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Pre-participation Assessment for Adaptive Skiing
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Pre-participation Assessment for Adaptive Skiing

Doctoral Capstone Presentation
Created byAlayna Renee McCalley
Last updated 4/2022
English
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What you'll learn

  • Be able to identify the professional and societal need for a Pre-participation evaluation (PPE).
  • Be able to identify the implications for occupational therapy practice.
  • Demonstrate understanding of CAT methodology for this capstone project.
  • Demonstrate understanding of what the pre-participation evaluation is utilized for.

Course content

1 section • 6 lectures • 30m total length

  • Introduction0:39
  • Pre-participation Assessment: Needs Assessment, Literature Review, Site Info7:04

    Investigate needs assessment, literature review, and site info to develop a standardized pre-participation assessment for adaptive skiing. Develop physical and virtual assessments to improve equipment fitting and safe participation.

  • Objectives, Learning Activities, Artifacts10:32

    Demonstrate how a virtual pre-participation assessment guides adaptive skiing style selection, from stand skiing to snowboarding and ski bike, reducing anxiety for first-time participants.

  • My Experience6:20

    Explore a practitioner's experience delivering adaptive skiing, highlight tetra ski, Tetris key, joystick and sip-and-puff controls, and emphasize pre-participation assessment for safety and independence.

  • My Experience Continued2:05

    Watch Katie, who has ataxia, learn to ski on a ski bike with side assisting to control turns and speed, revealing why the ski bike is the best adaptive option.

  • Conclusion3:42

    The conclusion shows how a pre-participation evaluation fosters effective equipment fitting for adaptive skiers, highlights the need for disability-specific assessments, and benefits the National Sports Center for the Disabled.

Requirements

  • None

Description

In this course you will learn about a pre-participation assessment for athletes with disabilities, a virtual assessment that will assist in selection of appropriate selection of adaptive ski style, and the refinement process I went through when creating and editing these assessments for the National Sports Center for the Disabled. This Udemy course contains lectures, resources, and research articles to support the need for a pre-participation assessment for athletes with disabilities. The resources and handouts included in this lecture are downloadable for your convenience and to further support your learning. The development of this course is based on research conducted prior to the start of my doctoral capstone experience and it is further backed by evidence based practices and clinical experience at the National Sports Center for the Disabled. Please note, there are several APA style references at the end of this presentation for you to expand your knowledge on the subject by further reading into the literature included in this presentation.


Please enjoy this course and feel free to message the instructor with any questions you may have related to this topic and presentation. Thank you for taking the time to view this course, I hope you find it beneficial!

Who this course is for:

  • Occupational therapists, OTAs, and OT students interested in adaptive skiing/preparticipation assessment for athletes with disabilities.

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