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Skiing, as a complex motor skill, represents the „golden key“ in the hands of a professional, for the comprehensive development of the personality of children with disabilities.This was stated by Rada Kukolj Savić, professor of sport and physical education from the „Power of Movement“ Association in her lecture on Challenges, Difficulties and Specificities in the Implementation of Skiing Training for Children with Developmental Disabilities.The lecture was held within the Winter School – seminars for the certification of obtaining the international license of university and school instructors in the international system – IVSS (for professors of sports and physical education) from 20-23. in March 2019, took place on Kopaonik.Rada Kukolj Savić has 20 years of experience working with children with special needs. After the lecture, she and the participants of the seminar opened a discussion in an attempt to get the right picture of the activities of children with special needs in schools.This is the first time that such a program is implemented through the Institute for the Advancement of Education – ZUOV for sports professors and physical education in the realization of skiing. The lecture was realized for the first time for Instructors of the skiing at the Course in the period from March 22 to 31, 2019. It was very useful for ski instructors to get acquainted with this topic.This lecture is just the beginning of the implementation of ski training programs for children with special needs.Subjects:Challenges, difficulties and specificities in the realization of ski training in children with disabilitiesThe development of children is not a matter of innate capacity or limitations of the child itself, but rather the result of the child’s childbearing, care and care that he receives within his family and community, or the incentives and support he receives from other public educational and educational institutions. The processes of growth and development of the child, maturation and learning take place with the mutual influences of biological, psychological and social factors.Physical activity is the main precondition for maturing the child and is the basic means by which a child achieves certain goals. Therefore, physical activity can not be compensated nor replaced by any other child’s development. There is not one way that unifies so universally and achieves the multiple goals of developing children, especially children with disabilities, as physical activity does.A child with developmental disabilities is, according to the World Health Organization, a child who „has a developmental disability and is unable to achieve or maintain a satisfactory level of health and development, or whose health and development can be significantly worsened without additional support or special services in the area of health care, rehabilitation, education, social protection or other forms of support. „Children with disabilities are more likely to encounter obstacles that make it difficult for them to join the community.Significant developmental disabilities can be manifested in one or more development domains, in the areas of the development of senses, physical, mental, speech-language and socio-emotional functions.Skiing, as a complex motor skill, represents the „golden key“ in the hands of a professional, for the comprehensive development of the personality of children with disabilities.From learning through the improvement of skiing techniques, children with developmental difficulties other than motor skills, encourage and enhance other aspects of personality.Depending on the type, degree and manifest characteristics of a child with developmental disabilities, in the process of skiing, every child has access to a unique way.The basic characteristic of working with children with disabilities is waiting. Waiting for a child to receive information, waiting for a child to process information in a particular nervous system, and waiting for a child to respond appropriately to the information received.In addition to waiting, patience and verbal support for a child with disabilities develops to persevere in the given activity. The praise must exist not only in the case of a successful performance of the given activity, but also in the effort to invest the activity.Children with disabilities can achieve their greatest benefits through physical activities and powerful sports such as skiing.
Winter school – seminar 2019 at Kopaonik organized: SASI Serbia 2019
