Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Programs Quick Overview of ALPs

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Special Olympics Athlete Leadership Programs
Quick Overview of ALPs
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Objectives of Workshop

• Why are we here today?
• We are here today to
• Learn about Athlete Leadership Programs
• Review the SO Mission
• Have participants identify specific aspects of
  the mission that are important to them
  personally.
• Have participants understand how we create
  divisions for competition and selection of
  athletes to move to higher levels of competition
  2 aspects of SO that makes us different from
  other sports organizations.

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Athlete Leadership Programs
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Athlete Leadership Programs Definition

• An Athlete or Participant who serves in at least
  one Athlete Leadership role listed below 
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• Athlete Leadership Examples
• Athletes as Volunteers (games or events)
• Athletes as Coaches or Assistant Coaches
• Athletes as Sport Officials
• Athletes as Public Speakers (Global Messengers)
• Athletes on Boards, Committees or Input Councils
• Athletes assisting with Fund Raising
• Athletes assisting with technology or other
  office work
• Athletes serving as peer mentors or team captains
• Athletes attending regional or national meeting
  about ID

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The Mission of Special Olympics
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The Mission of Special Olympics

• The mission of Special Olympics is to
• provide year-round sports training and
• athletic competition in a variety of
• Olympic-type sports for children and
• adults with intellectual disabilities, giving
  them continuing opportunities to develop physical
  fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and
  participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and
  friendship with their families, other Special
  Olympics athletes and the community.

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The Mission of Special Olympics
Year-round
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The Mission of Special Olympics
Sports training
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The Mission of Special Olympics
Athletic competition
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The Mission of Special Olympics
Olympic-type sports
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The Mission of Special Olympics
Children and adults (eight years old or older)
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The Mission of Special Olympics
with intellectual disabilities
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The Mission of Special Olympics
Develop
Physical
Fitness
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The Mission of Special Olympics
Demonstrate
Courage
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The Mission of Special Olympics
Experience
Joy
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The Mission of Special Olympics
Share gifts, skills
And friendship
With their families
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The Mission of Special OlympicsVOTING
Courage
Joy
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Competition
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Children/Adults
Physical fitness
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Olympic-type
Year-round
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Intellectual Disabilities
Sports Training
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The Mission of Special Olympics

• The mission of Special Olympics is to
• provide year-round sports training and
• athletic competition in a variety of
• Olympic-type sports for children and
• adults with intellectual disabilities, giving
  them continuing opportunities to develop physical
  fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and
  participate in a sharing of gifts, skills, and
  friendship with their families, other Special
  Olympics athletes and the community.

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What makes Special Olympics Unique?
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What makes Special Olympics Unique?

• No charge to athletes
• Awards for all
• Advancement to higher levels of competition
• All ability levels
• Divisioning
• All abilities can participate in sports,
• can achieve, have value

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Unique Divisioning

• The Stork Stand!

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Objectives of Workshop

• Did we?
• Learn about Athlete Leadership Programs
• Review the SO Mission
• Have participants identify specific aspects of
  the mission that are important to them
  personally.
• Have participants understand how we create
  divisions for competition and selection of
  athletes to move to higher levels of competition
  2 aspects of SO that makes us different from
  other sports organizations?

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Thank you.Now get out of this classroom and
start working and leading Special Olympics! We
NEED you!