Movement and Mind-Body Therapies Commons^™

Inclusive Sand-Shoeing Training Program For Students With And Without Intellectual Disabilities In Hong Kong, Peggy Hiu Nam Choi, Siu Yin Cheung

Faculty of Design & Environment (THEi)

One of the sports for the Special Olympics is snow-shoeing. In Hong Kong training for this sport occurs in the sand and is called sand-shoeing. The purpose of this study was to evaluate a sandshoeing training program (STP) of the Special Olympics Hong Kong (SOHK). Two hundreds and thirty-two Grade 1 to 12 special school students with intellectual disabilities (ID), and 66 university students without ID participated in the STP. Three different types of survey were designed for students with ID, university students, and special school teachers. Descriptive data from the feedback of these three parties on the STP were …