Adapted physical activity

liepr1027  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Adapted physical activity
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h + 30.0 h
Q2
Teacher(s)
Bleyenheuft Yannick;
Language
French
Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Main themes
Concepts of adapted physical activity (therapy, special physical education, adapted sports) and specific aims, national and international organisations, the paralympic movement, the medical and functional classification systems, special aids and adaptations in adapted sports, paralympic sports and other adapted physical activities. Practice: - Wheelchair handling - Sports for persons with physical disabilities (wheelchair sports) - Sports for persons with sensory disabilities (blind and bad-sighted) - Sports for persons with intellectual disabilities
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 At the end of the course the succesful student will possess the theoretical knowledge and the practical competence to organise and supervise adapted physical activities to persons with physical, sensory or intellectual disabilities. He/she will be able to define pertinent objectives depending on the functional capacities of these target populations. He/she will dispose of a large range of adapted physical activities on which to found his/her intervention.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
Adapted physical activities for leisure and competition ; theory, works in groups and practice.
Other information
Pre-requisite Psychomotor skills Evaluation Written or oral examination, continuous evaluation, personal work Support Reference books & course slides Supervision Titular professor, technical advisors and/or assistants, possibly aided by student assistants Others
Faculty or entity
FSM


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Bachelor in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Master [120] in Motor Skills: Physical Education