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Sport Across Staffordshire is Proud to Announce the launch of it's Disability Training Programme

The Aiming High Workforce bid has enabled Sport Across Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent to develop a clear pathway that allows for development of coaches, volunteers, support staff, parents etc.

The structure will incorporate existing courses but will allow for the development and introduction of newly created courses. The pathway has been split into three clear levels. These levels give the participants an understanding of what level the courses is structured at.

The three levels are:

? Generic

? Focused

? Specific

The Generic courses are a great introduction to disability sport and give you an overview and understanding of some of the considerations to think about when working with disabled people.

The Focused courses look at a type of impairment and look at some of the disabilities within each section. These courses go more in depth and these courses are designed for people who have attended the Generic courses or are already working with disabled participants.

The Specific Courses are totally focused on one particular disability. These courses will go in to detail about a specific disability and the considerations and issues around sport with that particular disability. These courses are designed for people who are already working with a specific disability or wish to work with a particular disability and have attended the Generic and Focused courses.

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Coaching Deaf Footballers Course

Where?

The Training Ground (Community Building Entrance C)

Port Vale Football Club

Vale Park

Hamil Road

Burslem

Stoke-on-Trent

Staffordshire

ST6 1AW

Level 1 – Sunday 26 September 2010, 10am-4pm

Cost - Free (if your club is signed up to the Deaf Friendly pledge)

Age? You must be 16 or over

Staffordshire CFA is running a Coaching Deaf Footballer’s course in conjunction with the Deaf Friendly FC project.

The purpose of the Coaching Deaf Footballers course is to provide coaches with ideas and guidance on how to adapt, where necessary, to include deaf players in regular coaching sessions and match situations at their school or club.

The course has been designed primarily for coaching children and young people. However, many of the coaching points and advice given are equally applicable for use with all footballers with any level of hearing ability.

By the end of the programme the participant should be able to:

What do you learn?

Apply and extend their existing coaching skills and experience to meet the needs of deaf players;
Feel confident when coaching deaf footballers;
Have improved their awareness of deafness and provide better understanding of the needs of deaf footballers;
Use basic communication skills for coaching deaf footballers;
Use basic British Sign Language signs appropriate to coaching football sessions;
Identify appropriate safety and medical considerations;
Plan a range of coaching sessions that include deaf footballers;
Understand how to include deaf footballers in a match situation;
Understand the player pathways available for deaf footballers including the appropriate structures for competition.

Interested? Then contact us on the email address below and we will send out a form to you for completion.

Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis

Email: football@ndcs.org.uk

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“Supporting Children and Young People with Autistic Spectrum Disorder”

A Two Day Course

Delivered by Concept Training

Accredited at level 3 by the Open College Network

9^th & 10^th December 2010

The Kingston Centre, Stafford

This practical course has been written specifically for Childcare Workers, Leisure Workers and Foster Carers