The programme for the Online ISAPA 2021 is taking shape. The chair of the organising committee Professor Pauli Rintala talks on the What’s New in APE podcast about what’s new in ISAPA! Listen to the podcast here.

Tentative programme is published! Updates to the Programme Schedule will follow soon. Website: https://jyu.fi/isapa2021/programme

Keynotes – https://jyu.fi/isapa2021/keynotes

Erwin Borremans – Quality partnerships adapted physical education in Finland – stronger and more active together

Ian Brittain – Social legacies of the Paralympic Games

Janine Coates – Making methods work: moving toward more inclusive research with young people who have special educational needs and disability (SEND)

TA Loeffler & Kim White – Oh, the places we will go: exploring inclusive outdoor physical activity in two voices

Mina Mojtahedi – Paradigm shift from patient to rights-holder: What do rights of persons with disabilities mean in adapted physical activity?

Erja Portegijs – Facilitating outdoor mobility and activity in old age: person-environment interactions

Viviene Temple – Steps and stepping up: Special Olympics program responses during the COVID-19 pandemic

In additional to the scientific programme, there are several socialising opportunities for people to interact through the Online ISAPA 2021 Platform.

  • Tuesday evening the ‘IFAPA Student get together: Past, Present & Future’. The Virtual Student Get Together for Students (Bachelors, Masters, Ph.D.), early career professionals (post docs, new professors, and researchers in the field of APA or APE), and practitioners. https://jyu.fi/isapa2021/programme/ifapa-student-get-together
  • On the Wednesday there is the IFAPA General Assembly, where new decisions will be made by the members.
  • Through the IFAPA partnership with Special Olympics, a social event organised by Special Olympics takes place on Thursday 17th June 2021.
  • Friday 18th June is the last day of Online ISAPA and IFAPA hosts the closing ceremony. More details to follow.

More events to be announced and details on how to register on the Online ISAPA 2021 website – https://jyu.fi/isapa2021

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