"Making Kids a Part of Something": An Interview with Daniel Epstein on Unlocking Baseball's Potential for Inclusion of Young People with Learning Disabilities

Autor/in	Grünke, Matthias
Titel	"Making Kids a Part of Something": An Interview with Daniel Epstein on Unlocking Baseball's Potential for Inclusion of Young People with Learning Disabilities
Quelle	In: Insights into Learning Disabilities, 17 (2020) 2, S.153-161 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1949-1212
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Special Education Teachers; Athletics; Team Sports; Learning Disabilities; Interaction; Interpersonal Competence; Skill Development; Social Development; Athletes; Children; Adolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Leichtathletik; Mannschaftssport; Learning handicap; Lernbehinderung; Interaktion; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Soziale Entwicklung; Athlet; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher
Abstract	In this interview, a special educator and sports writer talks about the role that baseball can play in bringing young people with and without learning disabilities together. He exemplifies how a game can provide extensive opportunities for social interactions and establishes why playing baseball is more suitable for teaching social skills to struggling learners than many other hobbies and special interests. In addition, he proposes ways to make the sport more accessible for baseball players with special needs by placing them in positions where they are more involved in the game than in other things around them or by using audio cues. He also addresses exclusion tendencies in present-day baseball and discusses unfavorable developments that are occurring in the sport. In closing, he highlights the importance of role models in baseball for children and adolescents with disabilities, including the significance of athletes with special needs being more outspoken in public about their challenges. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Learning Disabilities Worldwide, Inc. 14 Nason Street, Maynard, MA 01754. Tel: 978-897-5399; Fax: 978-897-5355; e-mail: info@ldworldwide.org; Web site: http://www.ldworldwide.org/educators/ild-educators
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01