CURRICULUM: “Training youth workers and sport trainers in using sport methodology for inclusion and interaction of different abilities’ youngsters”

CURRICULUM: “Training youth workers and sport trainers in using sport methodology for inclusion and interaction of different abilities’ youngsters”

Description

The curriculum “Training youth workers and sport trainers in using sport methodology for inclusion and interaction of different abilities’ youngsters” is an innovative resource for youth trainers and sport coordinators with the purpose to educate, support and mentor youth workers and sport trainers in using sport methodology in youth work with mainstream youngsters and the ones with disabilities, for inclusion and interaction of theirs in their community. The content of the curriculum consists of introductory parts, training programme table with division of sessions for each working day including morning and afternoon sessions’ division.

Every presented developed session provides a thorough description of the background related with the topic, the aim and set of objectives of the session, methodology and methods, and detailed session flow with measured approximate duration. The structure of each session includes potential recommendations, further resources for reading and materials needed for the implementation. That is, for the purpose of providing a practical resource for the current and future youth workers and sport trainers engaged in youth sport work.

The importance of the curriculum stands in the innovative element of covering the existing need for adaptation of sport methodology through youth work, as well as the needed learning tools to support a quality education of sport trainers and youth workers for using sport methodology with different abilities’ youngsters.

This manual is available in more 4 Languages:

Project “Overcoming the limiting realities creatively: Sport methodology in youth work for inclusion” is trying to put the above-mentioned needs and EU Guidelines/policies into action by developing new curricula and methods for empowering both youth (work) organisations, as well as the sport organisations – to increase their capacity building and human resources for quality envisioning and promoting the physical activity events (youth sport work and sport events) that thus contribute to increasing participation in quality sports by more youngsters, and especially by children and youngsters with disabilities.

Von der Europäischen Union finanziert. Die geäußerten Ansichten und Meinungen entsprechen jedoch ausschließlich denen des Autors bzw. der Autoren und spiegeln nicht zwingend die der Europäischen Union oder der Europäischen Exekutivagentur für Bildung und Kultur (EACEA) wider. Weder die Europäische Union noch die EACEA können dafür verantwortlich gemacht werden.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

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GUIDEBOOK: Using NFE and sport methodology for inclusion of youngsters with disability

GUIDEBOOK: Using NFE and sport methodology for inclusion of youngsters with disability

Description

This Guidebook “Using NFE and sport methodology for inclusion of youngsters with disabilities” is made for education of youth workers and sport coaches with the aim of including youngsters with disabilities into their everyday activities using sport as a method and a tool. It serves as a basis for quality knowledge management and future capacity building of organisations which work with youth, including nongovernmental organisation, governmental institutions and sport clubs. The guidebook provides an in-depth overview of all the topics relevant to inclusion in sport – non-formal education, sport methodology, disability and recommendations formethodology.

It provides the explanation of the basic terminology which will be used throughout the text. The focus then changes to sport methodology from a general perspective. This chapter provides introduction to sports training and session planning. Inclusive space chapter offers practical advices on how to enable equal participation by adapting the space, equipment and the attitude toward inclusion. Adaptedphysical activity is proven to be highly effective when working with participants with disability, so this chaptergives a detailed overview of models, types and exercises for this methodology.

As we are aware of the benefits of physical movement, youth work and sport help develop a wide range of competences – social, lingual, cultural, etc. We further analyse aims and objectives of working with youth and we explain how sport youth work can improve different competences of its beneficiaries of different abilities.

Beschreibung

Dieses Handbuch „Nutzung von NFA und Sportmethoden zur Einbeziehung der Jugendlichen mit Behinderungen“ dient der Ausbildung der Jugendarbeiter und Sporttrainer mit dem Ziel, Jugendliche mit Behinderungen in ihre alltäglichen Aktivitäten einzubeziehen, wobei Sport als Methode und Werkzeug genutzt wird. Es dient ebenso als Grundlage für ein qualitatives Wissensmanagement und den künftigen Kapazitätsaufbau der Organisationen, die mit Jugendlichen zusammenarbeiten,einschließlich Nichtregierungsorganisationen, Regierungsinstitutionen und Sportvereinen. Der Leitfaden bietet einen detaillierten Überblick über alle für die Einbeziehung in den Sport relevanten Themen – nicht formale Bildung, Sportmethodik, Behinderung und Empfehlungen für die Methodik.

