Lisa Affengruber , Ludwig Grillich , Marie-Therese Schultes , Isolde Sommer
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Evaluation of “Sport for the Strong” – A project for the integration of children and adolescents with special educational needs into club sports
Background
Research shows that children and adolescents with disabilities have significantly lower levels of physical activity than their nondisabled peers. The project “Sport for the Strong” aimed to familiarize children and adolescents with special educational needs with a variety of sports activities by offering training sessions as part of the school curriculum to integrate them into sports clubs.
Aims
We conducted outcome and process evaluations. While the outcome evaluation focused on the project’s effects on the participants’ well-being, the process evaluation concentrated on barriers to and facilitators for the project’s implementation in the two settings: schools and sports clubs.
Methods and procedures
At the time of data collection, 314 pupils with special educational needs were involved in the project. The average age of the children and adolescents was 12 years (standard deviation: 3.1). Of the participants, 41 % were girls and 59 % were boys. For the outcome evaluation, we administered questionnaires to the participating parents (n = 79), teachers (n = 75), and trainers (n = 11). For the process evaluation, we conducted two focus groups with seven trainers (4 female), five parents (one couple and three mothers), and three teenagers (2 boys and one girl).
Outcomes and results
The outcome evaluation showed that almost all the parents, trainers, and teachers experienced a positive effect on the participants’ well-being. The most striking barriers to implementation at schools and sports clubs were: the small number of training sessions at school; difficulties in communication between trainers, clubs, and parents; and the low numbers of trainers being actively involved in sports clubs. The facilitators for implementation were: good communication between parents and trainers and good cooperation between teachers and trainers.
Conclusions and implications
This project showed that sports programs being inclusive of children and adolescents with special educational needs has a positive effect on these participants’ well-being. Good communication and cooperation between trainers, teachers, and sports clubs are significant elements for successful implementation.
期刊介绍:
Evaluation and Program Planning is based on the principle that the techniques and methods of evaluation and planning transcend the boundaries of specific fields and that relevant contributions to these areas come from people representing many different positions, intellectual traditions, and interests. In order to further the development of evaluation and planning, we publish articles from the private and public sectors in a wide range of areas: organizational development and behavior, training, planning, human resource development, health and mental, social services, mental retardation, corrections, substance abuse, and education.