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.

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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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.