Sport for Persons with Disabilities

Catalog description

This course addresses sports that have been modified/adapted based on traditional sports and those developed specifically for persons with disabilities. Content includes the legal aspects and health enhancing benefits for sport participation for persons with disabilities, developmental sport models, disability sport organizations, sport skill development, school and community advocacy and involvement, and interscholastic adapted sport programs. Out of class clinical experience is required in the course. This course is taught largely at a graduate level. Prerequisite: ESS 231 ; admission into the adapted physical education teaching minor; junior standing. Offered Spring, Summer.