Adapted Physical Activity for Adolescents with Developmental Disorders - an electronic guidebook for sports instructors
Onkamo, Tiina (2016)
Kajaanin ammattikorkeakoulu
2016
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605198616
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201605198616
Tiivistelmä
Physical activity is important for everyone and especially for people who already have challenges with their health or ability to function. It has a favourable influence on adolescents’ development and growth and can help people with and without disabilities to learn necessary skills to work with other people. In addition, appropriate physical activities develop moral values and offer opportunities for social interaction in a variety of environments.
Myötätuuli Learning Environment was the commissioner of this thesis. The purpose was to produce an electronic guidebook about planning and instructing adapted physical activity for adolescents with developmental disorders for sports instructor students. The aim for Myötätuuli was to provide materials for sports instructor students and Myötätuuli employees which would strengthen their planning and instructing of adapted physical activity for adolescents with developmental disorders. The aim from the author’s point of view was to gain more professional skills in adapted physical activity. From the Kajaani University of Applied Sciences’ (KAMK) point of view, the aim was to provide material for sports instructor students who study adapted physical activity at KAMK.
This thesis was conducted as a product development process which was divided into four main phases. The first was the idea-generating phase. A manuscript for the guidebook, i.e. a plan for the product, was written in the second phase. The third phase included the development of the product, the actual writing of the guidebook and taking photos for the guidebook. The product was refined according to the feedback received in the last phase.
The end product of this thesis is an electronic guidebook about planning and instructing adapted physical activity for adolescents with developmental disorders. The guidebook includes a section of theory which discusses adapted physical activity and how it should be planned and instructed, developmental disorders and what needs to be taken into consideration in physical activities for persons with developmental disorders. In the end, the guidebook has a checklist of matters that have to be considered. In addition there are shorter checklists of the most important matters on every page of the guidebook.
Myötätuuli Learning Environment was the commissioner of this thesis. The purpose was to produce an electronic guidebook about planning and instructing adapted physical activity for adolescents with developmental disorders for sports instructor students. The aim for Myötätuuli was to provide materials for sports instructor students and Myötätuuli employees which would strengthen their planning and instructing of adapted physical activity for adolescents with developmental disorders. The aim from the author’s point of view was to gain more professional skills in adapted physical activity. From the Kajaani University of Applied Sciences’ (KAMK) point of view, the aim was to provide material for sports instructor students who study adapted physical activity at KAMK.
This thesis was conducted as a product development process which was divided into four main phases. The first was the idea-generating phase. A manuscript for the guidebook, i.e. a plan for the product, was written in the second phase. The third phase included the development of the product, the actual writing of the guidebook and taking photos for the guidebook. The product was refined according to the feedback received in the last phase.
The end product of this thesis is an electronic guidebook about planning and instructing adapted physical activity for adolescents with developmental disorders. The guidebook includes a section of theory which discusses adapted physical activity and how it should be planned and instructed, developmental disorders and what needs to be taken into consideration in physical activities for persons with developmental disorders. In the end, the guidebook has a checklist of matters that have to be considered. In addition there are shorter checklists of the most important matters on every page of the guidebook.