What reasons led to this project?

In Terms of Coaches

It is vital to develop cooperation with the family to train ID athletes. Since 90% of our federation’s coaches are just sports-based and have no special education background, the Federations and volunteer coaches are unable to work together effectively.

As a result, despite their (coaches) success in sports, they are inadequate in family and non-sports management. They face difficulties in guiding parents of ID athletes due to a lack of available information and key competencies in this regard.

In Terms of Families

Families with ID athletes are also quite insufficient in guiding or approaching their children as well as cooperating with coaches. Families’ skills need to be developed to ensure ID athletes have both more successful and sustainable sports careers. The families are very inadequate in guiding their children and supporting them in non-sports activities.

OBJECTIVES

The overall objective of the project

• To empower the Special Athletes Federations in Europe on family management.

The specific aims of the project are

• To increase the competencies of coaches on family management and the transfer of learning situations into families of ID athletes.
• To increase knowledge and the basic skills of families with ID athletes to be able to better support their ID athletes’ careers.
• To develop inter-connected partnerships between the federations of ID athletes and educational institutions across the EU on the common needs.

As a horizontal target

• To support the sports careers of ID athletes and contribute to their social inclusion and encourage more individuals with intellectual disabilities to the sports field.