Awarded by the Football Association, this course is designed to give  ideas and practices for the inclusion of disabled players in football sessions  whether in mainstream or impaired specific sessions.

Course Info:

Minimum Age: 16 Years
Course Duration: 6 Hours contact time

Course Date & Venue: To be confirmed
Pre-requisites: FA Level 1 Coaching in Football  qualification

Who is this course for?

This course is open to coaches or teachers with an interest in learning how  to include disabled footballers into their coaching sessions.

Course Aims and Objectives

By the end of the course you will have an up-to-date knowledge of;

• Apply  and extend you’re your existing coaching skills and experience to meet the needs  of players with a range of impairments
• Establish  basic communication skills for coaching disabled footballers
• Use  appropriate terminology
• Identify  safety and medical considerations
• Plan  a wide range of coaching sessions for disabled footballers
• Use  the inclusion spectrum, planning your coaching session to include disabled  players or provide alternative appropriate opportunities
• Understand  the player pathways available for disabled players including the appropriate  structure for competition.

  
  

  Equality

  FA Education will ensure that it treats people fairly, with respect,  providing access and opportunities for all members of the community to take part  in, and enjoy, its activities in an atmosphere free from harassment, bullying,  discrimination or abuse. FA Education will seek to provide a service which is  appropriate to the needs of an individual and to make reasonable adjustments or  provide support, where appropriate, to cater for those needs.

  Please note to access this online application, you will need a FAN  (FA Number). 

  If have ever been involved in football or taken an FA Qualification, it is  highly likely you already have a FAN. If you do not know your FAN or password,  or need to create a FAN, please use our FAN FINDER tool by clicking to  register/retrieve your details.

  Please be aware that if you already have a FAN, and create another FAN, this  could cause delays in being confirmed on the course and any qualifications being  awarded.

  Read more at http://www.somersetfa.com/coaches/coaching-disabled-footballers#fxoW14TAWdojelDs.99