Interesting for you if you are looking for resources on how to involve children with visual impairments in sports activities, especially for physical education teachers, sports coaches, and trainers.
Resources created:
– A Booklet on Best Practices to Involve Children With Visual Impairments in Sports Activities
– A MOOC Course to Promote Sport and Approach to Movement Among Children With Visual Impairments
Project sheet
PROJECT PARTNERS
Move as You Are is an Erasmus+ Sport project (2022–2024) focused on increasing social inclusion and equal opportunities in sport for visually impaired children. The Move as You Are Erasmus+ partnership brings together sport organisations, a university research lab, and a local authority from Italy, Greece, and Portugal. This project is particularly relevant for sports coaches, trainers, and physical education teachers who want to involve children with visual impairments in sport activities in an inclusive and effective way.
the project was coordinated by Real Eyes Sport (Italy) and the other partners were Euphoria Net (Italy), the Adapted Physical Activity/ Developmental And Physical Disabilities Lab of the University of Athens (Greece), and Municipio De Vila Nova De Famalicão (Portugal).
WHAT THE PROJECT AIMED TO DO
The Move as You Are Erasmus+ project aimed to support the participation of visually impaired children in sport activities, helping them develop motor skills and strengthen their social integration. In addition, it focused on equipping sports coaches, trainers, and physical education teachers with practical, ready-to-use materials to make inclusion in sport accessible and sustainable.
WHAT WE DEVELOPED (RESULTS)
– The Booklet on Best Practices to Involve Children With Visual Impairments in Sports Activities, aiming to provide physical education teachers, coaches, and trainers with knowledge and inspiration to replicate some practices for involving visually impaired children in sports.
– The MOOC Course to Promote Sport and Approach to Movement Among Children With Visual Impairments: an online course, consisting of videos, video lessons, and written parts to provide physical education teachers, coaches, and trainers with a general approach to sport and movement and explanations of specific sports strategies and techniques to be used with children with visual impairments.
All results are available in English, Italian, Greek, and Portuguese.
Funded by the Europan Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union of the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union not EACEA can be held responsible for them.
Project n° 101133647