Physical Education and Sports Workshop for Students with Special Needs
“Physical Education and Sports Workshop for Students with Special Needs” will be organized online between May 25-27, 2021 by Istanbul Kent University in cooperation with the Unimpeded Education Foundation. The program will host invited speakers on the first two days and on the third day it will continue with seven different workshop groups in which problems and solutions will be discussed regarding the access of students with special needs to physical education and sports courses on the basis of the article 30 paragraph 5 of the“United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities.
Objective: The aim of the workshop is to support the full and effective participation of students with special needs in the physical education course by empowering physical education teachers, special education teachers and classroom teachers who work at all levels of education. At the same time, it is aimed to develop sustainable good models in schools with cooperation between professional staff working in the field, teachers/universities and Provincial Directorates of National Education.
At the end of the workshop, a report, which ensures full and effective participation of students with special needs in sport and physical education and can be considered a guideline, is scheduled to be issued and sent to universities, Ministry of National Education, Ministry of Youth and Sports and Ministry of Family and Social Policies to come up with effective policies in this area.
Istanbul Kent University
Our University’s founding philosophy is to train world citizens who can compete in all areas at national and international levels, who are talented, have high self-confidence and are bound by national and cultural values.
Istanbul Kent University, founded by the Unimpeded Education Foundation, has always focused its goals on the future and education. At the end of these goals, it is aimed that our students who will study at our university will be sensitive to the problems of the world in which they live and find permanent solutions to these problems with the world-class educational opportunities offered to them.
Another purpose of our university is to produce, develop and serve everyone by touching the dreams of humanity together with our young people, who are the true owners of the future.
Unimpeded Education Foundation
Unimpeded Education Foundation (ENEV) was established to serve the development of society in the field of education, health and culture, and to introduce modern, efficient and effective education services with high-tech, advanced technical and current scientific developments in international standards to young people.
Istanbul Kent University, which was founded to contribute to the development of Turkey, captures unique harmony in itself as well as with its environment and is the first project of the Unimpeded Education Foundation.
Speakers
SessIons
Presentation
PartIcIpants
Conference Speakers
Panelists
Sessions
Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
Panel
Students with Special Education Needs and Physical Education in Turkey
- Physical Education and Sports Studies for Students with Special Educational Needs Conducted by the Ministry of National Education (Cemal Özdemir)
- Reducing Environmental Barriers for Physical Education and Sports in the Transition from Inclusion to Integration (Mehmet Yanardağ)
Moderator: Dilara Özer
Cemal Özdemir - Mehmet Yanardağ - Dilara ÖzerConference 1
Using the Inclusion Rating Scale to Promote Best Practices in Physical Education for All Students
- Using the Inclusion Rating Scale to Promote Best Practices in Physical Education for All Students (Michelle Grenier)
- The Lieberman-Brian Inclusion Rating Scale (Michelle Grenier)
Moderator: Gülşah Şahin
MIchelle GrenIerConference 2
Using Visual Support for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Moderator: Sibel Nalbant
MartIn BlockBREAK
Break
Conference 3
Assessment: What’s Appropriate?
Moderator: Menşure Aydın
LIsa SIllIman French - Amanda J YoungConference 4
Engaging young people in physical activity through collaborative, cooperative, non-competitive games
Moderator: Gonca İnce
Ken BlackPanel 1
Physical Education From the Perspectives of Teacher and Student
- The same person’s experience of two different physical education classes (Gizem Girişmen)
- Disability Awareness Program in a Physical Education Class (Elif Lermi)
- The Story of a Dream (Melisa Paçacı)
Moderator: Ahmet Bozdam
Gizem Girişmen - Elif Lermi - Melisa PaçacıConference 1
Modifying Team Sports to Include Children with Disabilities
Moderator: Banu Ataman
MartIn BlockConference 2
Knowledge Sharing: Strategies to Improve Physical Educators, Adapted Physical Educators, and Special Educators
Moderator: Pınar Yaprak Kemaloğlu
LIsa SIllIman French - Amanda J YoungBREAK
Break
Conference 3
Enhancing Student Learning Through the Principles of Universal Design for Learning
Moderator: Bengü Güven Karahan
MIchelle GrenIerPanel 2
Physical Education Services for Students with Special Needs in Primary and Secondary Schools and Curriculum Standards; Models from States of America
- A School District Model for Infusing Teacher Preparation in Adapted Physical Activity (Lisa Silliman French – Amanda J Young)
- Adaptive Sports in Public Schools in the United States (Martin Block)
Moderator: Ferman Konukman
LIsa SIllIman French - Amanda J Young - MartIn Block - MIchelle GrenIerPractice
Inclusive practice using examples from four ‘games families’
Moderator: Atike Yılmaz
Ken BlackWorkshop 1
Barriers and solutions in the deveopment of motor skills of children with special needs in early childhood
Moderators: Yeşim Fazlıoğlu – Gülsüm Hatipoğlu Özcan
Workshop 2
Developing school culture through inclusive physical education; Barriers and solutions
Moderators: Sibel Nalbant – Ahmet Sansi
Workshop 3
Difficulties encountered in physical education classes in special education class and special education schools
Moderators: Elif Top – Büşra Süngü
Workshop 4
Factors on participation of students with special education needs in inclusive physical education; Barriers and solutions
Moderators: Pelin Aksen Cengizhan – Gönül Tekkurşun Demir
Workshop 5
Participation of students with special education needs in sports outside of school; Barriers and solutions
Moderators: Berna Ramanlı – Duran Arslan
Workshop 6
Setting a standard for “Adapted Physical Education” (Theory and practice) in Teacher Training Programs
Moderators: Halil Sarol – Yeşim Gökgöz
Workshop 7
Sports selection and classification in children and adults with special education needs
Moderators: Nevin Güzel Atalay – Mehmet Özsarı
Presentation and Closing
Presentation and Closing
Moderator: Dilara Özer
Sponsors
Location
- Zoom Webinar
- polen.cingiloglu@kent.edu.tr
- neslihan.ozgul@kent.edu.tr
- RSVP: 0 xxx xxx xx xx
- 13:30 - 18:00