Sport for People with Disabilities.

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This course is designed to give students content knowledge, pedagogical knowledge and practical experience with sports for individuals with disabilities. This course addresses how to modify the traditional sports and exercises specifically for persons with different disabilities. Various adaptations and modification techniques for the sports events in both Paralympic sports and Special Olympics will be introduced and practiced. Course content includes the legal aspects and health enhancing benefits for sport participation for persons with disabilities, developmental sport models (e.g. University model for Special Qlympics), disability sport organizations, sport skill development, school and community advocacy and involvement, and interscholastic adapted sport programs. Out of class clinical/local sports competition experiences (either volunteer coaching or volunteer referee) are required for the course. Prerequisite: admission to Master of Science of C&I or other master degree program.