1. Evaluation of the Special Olympics Canada Coaching Young Athletes Training: Part B How's it Going? A Study of Active Start and FUNdamentals Program Implementation.
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Temple, Viviene A. and Field, Stephanie C.
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SPORTS participation , *EVALUATION of human services programs , *SPORTS for people with disabilities , *RESEARCH methodology , *CHILD development , *PHYSICAL training & conditioning , *MENTORING , *INTERVIEWING , *ATHLETES , *SPORTS , *PUBLIC health , *QUALITATIVE research , *PHENOMENOLOGY , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *RESEARCH funding , *SPORTS events , *ATHLETIC ability , *INTELLECTUAL disabilities , *PHYSICAL education , *ADULT education workshops , *CHILDREN - Abstract
Training staff and volunteers is an important aspect of successful program implementation. This paper follows Part A of an evaluation of the Special Olympics Canada (SOC) Coaching Young Athletes Training course. Consistent with Kirkpatrick's four-level model of training evaluation, Part A evaluated program leaders' reactions to (level 1) and immediate learning from (level 2) the training. This Part B paper covers "on the job" behavior (level 3). In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with youth program leaders (n = 11) from eight provinces. Overall, participants felt that more training related to working with children with autism and promoting positive athlete behavior was needed. The findings also lead us to suggest that program leaders need to develop a more fulsome understanding of how to foster skill mastery, including how to practice the same skill in many and varied ways. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2023