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European standards in adapted physical activities

In past years persons with disabilities have experienced improvements in many areas of their lives (e.g. access to public services, inclusion into mainstream education, social attitudes of mainstream society). However, the area inclusive physical activities for people with disabilities, called ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES (APA), has stayed on boundaries of inclusive approaches. The quality and availability of services and education in APA differs from one European country to other. Some countries offer service delivery and training system for professionals working with persons with disabilities while other countries have well developed academic study programs in APA but they have limited service delivery and some countries have neither service delivery nor study programmes. The proposal for this project has been developed in accordance with the aim of the European Federation in APA – “Encourage European cooperation in the field of physical activity to benefit individuals of all abilities.” This application of this project has been developed in the framework of the “Tuning Educational Structures in Europe” in specific academic domain of Adapted Physical Education. With the use tuning model including eight methodological steps this project will improve the level of service delivery in APA at local as well as at European level. Objectives of proposed project are: (a) Describe the professional competencies in each of the three areas of Adapted Physical Activities: (1) adapted physical education in schools; (2) adapted sports and recreation, and (3) Adapted physical activities in rehabilitation); (b) Identify the needs for each APA area in all partner counties; (c) Define academic standards (subject specific competencies and learning outcomes) in the three areas of APA and develop international academic framework to guarantee the quality of professional preparations in the fields of APA at European level.

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