Leadership education and training in adapted physical activity in Hong Kong

Physical activity (PA) is an important part of a health- cally, different observation tools to assess children’s PA ful lifestyle for children and it reduces risk of second- and its associated modifiable contextual characteristics ary conditions in children with disabilities. Despite the will be discussed. Additionally, by applying the children known health benefits of PA, evidence indicates that and youth version of the International Classification of children with disabilities are less likely to participate in Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF-CY) as a theo- organized and free-play activities than their peers with- retical framework, school-based interventions targeted out disabilities. For children to be sufficiently active at developing the fundamental movement skills and there needs a supportive school environment where hence promoting the active behavior in children with they can meet recommended PA standards through disabilities will be highlighted. The information will pro- structured and unstructured periods. In Hong Kong, vide pre-service and in-service physical educators and special schools, rather than mainstream schools, are practitioners with current knowledge of and skills in the tradition. In this presentation, the role of special leadership education and training in APA, which may school environments in promoting PA in children with in turn, meeting developmental needs or other needs disabilities during school time will be examined. Specifi- among children with disabilities.

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