Overarching Goal: 

• To help coaches feel comfortable and competent when coaching and supporting athletes with a disability  

Key Outcomes:

1. Understand the nuances of adaptive sport 
2. Enhance coaches ability to communicate respectfully (i.e. language considerations) and learn to create safe, fun and inclusive environments for athletes with a disability
3. Understand how to build and sustain a successful adaptive program
4. Develop skills to modify equipment to create the best possible experience for athletes with a disability

Pedagogical Approach:

1. Formal: participants will be required to complete the NCCP Coaching Athletes with a Disability eLearning course
2. Practical: In-person Workshop at False Creek Sprint Racing Canoe Club. Participants will review facility accessibility; equipment adaptations; practice patient transfers; and role play different scenarios that coaches/volunteers may encounter. The Workshop will include a number of professionals and participants.
3. Lived: Q & A Session with L.A. Schmidt. Participants will learn from experiences of L.A. in building successful adaptive paddling programs - from grassroots participation all the way to athletes competing internationally. 

All participants will have the workshop recorded on their Coaches Association of Canada coach transcript.

Costs: Free (this includes the NCCP Coaching Athletes with a Disability eLearning course. Once registered, participants will receive a code to pay for the NCCP course)

Dates/Location:

1. NCCP Coaching Athletes with a Disability eLearning course (virtual): self-paced but recommended to be completed prior to the Q & A Workshop
2. Q & A Workshop with L.A. Schmidt (virtual): Thursday, May 7 - 6:30 PM
3. In-Person Workshop: Saturday, May 9 at False Creek Sprint Racing Canoe Club (1318 Cartwright St, Vancouver, BC). Time TBC.