Judo Intellectual Disability Project
Judo Intellectual Disability Project (JIDP) brings together eight organisations from Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal, Spain and Switzerland with the aim of developing and implementing adapted judo sessions and promote a healthy nutrition strategy to improve the lives of youth with intellectual disabilities. It is funded through Erasmus + and led by the Universitat Ramon Llull Fundacio with the SO Europe Eurasia Foundation (SOEEF) acting as an expert partner. Click for more information and a full list of partners.
Project Objectives/Activities
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The project will train adapted judo instructors and help expand their knowledge, leading to a ripple effect of benefits after the intervention is finished. This will be accomplished through a number of coaching sessions and through the creation of a virtual training platform that will help guarantee the training of future adapted judo instructors.
Two
The program will benefit more than 120 youth with ID who will have direct participation in judo programmes through this project and more than 18 instructors who will participate in direct training, along with more than 80 future instructors who will be able to receive training through the virtual platform.
Three
An app will also be developed to support the project which can be used by the participants and the coaches. The app will have resources, tips and support for the project participants and will be a key legacy of the project.
News Media
New Horizons Open as Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Joins Judo Intellectual Disability Project
The newly launched initiative will create opportunities for judokas with intellectual disabilities in Europe
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