Expanding Societal Inclusion through Experiencing Adaptive Sports (2024-2025)
Sports for EveryBODY (SEB) is based upon successful Paralympic sport days in U.S. schools, offering a number of adaptive sports-wheelchair basketball, boccia, sitting volleyball for students of all ability levels to experience. Through SEB we are creating greater inclusion and diversity awareness while recruiting athletes and educating individuals about adaptive sports. Approximately 250-300 students/school/day will experience adaptive sports and disability etiquette to further understand what it means to live with a disability.
Expanding Sports for EveryBODY (2023-2024)
Sports for EveryBODY (SEB) is based upon successful Paralympic sport days in U.S. schools, offering a number of adaptive sports-wheelchair basketball, boccia, sitting volleyball for students of all ability levels to experience. Through SEB we are creating greater inclusion and diversity awareness while recruiting athletes and educating individuals about adaptive sports.
The purpose of SEB is to:
• Increase knowledge and awareness of Paralympic sports;
• Create a better understanding of practical application of inclusion in PE and other activities;
• Inform PE and other teachers about the different concepts in adaptive sports;
• Recruit more youth adaptive athletes;
• Increase the usage of adaptive sports for reverse integration;
• Encourage youth to inform their parent(s), friends and other family members with disabilities know about these opportunities; and
• Facilitate change of perception and attitude toward persons with disabilities.
Contact: Michael Rosenkrantz, Executive Director
Email: mike@socaladaptivesports.org
Phone: (760) 469-9207
Website: socaladaptivesports.org
Sport for EveryBODY (2022-2023)
Sports for EveryBODY (SEB) is based upon Paralympic sport days in U.S. schools, offering participation in a number of adaptive sports, i.e., wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball, boccia, with a disability etiquette piece. We are targeting 250 students/school at 10 schools, during every PE class in one day or seven hours/school. We will create greater inclusion, acceptance and awareness about adaptive sports.
“A Disability Awareness and Education Program” by Prof. Cathy McKay, James Madison University, in Palestra Magazine, 2013, Vol 27, No. 4, notes that, “One of the most important variables in inclusion practice is the attitude of the peer group. Attitude is key to changing behaviors towards people who are different and these improved behaviors are essential to adaptive Physical Education (APE) and integration. “
The purpose of SEB is to:
• Increase knowledge and awareness of Paralympic sports;
• Create a better understanding of practical application of inclusion in PE and activity;
• Inform about the different concepts in adaptive sports;
• Recruit more youth athletes with a disability;
• Increase the usage of adaptive sports for reverse integration;
• Encourage youth to let their parent(s) with disability know about these opportunities; and
• Facilitate change of perception and attitude toward persons with disabilities.
Contact: Michael Rosenkrantz, Executive Director
Email: mike@socaladaptivesports.org