Der Anfang der Broschüre beinhaltet die Erläuterung der wesentlichen Terminologie, die im gesamten Text genutzt wird. Der Fokus wechselt dann aus allgemeiner Sicht zur Sportmethodik. Dieses Kapitel bietet eine Einleitung in das Sporttraining und die Trainingsplanung.

Das Kapitel Inklusiver Raum bietet praktische Ratschläge, wie eine gleichberechtigte Teilnahme durch Anpassung des Raums, der Ausstattung und der Einstellung zur Inklusion ermöglicht werden kann. Eine angepasste körperliche Aktivität hat sich bei der Arbeit mit behinderten Teilnehmern als äußerst erfolgreich erwiesen.

Dieses Kapitel bietet also einen detaillierten Überblick über Modelle, Typen und Übungen für diese Methodik.Da wir uns der Vorteile der körperlichen Bewegung bewusst sind, tragen Jugendarbeit und Sport dazu bei, ein breites Spektrum an Kompetenzen zu entwickeln – soziale, sprachliche, kulturelle usw. Wir analysieren die Ziele der Jugendarbeit weiter und erklären, wie sich die Jugendarbeit im Sport mit unterschiedlichen Fähigkeiten verbessern kann.

Diese Broschüre beinhaltet eine Reihe praktischer Ratschläge, wie Sie mit Jugendlichen mit unterschiedlichen Fähigkeiten arbeiten, wie Sie sich als Jugend-/ Sportarbeiter, Ihre Teilnehmer und Ihre Umgebung darauf vorbereiten können, Menschen mit unterschiedlichen Bedürfnissen einzubeziehen. Es bietet eine Vorlage für einen individuellen Bildungsplan und hilft bei der Erstellung des ersten Trainingsplans für sportliche Aktivitäten

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TOOLKIT: Sport methods/games – adapted for using in youth / sport work for inclusion and interaction of different abilities` youngsters

TOOLKIT: Sport methods/games – adapted for using in youth / sport work for inclusion and interaction of different abilities` youngsters

Description

This toolkit is innovative resource for youth workers and sport trainers to coach, educate, support and mentor both, mainstream youngsters and youth with disabilities, for inclusion and interaction in their community. The toolkit brings the latest information and findings in the field of sport work for inclusion of mixed abilities’ youngsters. The toolkit provides a combination of pedagogical methodology of sport activities with non-formal education ones that highlights the innovative aspect of it. Moreover, it also contains the most recent theoretical inputs and concepts, followed by recommendations and practical advices when working with different abilities’ youngsters.

Manual is divided into 2 main parts:

The first part includes theoretical inputs and concepts related to the needs of target groups (different abilities’ youngsters) and recommendations for further adapting sport disciplines/methods and/or NFE methods with including sport methodology in regular youth work activities.
The second part of the toolkit comprises of 20 sport methods/games and/or workshops and respective education support materials for organising youth/sport work for inclusion of youngsters with disabilities.

The Toolkit serves as a useful theoretical and conceptual resource for sport trainers/youth workers and other coordinators/educators when organising further education, training and mentoring of youngsters mainstream and with different abilities, and for building their competences through youth/sport work for inclusion.

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HANDBOOK on organising creative large-scale youth sport work events

HANDBOOK on organising creative large-scale youth sport work events

Description

This handbook is envisioned as a multiplication tool, for using in youth sport work with youngsters in our communities, by current youth (sport) workers and future ones, of ours and of any other interested youth (work) organisations.

