VÁLKOVÁ, Hana. SPECIAL OLYMPICS UNIFIED SPORTS AS THE POSSIBLE MODEL IN SPECIAL EDUCATION (EXAMPLE OF ATHLETES – PARTNERS COOPERATION IN UNIFIED FOOTBALL). In PhD Goran Nedovic, Professor; PhD Fadilj Eminovic, Professor. Approaches and Models in Special Education and Rehabilitation. Belgrade: University of Belgrade – Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation; Publishing Center of the Faculty, 2020, p. 99-117. ISBN 978-86-6203-139-6.
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Original name SPECIAL OLYMPICS UNIFIED SPORTS AS THE POSSIBLE MODEL IN SPECIAL EDUCATION (EXAMPLE OF ATHLETES – PARTNERS COOPERATION IN UNIFIED FOOTBALL)
Authors VÁLKOVÁ, Hana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Belgrade, Approaches and Models in Special Education and Rehabilitation, p. 99-117, 19 pp. 2020.
Publisher University of Belgrade – Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation; Publishing Center of the Faculty
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Original language English
Type of outcome Proceedings paper
Field of Study 30306 Sport and fitness sciences
Country of publisher Serbia
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
Publication form printed version "print"
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RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14510/20:00118516
Organization unit Faculty of Sports Studies
ISBN 978-86-6203-139-6
Keywords in English intellectual disability; SO Individual Skills Test; Critical Incident Technique assessment; index of activity
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Abstract
The article presents the Special Olympics (SO) Unified Sports model as a complex means for: a) skills improvement of athletes with intellectual disability (ID), b) cooperation between athletes and partners, inclusion in community, c) influence on public awareness. Unified sports development, principles, benefits are described in detail. Attention is paid to system UNIFY and methods of assessment. The SO theory of “meaningful involvement” proclaims advantage of balanced cooperation between athletes with ID and partners without disabilities in the team during the match. Assessment of the cooperation was provided through observation based on Critical Incident Technique with frequency-counting selected items (pass to athlete with a disability, pass to partner, assistance, shoot, goal, yellow-red card). Two selected unified football teams of boys 7-side SO Unified football were assessed: winning unified team (WUT), winner of all matches, loosing unified team (LUT), looser of all matches. Special Olympics official Individual Football Skill Tests (IST) which included dribbling, passing, shooting, were used for relevance between skills level and attraction in match cooperation (index IST). Results of IST were not in direct relation with cooperation items. Athletes with disabilities preferred asking partners for cooperation. The cooperation is influenced by winning-loosing match development. Despite of the numeric data and absence of assessment of emotional and social items at each tournament the positive team context, satisfied atmosphere was visible. The pleasant mood in the team cooperation seemed to be important marker of benefit of unified sports model.
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