Optional Sport II - Sport and Exercise for Special Groups

Recommended Prerequisites

Adapted Physical Education Teacher’s training;

Optional Sport II - Sport and Exercise for Special Groups.

Teaching Methods

The teaching methodology includes teacher’s exhibition of theoretical and practical-theoretical issues, through the use of lectures, audiovisual and interactive and student’s presentation of theoretical-practical tasks.

Theoretical-practical sessions take place once a week and the practical lessons take place twice a week, in FCDEF-UC or in institutions. These lessons consist in planning and implementing practical sessions for people with special needs.

Learning Outcomes

The Course aims to promote opportunities for practice in the area of special educational needs, enabling the practice through direct contact with people with special needs.

Competences:

-  To develop competences on planning, organization and intervention in special needs groups regarding characteristics and specific needs of each group;

-  To acquire theoretical and practical skills on the main methods and techniques for improvement of aerobic endurance, strength and flexibility into groups with different characteristics;

-  To develop competence in the area of planning training;

-  To develop physical fitness assessment skills in special groups using appropriate measuring instruments.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Theoretical-practical lessons:

- Theoretical principles of exercise prescription in special groups.

- Sports classification - Its importance on planning.

- Implementation of adapted sports training in special populations - inventory of material resources needed.

- Evaluation of the training process; readjustment of objectives.

- Preparation for the competition: practical applications associated with the improvement of physical training, technical training and tactical training.

- Manipulation of practice variables: practical applications in special groups.

- Inventory of the main procedures of the organization of a sport event, with the participation of groups of athletes or teams in the competition. Human and material resources.

- Organization of a Sport event.

Practical lessons:

- Planning and implementation of recreational and sport sessions.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria João Carvalheiro Campos

Assessment Methods

Continuous
Oral presentation of a theme related with the planning of exercises for special populations: 25.0%
Organization of an adapted sports event: 25.0%
Report of the Course Unit and planning and implementation of practical sessions: 50.0%

Bibliography

- ACSM (2009). ACSM´s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 8th Ed., Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
- APCC (2006). Desporto para Deficientes - Manual para Acompanhantes Desportivos. APCC- Núcleo Regional do Centro, Leonardo da Vinci projectos-piloto.
- Baechle, T. & Westcott, W. (2010). Fitness professional's guide to strength training older adults. 2nd Ed., Human Kinetics.
- Bompa, T. & Haff, G. (2009). Periodization: Theory and methodology of training. 5th Ed., Human Kinetics.
- DePauw,K. &  Gavron, S. (2005). Disability Sport. 2nd Ed., Human Kinetics.
- Fitzgerald, H. (2009). Disability and youth sport. Routledge.
- Horvat, M., Block, M. & Kelly, L. (2007). Developmental and adapted physical activity assessment. Human Kinetics.
- Sherrill, C. (2004). Adapted Physical Activity, Recreation and Sport. 6th Ed., McGraw-Hill.
- Winnick, J. (2010). Adapted physical education and sport. 5th Ed., Human Kinetics.