Adapted physical education

Department of Education and Professional Studies University of Limerick

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Name (block capitals): Hilary Griffin Student ID: 11108991

Module Title: Responding to Diversity in Education

Module Code: EN4016

Module Lecturer(s): Dr. Joanne O’Flaherty and Dr. Jennifer McMahon

Tutorial Leader/ Tutor: Ms. Laura Regan

Essay Title: Case Study ________________________
Word Count: 3773

Declaration:
I declare that this report:

contains references to at least 8 different books or articles
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uses the UL version of the Harvard Referencing system as describe in Cite it Rite
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Has a reference list at the end presented in alphabetical order by author
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Is entirely my own work and does not include unreferenced material written by someone else (this is called plagiarism, is a form of cheating, and is a major disciplinary offence in the University)

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EN4016 Report

1. Title of the organisation/site
I-PLAY
2. Aim/Goal of the organisation
I-PLAY, stands for Inclusive Play and Leisure Activities for Youth.

The aims of the organization are:
To provide an opportunity for young people with special needs to interact and cooperate with other children their own age.
I-PLAY also provides pre-service Physical Education teachers the opportunity to work with and gain experience from children with special needs, through planning and assisting throughout special designed Physical Education lessons.
I-PLAY also encourages the families of the children with special needs to network and gain support from one another. (Tindall, 2014)

3. Client Group
The client group of the organisation are children and adults with special needs. The particular client group I am working with are children with various special needs, aged five to nine years of age.
4. Strategies used in order to cater for diverse client needs / Description of

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