It consists of most up to date information accessible in the topics covered and adaptation of methods and methodologies to sport work and escape room methodology. The handbook combines existing theories and definitions and gives practical advices on defining, planning, preparing, implementing and evaluating large-scale youth sport work events, with special focus given on creativity in envisioning new large-scale YSW events based on methodology of escape rooms which is presented separately as a section for better and detailed understanding.

The Handbook on organising large-scale youth sport work events comprises of five chapters followed by a sixth section of appendices with practical forms considered useful when organising large-scale youth sport work events.

The “Creativity in youth sport work for reconciliation and acceptance of diversity” project harnessed the power of sport as a unifying tool to promote reconciliation, inclusion, and intercultural acceptance among youth in post-conflict regions. Recognizing that teamwork in sports transcends differences in race, religion, and background, the project sought to channel this potential into effective youth work for peacebuilding. Through a combination of training courses, study visits, and local dissemination actions, the project aimed to empower youth workers with tools and methods to use sports as a medium for dialogue, understanding, and community-building.

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GUIDEBOOK with Curriculum for the training course: “Creativity and Large-scale youth sport work events”

GUIDEBOOK with Curriculum for the training course: “Creativity and Large-scale youth sport work events”

Description

This guidebook with curriculum “Creativity and Large-scale youth sport work events” is created for the purpose of dissemination and, thus, extending the impact of our project on other partner organisations, other youth and similar organisations and their coordinators, youth workers and educators – to further improve knowledge management and capacity building of their youth (sport) workers in order to increase the systematic support given to youngsters in local communities.

This curriculum serves as the resource material and the inspirational tool for those other youth (sport) workers and youth organisations to use this curriculum in training of their volunteers/youth workers in the topics of youth sport work or for organising similar training courses on local and European level.

This curriculum is closely connected to the Training course “Creativity and Large-scale youth sport work events”. It consists of detailed sessions designs from the training course, with recommendations for future implementation and multiplication purposes of the overall training course and the specific sessions/elements of it. It serves as quality knowledge management basis for organising such training courses in the future.

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GUIDEBOOK with Curriculum for the Training course: “Youth sport work for reconciliation and acceptance of diversity”

GUIDEBOOK with Curriculum for the Training course: “Youth sport work for reconciliation and acceptance of diversity”

Description

This guidebook with curriculum “Youth sport work for reconciliation and acceptance of diversity” is designed and created for the purpose of dissemination and, thus, extending the impact of our project on other partner organisations, other youth and similar organisations and their coordinators, youth workers and educators – to further improve knowledge management and capacity building of their youth (sport) workers in order to increase the systematic support given to youngsters in local communities.

This curriculum serves as the resource material and the inspirational tool for those other youth (sport) workers and youth organisations who can use this curriculum in training of their volunteers/youth workers in the topics of this training course or for organising similar training courses on local and European level.

This curriculum is closely connected to the Training course “Youth sport work for reconciliation and acceptance of diversity”. It consists of detailed sessions designs from the training course, with recommendations for future implementation and multiplication purposes of the overall training course and the specific sessions/elements of it. It serves as quality knowledge management basis for organising such training courses in the future.

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GUIDEBOOK with Curriculum for the Training course: “Reconciliation youth work in post-conflict areas”

GUIDEBOOK with Curriculum for the Training course: “Reconciliation youth work in post-conflict areas”

Description

This guidebook with curriculum “Reconciliation youth work in post-conflict areas” is created for the purpose of dissemination and, thus, extending the impact of our project on other partner organisations, other youth and similar organisations and their coordinators, youth workers and educators – to further improve knowledge management and capacity building of their youth (sport) workers in order to increase the systematic support given to youngsters in local communities.

This curriculum serves as the resource material and the inspirational tool for those other youth
(sport) workers and youth organisations to use this curriculum in training of their volunteers/youth workers in the topics of this training course or for organising similar training courses on local and European level.

This curriculum is closely connected to the Training course “Reconciliation youth work in postconflict areas”. It consists of detailed sessions designs from the training course, with recommendations for future implementation and multiplication purposes of the overall training course and the specific sessions/elements of it. It serves as quality knowledge management basis for organising such training courses in the future.