit or interscholastic competition. What category?

Answer 10

Non-Paralympic Category

Question 11

Disability Sport focuses on moving athletes from where to where? It focuses on ______ and has what type of programs?

Answer 11

• Entry level –> high level
• Competition
• Elite athletic development Programs

Question 12

In adapted sport, sport opportunities and organizations are tied to ____ systems. Rules are more likely to be modified to address what?

Answer 12

• educational systems

- address players’ functional and skill development

Question 13

Adapted Sport: Inclusive sport/recreation makes allowances for what?

Answer 13

environment and equipment to be modified to match students’ abilities

Question 14

Classification: Both interesting and controversial. Few traditional sports classify athletes. What is the goal? What are the two systems?

Answer 14

Goal: create an equal playing field

Two Systems:

• Medical
• Functional
• Scores from both of these are combined

Question 15

What are the advantages to Functional Classification? (5)

Answer 15

1. Sport Specific
2. Awards training and preparation
3. Allows for cross-disability competition
4. Reduces # of heats, trials, races
5. Simplifies event administration
   (eg. track has 44 classifications duplicated by sex - imagine if each disability had separate divisions!!!)

Question 16

Disadvantages of Functional Classification? (3)

Answer 16

1. Cheating
2. May minimize effort during evaluation
3. If you later demonstrate function during an event you will either be reclassified or disqualified

Question 17

What happens if during your event you later demonstrate function?

Answer 17

reclassified
or
disqualified

Question 18

• determine the sport of interest
• x-reference non-disability sport with counterpart disability sport
• look for similarities and differences in skill sets

Answer 18

1st Step in the Inclusion in Sport: Systematic Approach

Question 19

• learn about rules and skills required for playing
• disability sports may have unique rules
• but many rules are the same
• know and practice rules before playing
• if you’ve experienced it you’ll be better equipped to facilitate inclusion

Answer 19

2nd Step in the Inclusion in Sport: Systematic Approach

Question 20

• Identify functional level of participants
• consider classification systems
• use this to develop your own system that best fits the participants capabilities
• ensure activity is appropriate for participant skill level and functional performance level

Answer 20

3rd Step in the Inclusion in Sport: Systematic Approach

Question 21

• implement the game
• place person with disability in a decision-making role
• consider all domains as you modify

Answer 21

4th Step in the Inclusion in Sport: Systematic Approach

Question 22

When you modify a sport, what 4 domains should you consider?

Answer 22

• psychomotor
• affective/social
• emotional
• cognitive

Question 23

What is FAMME?

Answer 23

Functional Approach for Modifying Movement Experiences: the game design model

Question 24

What are the four steps to FAMME?

Answer 24

1. Determine underlying components of skills
2. Determine the participant’s capabilities
3. Match modification efforts to capablities
4. Evaluate effectiveness of modification

Question 25

Game Design Model: Step 1?

Answer 25

Understand structure of game. All games have interactive components:
- purpose, players, movement, objects, organization, limits

Question 26

Game Design Model: Step 2?

Answer 26

• Modify the basic structure
• Modify one component at a time
• changing one component forces change in another
• think of basketball example: changing the hoop to 2m high means you need to change how far you must be to shoot or kids would dunk on each other!

Question 27

In step 2 of the game design model, you are modifying what component? How should you execute modification? What happens when you modify one thing?

Answer 27

• basic structure
• one component at a time
• changing one component forces change in another

Question 28

Game Design Model: Step 3?

Answer 28

• Manage the game’s degree of difficulty

- challenge is to create modifications that satisfy all players

Question 29

In step 3 of the game design model, what are you trying to manage? What is the challenge?

Answer 29

• Manage the game’s degree of difficulty

- challenge is to create modifications that satisfy all players

Question 30

Sport is ____.

Answer 30

sport

Question 31

Look for the ____ in sport.

Answer 31

similarities

Question 32

In sport, what should you be aware of?

Answer 32

various opportunities and the purposes of each avenue for participation

Question 33

Who should we promote sport for?

Answer 33

ALL