Publications
Kent Disability Sports Strategy 2008-2012
This document outlines the current structure of disability sport in
the UK. Details the resources delivering disability sport in the County
and sets out a framework for development, along with a number of recommendations.
Work will take place over the coming years with a host of partners to deliver disability sport in Kent and to work towards meeting the aspirations of the strategy.
If you would like to receive a printed copy, or a copy in some other format please contact; mike.bishop@kent.gov.uk or tel 01732 525389
CPSU Safeguarding Deaf & Disabled Resource
Early bird rate - for orders placed before 31 March 2012 - a discounted rate of only £99 applies.
The Safeguarding Deaf and Disabled Children in Sport resource will support you to:
- understand barriers to the inclusion of deaf and disabled participants in your sport, their additional vulnerability and needs
- consider ways in which they can be more effectively included and involved
- provide practical information and guidance for coaches and others with responsibility for deaf and disabled participants
- ensure that all policies, processes and practices safeguard and respond to the needs of this group
- provide training, presentations and other learning opportunities to managers, staff and volunteers at different levels, in a flexible way.
Contents include:
- DVD featuring sports / disability scenarios and expert commentary on issues raised
- DVD clips which highlight issues and questions common to sports
Guidance and information to support discussions around these themes - Information on a range of disability types and implications for coaching
- Examples showing how individuals, clubs and other activity providers can adopt practices to safeguard deaf and disabled participants more effectively
- Training tasks and exercises.
Please view on how to order and to register your interest in buying copies
Or telephone: 0844 892 1026.
Wheelchair Sport : A comprehensive guide for athletes, coaches and teachers. Edited by Vicky Goosey-Tolfrey
This book focuses on athletes with a spinal cord injury and their participation in five of the main wheelchair sports - basketball, racing, rugby, tennis and handcycling
ISBN 9780736086769 - Publisher - Human Kinetics
Athlete First; A History of the Paralympic Movement
This book provides a thoroughly researched history and analysis of the Paralympic Movement, including the development and organisation of the International Paralympic Committee. As well as recounting factual achievements and events, the book examines the position of sport and international competition for people with a disability, within the changing historical context an din relation to the Olympic Movement and non-disabled sport.
'Paralympic Winter Games' - from the International Paralympic Committee
Co-authors Britta Jahnke and Klaus Schule, with assistance from a number of experts within the Paralympic Movement have produced this new book. The book commemorates 30 years of Paralympic Winter Games, spanning from Ornskoldsvik 1976 to Torino 2006.
A copy of the book can be ordered on www.paralympic.org for 30 Euros
