Service Description

Studies indicate that a significant portion of the population have experienced harmful or life-threatening events which have impacted their everyday functioning or well-being. Research further shows that individuals living with a disability are even more at risk for having experienced trauma in their lives than the rest of the population. There is good news: resilience, a person's ability to overcome serious hardship, can be grown over time. This session will introduce the topic of trauma-informed care in adaptive sports instruction, and will include: o An explanation of what trauma is and why it matters in relation to adaptive sports instruction; o An overview of the effects of trauma and how it can present; and o Concrete tools to help adaptive instructors avoid the retraumatization of athletes; help athletes regulate their emotions and build resilience; and de-escalate situations when necessary.