PARALYMPIC EDUCATION

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PARALYMPIC EDUCATION
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BACKGROUND
IPC Mission To support and encourage
educational, cultural, research and scientific
activities that contribute to the development and
promotion of the Paralympic Movement. IPC
Strategic Plan To develop and realize a global
education initiative directed to build the
awareness and understanding of the Paralympic
values among youth and schoolchildren.
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PARALYMPIC EDUCATION

• Aim
• To educate youth and professionals about the
  ideals and values of the Paralympic Movement,
  create understanding and develop a positive
  attitude towards persons with a disability.

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PARALYMPIC EDUCATION

• Objectives
• To create high-quality Paralympic Education
  resources for global implementation.
• To encourage Paralympic Education Programmes to
  be implemented worldwide.
• To provide trainings for the implementation of
  Paralympic Education activities. 
• To promote scholarly research activities and
  studies about the Paralympic Education Programmes.

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PARALYMPIC EDUCATION

• Target Groups
• Youth aged 6-19
• Professionals, i.e. school teachers,
  College/university students
• Friends and Families

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PARALYMPIC EDUCATION

• Programmes
• Paralympic Games Education Programme
• Paralympic School Day

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PARALYMPIC GAMES EDUCATION PROGRAMME

• The IPC works closely with Paralympic Games
  Organizing Committees to assist them to create
  and deliver an education programme leading up to
  and during the Paralympic Games.
• Successful programmes were implemented since the
  Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games
• A Paralympic Day in Schools Atlanta 1996
• Link Elite Athletes Programme Sydney 2000
• Adopt a Sport Athens 2004
• Kidsvillage Torino 2006

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PARALYMPIC GAMES EDUCATION PROGRAMME

• Children attendance at Paralympic Games
• Sydney 2000
• more than 340,000 students
• Salt Lake 2002
• about 76,000 students
• Athens 2004
• over 300,000 students
• Torino 2006
• nearly 72,000 students

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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY
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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY

• Aim
• To create awareness and understanding in schools
  about persons with a disability.
• Concept
• The PSD is a set of activities that educate youth
  about Paralympic sport, individual differences
  and disability issues in a fun and playful
  environment. Traditionally, these activities are
  organized during a normal school day and target
  students between the ages of 6 to 15.

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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY

• PSD Resource Kit
• The kit is the direct result of a two-year pilot
  project in Europe. It consists of three main
  components
• PSD Manual
• Activity Cards
• PSD DVD

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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY

• PSD Manual
• Divided into two sections
• Section one
• concept organization
• plan, implement follow up
• Section two
• background information about the IPC, Paralympic
  Movement, Paralympic Games Sports for Persons
  with a Disability
• general information about persons with a
  disability

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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY

• 2. Activity Cards
• The kit contains 20 Activity Cards
• They provide information about the activity and
  suggest tools for the implementation of the
  activity
• Alongside, many cards have related video footage
  and/or worksheets

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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY

• 3. PSD DVD
• It includes all the created Paralympic School Day
  materials
• PSD Manual Activity Cards in electronic format
• Videos, worksheets additional materials for
  classroom activities
• Links to additional
  sources of information

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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY

• Key to Implementation
• Promotion
• Ministry
• National School Authorities
• Teachers Associations
• National Sport Structures
• Locations
• Schools
• Sport Clubs
• Youth Centres
• Partners
• Athletes
• Volunteers
• Sponsors

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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY

• Implementation
• Organization
• Assessment of school, club, etc.
• Recruitment of volunteers, athletes, Equipment
• Co-ordination of events
• Activities
• Selection of activities
• Adaptation of selected activities to environment
• Day schedule of activities
• Allocation of volunteers
• Follow-up
• Reflection of PSD
• Long-term follow-up of PSD topics
• Link to Games and national structures

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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY

• In summary
• The PSD is a very flexible programme providing a
  tool to transfer knowledge about disability in
  general and the Paralympic Movment in specific.
• Find more information at
• www.education.paralympic.org
• Contact us at
• psd_at_paralympic.org

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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY

• Vancouver 2010 Paralympic School Day
• Pilot delivered in May 2007
• To inspire and excite a new generation about the
  Paralympic Games.

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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY

• Objectives
• To raise awareness of the 2010 Paralympic Winter
  Games, including the Paralympic movement, its
  athletes and sports.
• Programme leads to engagement in the 2010
  Paralympic Attendance Programme.

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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY

• Content
• Morning Assembly (Entire School)
• VANOC Presentation
• Vancouver 2010
• Paralympic Games
• Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Sports
• Guest Athlete Presentation
• Remainder of the Day
• Sport Demonstrations
• 3 1-hour sessions for grades/classes 4 up
• Athlete Class Visits
• Visits to those grades/classes not included in
  sport demos

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PARALYMPIC SCHOOL DAY

• Numbers
• 10 schools in venue district
• 3,200 students participated
• 12 volunteers
• 5 Paralympic athletes
• 92 of teachers and school staff would be
  interested in attending the 2010 Paralympic
  Winter Games
• Programme will be run twice annually from
  2008-2009 (May October)