Disengaged, Disaffected and Disabled young people in sport

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Disengaged, Disaffected and Disabled young people
in sport

• Catherine Slater Disability Sports Development
  Officer Derbyshire Sport

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Aim of the Workshop

• To identify why each group of young people
• are not taking part in sport and physical
• activity within PE and extra curricular
• activities.

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Definitions

• Disengage Young People to release from an
• engagement, pledge or obligation
• Disaffected Young People- having lost loyalty to
  or
• affection for someone or something alienated
• Disabled Young People any restriction or lack
  (resulting
• from an impairment) of ability to perform an
  activity in the
• manner or within the range considered for normal
  human
• being.

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Barriers to participation

• Cost
• Social Background
• Opportunities
• Personal barriers i.e. confidence
• Etc..

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Task 1

• Split into 3 groups
• Disaffected
• Disengage
• Disabled
• In your group produce a list of barriers that
  prevent
• or make it difficult for young people to
  participate in
• sport and physical activity.
• 10 mins with 5 min feedback

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Task 2

• In your groups
• Consider solutions to barriers and identify
• the resources required to achieve this.
• If there are any examples of good practice that
  can
• be shared please include them in your feedback.
• 15 mins 5 mins feedback

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Good Practice Buddies Project

• Buddies Project Based on young
  leaders/volunteers can be adapted into most
  areas as a support mechanism
• Supporting young disabled people access
  leadership and volunteering
• Identification of Buddies and Young leaders not
  for every disabled young person
• Buddies Training and Team building day
• Leadership awards and placements
• Logging of hours and rewards

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Inclusive Strategies for PE and Sportresource
Nottinghamshire County Council

• Aim to increase access for disabled pupils and
  those on the graduated Response Register to High
  Quality Physical Education and School Sport
  inside and outside of the curriculum
• How will the aim be achieved Supporting schools
  with the inclusion of disabled pupils in high
  quality PE and school sport through the Inside
  Out Project and providing training for all
  individuals that are involved in the provision of
  PE and school sport to ensure high quality
  inclusive delivery
• Funded through Communities and Children and Young
  Peoples Departments
• Steering group statutory, education, health,
  school sport partnerships, YST and EFDS.

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5 Key themes to the project

• Support, advice and guidance
• Enabling success and progression for pupils who
  are gifted/talented and/or interested
• Raise awareness and provide information on
  Inclusive PE and School Sport
• Enhance facility access and in doing so increase
  provision
• Provide training and learning opportunities for
  people working with disabled pupils inside and
  outside the curriculum in PE and school sport.

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Derbyshire Special School Sports Association
(DSSSA)

• Little or no festival/competition for special
  schools or SEN children in mainstream schools.
• Sent out proposal to PDMs, SSCOs and PLTs they
  agreed to meet
• DSSSA was formed over a year ago
• Funding secured to support festival delivery
• Calendar produced
• First year of delivery underway.

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Websites and Training

• Ability VS Ability
• it can be used by anyone as it's a cross
  curricular resource. Use it in any subject area
• teachers of English, PE, GCSE PE, PSHE, and
  Citizenship will find specific links to the
  curriculum content
• there are links to the Every Child Matters (ECM)
  and Children First agendas
• the only limit to the use of Ability vs Ability
  is the imagination of teachers and pupils.

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Websites and Training Cont

• Including Disabled Pupils in PE course
• Aimed at
• Primary and secondary school teachers, learning
  support assistants, coaches, SENCOs, adults other
  than teachers and any others involved in
  delivering PE and school sport, out of school
  hours learning (OSHL) and sport in the community.
• Course content
• This practical course will ensure that pupils
  with special education needs, learning
  difficulties, physical or sensory impairments can
  take part in a positive PE and games experience. 
  Delivered in a sports hall delegates receive an
  active hands-on learning experience.  Packed with
  new skills and teaching methods you are
  guaranteed to go away buzzing with ideas.

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• Catherine Slater
• Disability Sports Development Officer
• Derbyshire Sport
• 01773 571231
• 07824 835800
• Catherine.slater_at_derbyshire.gov.uk
• Carol Halpin
• Inside out Project Officer
• Nottinghamshire Sports Disability Unit
• Nottinghamshire County Council
• County Office, Thoroton Road
• West Bridgeford, Nottingham
• NG2 5FT
• 0115 977 2888

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• Martin Mansell
• BPA/NASUWT Education Officer
• 38 Norbriggs Road
• Woodthorpe
• Chesterfield
• S43 3BU
• Tel/Fax [phone]
• Mob [phone]
• E-mail martin.mansell_at_nasuwt.net
• www.abilityvsability.co.uk
• English Federation of Disability Sport
• www.efds.co.uk