The Impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act on Recreational Sports Programs

1994 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-25
Author(s):  
Dona Roth ◽  
Susan D. Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Sports Programs ◽  
The Impact

The Impact Participation in Recreational Sport in College Has on Student Development and Learning

2020 ◽  
pp. 238-246
Author(s):  
Artha L. Simpson Jr.
Keyword(s):  
Student Development ◽  
Position Statement ◽  
Professional Organization ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Student Service ◽  
Recreational Sport ◽  
Sports Programs ◽  
Sport Activities ◽  
Recreation Professionals ◽  
The Impact

The National Intramural and Recreational Sports Association's (NIRSA) collaboration in the publication of learning Reconsidered II with council for the Advancement of Standards (CAS) in Higher Education places collegiate recreation professionals are at a crossroads: either continue down the path of simply providing recreational sport activities and services or join with other student service professionals in focusing their effort on student development and learning. The journey towards a learning focus in recreational sports begins in 1994 when NIRSA, the professional organization for recreational sports professionals, published a position statement regarding rationale for Independent Administration of Collegiate Recreational Sports Programs. This chapter explores this journey.

Do sports mega-events boost public funding in sports programs? The case of Brazil (2004–2015)

2016 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 685-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bárbara Schausteck de Almeida ◽  
Suélen Barboza Eiras de Castro ◽  
Fernando Marinho Mezzadri ◽  
Doralice Lange de Souza
Keyword(s):  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Public Funding ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Elite Sport ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Mega Events ◽  
Educational Participation ◽  
Sports Programs ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Impact

This article explores public expenditure in Brazilian sport from 2004 to 2015 and aims to understand if hosting sport mega-events has influenced investments in different types of sport (elite sport and educational/participation sport). Data were collected through governmental records and examined through descriptive statistics. Positive and negative variations of spending were reported, regarding both the overall budget allocated to sport and among the different types of sport. This study concluded that sport mega-events have influenced the funding of sports programs to some extent, but other aspects of public funding are likely to be more significant influencers on the observed variations. The study also argues that further research on different host countries is necessary to understand the impact of sport mega-events on public sport funding.

The College Recreational Sports Learning Environment

2008 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danell J. Haines ◽  
Tyler Fortman
Keyword(s):  
Social Interactions ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Significance Testing ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Sport Club ◽  
Recreational Sport ◽  
Before And After ◽  
The Impact

To show the need for continued financial support, align with universities' missions of student learning, and improve the lives of participants, college recreational sport (CRS) professionals must demonstrate that CRS programs, facilities, and services cause growth in student learning. This study measured sport club out-of-classroom learning in an effort to begin measuring the impact of all CRS areas on student learning. It was hypothesized that sport club participants make gains in life skills, diversity, social interactions, communication, character, leadership, and self-beliefs as a result of their participation. A proxy-pretest posttest design administered to sport club participants measured this hypothesis. Significance testing showed significant differences between participants' ratings of their skills and abilities before and after participation. The implications of these findings for the justification and expansion of CRS funding, the future measurement of learning outcomes in CRS, and the alignment of CRS with the missions of higher education are discussed.

Readability of Waiver of Liability Forms Used in Collegiate Intramural and Recreational Sports Programs

2003 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 37-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin J. White ◽  
Bradley J. Cardinal
Keyword(s):  
Grade Level ◽  
Ninth Grade ◽  
Reading Level ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Moderating Variables ◽  
Grade Levels ◽  
Sports Programs ◽  
Micro Power ◽  
Grade Reading Level

Waiver of liability forms should be written at a reading level consistent with that of the intended audience. On average, students read three grade levels below the last grade they completed in school. Therefore, waivers should be written no higher then the ninth-grade level. The main goal of this study was to assess the reading level of intramural and recreational sport waiver of liability forms, compared to the ninth-grade level. Nine NIRSA member schools and nine non-NIRSA member schools were randomly selected from each of NIRSA's six regions. Readability was assessed using the Readability Calculation software (Micro Power & Light, Dallas, TX) for MacIntosh. A one-sample t-test was performed to compare the forms to the ninth-grade reading level. Forms were written significantly higher than the ninth-grade level (t[26]=14.53, p<.0001). An analysis of variance was performed to assess possible moderating variables. No significant differences were found. Font size was also measured, and forms were found to have been written at a significantly higher level then the recommended 12-point font (t[28]=-2.88, p<.01). This study brings into question the efficacy of waiver of liability forms used in many collegiate/university intramural and recreational sports programs.

The Classroom Acoustical Environment and the Americans With Disabilities Act

2000 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 385-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna L. Sorkin
Keyword(s):  
Hearing Loss ◽  
Americans With Disabilities Act ◽  
Great Difficulty ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
Hearing Impairments ◽  
Reverberant Environments ◽  
Children With Hearing Loss ◽  
Legal Mechanism ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Auditory Disorders

Audiologists and acoustical engineers have urged that acoustics be considered in the design of classrooms for more than 30 years. Research has demonstrated that children with hearing loss have great difficulty understanding speech in noisy, reverberant environments. However, there has never been a legal mechanism to require local educational systems to address acoustics in the design and construction of schools. An effort by a broad-based coalition of engineers, audiologists, parents, architects, and educators is now underway to develop a standard for acoustics that would then be referenced in the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Although the legal mechanism for this action is to address the needs of children with disabilities as the ADA requires (most notably, children with hearing impairments, but also those with central auditory disorders, attention deficit disorders, and vision impairments), the impact will be more far-reaching. All children—whether or not they have a disability—will benefit from a favorable acoustical environment.

scholarly journals Impact of Recreational Sports Activities on Metabolic Syndrome Components in Adolescents

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Faria ◽  
Cheryl Howe ◽  
Ricardo Faria ◽  
Alynne Andaki ◽  
João Carlos Marins ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Intervention Program ◽  
Vigorous Physical Activity ◽  
Low Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Intervention Group ◽  
Density Lipoprotein ◽  
Recreational Sports ◽  
Fat Percentage ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Sports Activities

We investigated the impact of a sports activities program on metabolic syndrome (MetS) components and pre-MetS among adolescents. Blood samples, blood pressure, weight, height, body mass index, waist circumference, body fat percentage, frequency of food consumption, daily time in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and sedentary behavior (SB) of 92 male adolescents aged 14–18 years (16.07 ± 0.93) were evaluated. From this initial sample, 36 participants (39.1%) were diagnosed with pre-MetS or MetS and were invited to participate in the intervention program. Twelve individuals diagnosed with pre-MetS or MetS agreed to participate in a recreational sports activities program lasting 14 weeks. The pre- and post-sport program comparison showed a reduction in total cholesterol, low-density lipoprotein, and non-high-density lipoprotein (HDL), and an increase in HDL and MVPA time in the intervention group. Sports activities accounted for 42% of the MVPA daily recommendation, and at the end of the intervention period, only seven subjects maintained a positive diagnosis for pre-MetS or MetS. This study showed that recreational sports activities had a significant impact on the lipid profile.

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