Following on from the recent tutor training Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Sports Partnership became the first partnership to run a full Disability Inclusion Training (DIT) Course with the newly trained tutors. The course was held in Castlepark School, Dalkey on Saturday 10^th of March. Twenty six participants from a variety of clubs including Soccer, martial arts, community games and even chess participated in the DIT Course.

The course was tutored by Liam McDonough (CARA Training and Education Officer) with help from Phena O’Connor from DLR Sports Partnership .The six hour course was designed to give coaches/leaders of all sports the ideas and inspiration to adapt their sessions to make them more inclusive for participants with a disability. This course contained both theoretical and practical elements that covered terminology, barriers to participation, legislation, guidance, an introduction to disability sports and ways of adapting activities to make them inclusive.

This was a very interactive day with participants brainstorming what they felt were the main barriers to participation, providing each other with practical advice and ideas to improve each others ability to adapt games and activities to include all ability groups.

Phena facilitated  a discussion on local provision were all participants shared information on topics such as were they sourced funding, NGB support, where are the local special schools and how they can access people with disabilities in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown  area

On the completion of the course participants received a certificate of attendance and a resource pack with all the games covered in the course. All participants will receive continued support from CARA such as video tutorials and online newsletter bulletins.

The last job the course tutor asked the participants to do was fill out a course evaluation form, participants feedback is an invaluable part of future course design and delivery.

Below is a selection of comments:

• “Simple but effective exercises”
• “Gained new skills, which I will apply to coaching sessions, would feel more confident afterwards with the knowledge gained”
• “Improved my knowledge in the area of disability- Thank You!”
• “Course was a perfect mix of theory & practice, a challenging experience that really made you think and fee how a player with a disability would feel”

If you have any queries, suggestions or require the support of the National Training and Education Officer please do not hesitate to contact us at caratraining@ittralee.ie or 0667145672

If you would like to find out more about the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Sports Partnership Sports Inclusion Disability Programme you can contact Phena on 01 271 9506 or poconnor@dlrcoco.ie

View their poster below for more details on training sessions and contact details.

www.irishamputeefootballassociation.com

…..for more details view their new website:

www.irishamputeefootballassociation.com  

On Monday 27th and Tuesday 28 th of February,  Auberey Bingham and Elaine Reid of DSNI  provided two days of tutor training at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght  . Day one consisted of going through the DSNI content and getting familiar with the delivery. All tutors were assigned tasks that they would deliver on day two which was the first full Disability Inclusion Training (DIT) course run in the Republic of Ireland. This course was organised in conjunction with South Dublin County Sports Partnership (SDCSP)

A wide range of participants attended the DIT workshop,  including Sports Development Officers from  Leinster Cricket, Leinster Rugby, Ladies GAA, staff from Local Leisure Centres and SDCSP staff. All felt the training was very beneficial and lots of information was shared on national and  local developments within the group and future areas of collaboration in South County Dublin.

These new tutors will now roll out the pilot phase across the country, the next DIT course will be on Saturday 10th of March in Castlepark School, Dalkey.   Please contact Dún Laoghaire-Rathd​own Sports Partnership for more information.

For more information on the CARA Training and Education Programme including a Training Course Calendar please visit www.caraapacentre.ie/training-education/

Overview:

The CARA National Adapted Physical Activity Centre is committed to leading, coordinating and supporting developments in Adapted Physical Activity, Adapted Physical Education and Disability Sport. Through the development and coordination of a National Training and Education Framework, the CARA APA Centre strives to build capacity at a local and national level to facilitate, support and advocate for the inclusion of people with disabilities in sport, physical activity and physical education.

Job Title: Training and Education Officer

Location: CARA National Adapted Physical Activity Centre

Hours: 39 Hours per week (the chosen candidate must be flexible and willing to work evening and weekends)

Reporting to: Manager, CARA APA Centre

Salary: Maximum: €35,000 (depending on qualifications and experience)

Duration of Employment: 1 year fixed term contract (starting in April 2012)

Probation: 3months

For more details on the position and to download an application form please visit our jobs page here: http://www.caraapacentre.ie/jobs/

Sponsorship cards are available on request. The run route is attached and to see a video on Campabilities 2011 see the following website: http://www.caraapacentre.ie/camp-abilities/

Sighted guides are available for any participants with vision impairments – please let us know in advance if this is required.

Spot prizes will be given to participants on the day.

Come along and support the event as a participant or spectator.

For the new edition of the CARA Focus click the following link:

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A big thanks to Irish Blind Sports,  all participants and parents who travelled.
We will always be searching for new participants.

For enquiries please call…
WARREN @ 085-8279920 or via email: wmcdb1b2b3@yahoo.co.uk

You can download the survey on the following link:

Public-Attitudes-to-Disability-in-Ireland-(PDF)