Aims
The overall aim of Project Adapted is to provide a focal point in Higher Education for research, course development and consultancy related to providing practical support for Adapted Physical Activities.
Community perspective
We seek to support and supplement the efforts being made by the range of educational, recreational, sporting, and other agencies to be more inclusive in their programmes by networking with them.
Outcome
To enable individuals of all ages with varying degrees of challenges (which prevent them from being included in rewarding physical educational or leisure activities) to be included with:
- satisfaction
- equity
- dignity.
Theme
- To facilitate the concept of 'adaptation' in activities, games and sports.
- Focus on the fundamental technical barrier, which so many practitioners find challenging when conducting ‘inclusive initiatives’.
- Enable the practitioner to grasp as a basic skill the concept of the classification process (matching abilities) for different participants with different movement abilities.
Who is it for?
Project Adapted is specifically aimed at:
- Sports Development Officers
- Schools for Special Educational Needs
- PE teachers and School Sports Co-ordinators
- Private families
- Residential centres
- Sports and recreation clubs
- Tertiary education centres
- Integrated leisure programmes
- Day centres
- Community workers
- Youth clubs
- Training organisations
- Charity and trust groups
- Event organisers
- Community Sports Leaders Award activities
- National Coaching Foundation courses
- Equity training courses
- GCSE and A-Level PE/Sports studies courses
- Disability sports organisations
- The respective National Governing Bodies of sport in the UK and further a field.