Exercise and Sport for People with Disabilities

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Theoretical sessions of expository nature and theoretical-practical sessions based on problem solving situations and practical experimentation of adapted sports and activities. Students are encouraged to read a total of 17 articles in English (17x4 hrs) and four articles in Portuguese (4x2 hrs). It is assumed that an article in English requires 4 hrs of reading and in Portuguese 2 hrs.

Learning Outcomes

- Understand and frame disability sport within their organizational structures both at national and international level

- Understanding the contribution of exercise for health and well-being of people with special educational needs and fit exercise as a preventive and therapeutic tool in terms of physical and mental health and well-being over the lifespan (WHO)

- Identify the guidelines aimed to improve physical condition/fitness in special populations

- Develop knowledge about TP aspects of planning, organization and adaptation of non-competitive sports activities, specific to each area of disability

- Develop TPl knowledge on the methodology of training for different adapted sports to each specific area of disability and analyze the most important physical abilities related with performance

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

[1] Historical and cultural adapted sports movement, its importance for the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities [2] Value of sport and physical activity in health and well-being of people with Special Needs and development of healthy life styles [3] Adapted sport organizations at national and international level [4] Sports classification and eligibility in Disability Sport [5] Physiological, psychological and sociological benefits of sport and regular exercise in special groups, implications for health and well-being [6] Exercise prescription: Principles of prescription and adaptation to individuals with disabilities [7] Planning and evaluating programs to improve aerobic endurance, strength , flexibility and speed / agility, and main conditioning methods [8] Psychological preparation for competition in the disability sports.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria João Carvalheiro Campos

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Resolution Problems: 25.0%
Frequency: 75.0%

Bibliography

- Miller, P. (1995). Fitness Programming and Physical Disability. Human Kinetics.

- Lockette, K. & Keyes, A.M. (1994). Conditioning with physical disabilities. Human Kinetics.

- Winnick, J. ; Short, F. (1999). The Brockport Physical Fitness Test Manual. Human Kinetics, USA.

Davis, R.W. (2011). Teaching Disability Sport: A Guide for Physical Educators (2nd Edition). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

- Martin, J.J. (2018). Handbook of Disability Sport & Exercise Psychology. Oxford University Press.

- Vanlandewijck, Y. C. & Thompson, W. R. (2016). Training and Coaching the Paralympic Athlete (Olympic Handbook Of Sports Medicine) (1st Edition). West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons.

- Wing, C. (2013). ACSM/NCHPAD Resources for the Inclusive Fitness Trainer. Indianapolis, IN: American College of Sport Medicine.