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No Exceptions Training (NET)
The No Exceptions Training (NET) Programme is a SPARC initiative, which
is facilitated and delivered by the Halberg Trust through the Sport
Opportunity Programme.
The programme's purpose is:
"to provide a national network for education and support for sport
and recreation providers to enable them to increase their confidence,
knowledge and skills, to create better opportunities for more people
with disabilities."
The main way the programme achieves this is through the delivery
of sport and active leisure training workshops to assist community
providers, teachers, coaches and community leaders with comprehensive
and direct practical support for including people with disabilities in
regular sport and physical activity programmes.
The workshops focus on inclusion of all participants into their
physical education programmes, adaptation of games and some ideas for
new games that can be used with children. The workshops deliberately
use a practical approach, and the promotion of positive attitudes
toward disability, sport and physical activity.
The workshops can be offered to individuals or groups with an interest
or involvement in providing sport and leisure that wholly or partly
includes, or is likely to include, people with disabilities. Workshops
are designed for particular target groups (e.g., Module 2 - Success in
Schools is aimed at teachers). Workshops can also be customised to suit
the needs of particular sports and/or interest groups.
No Exceptions Training Programme Modules
The No Exceptions Training has six modules. These are:
Module 1: Count me in - a general community sport and awareness workshop for everyone interested or involved in the provision of sport and active leisure opportunities that include people with a disability
Module 2: Success in Schools - a sport, physical education and disability awareness workshop focusing on the inclusion of young people with a disability into school-based sport and physical activity programs
Module 3: Opening doors for people with a disability - a practical workshop that assists sport and recreation organisations to develop strategies to attract and retain people with a disability as members
Module 4: Play by the rules - a workshop that helps sport and creation organisations to understand and deal with issues of disability discrimination, and meet their obligations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992
Module 5: Sporting Pathways - a practical workshop that demystifies what disability sport is all about, and covers issues relating to classification and Paralympic sport. This is a feeder workshop for Disability Sport Contact Officers and/classifiers.
Module 6: Inclusive Coaching - a coach orientated workshop that enhances current knowledge and promotes the inclusion of athletes with a disability.
For more information about these workshops contact your local Sport Opportunity Advisor or the Halberg Trust by email office@halberg.co.nz or phone 09 579 9931.
