Lawrie Woodman - Inclusive Education Programs
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Lawrie Woodman, Manager coaching, umpiring
and volunteers, AFL
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What we've done with our coaching programs
is basically to try to develop in our coaches
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is an ability to take an inclusive approach
in their coaching overall. So that no matter
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whom shows up at a training session an auskick
centre or a junior club or a senior club for
0:00:33.040,0:00:36.989
that matter, is that the coach can embrace
and welcome those people and include them
0:00:36.989,0:00:43.989
in the activities. The way that we go about
encouraging them is to look at the activities
0:00:44.609,0:00:51.179
from an inclusive perspective to say that
anyone that turns up can be involved and actively
0:00:51.179,0:00:54.440
participate in the game in their training
sessions.
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I guess the challenges are always that people
tend to bring particular ways of thinking
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with them, and with the coaching courses,
how do you integrate material to welcoming
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and being inclusive just into the normal and
everyday coaching program, without having
0:01:18.270,0:01:25.170
it to be seen as something specific and different,
that we just try to develop a culture or philosophy
0:01:25.170,0:01:30.450
of inclusion. And it's having people think
about that, and essentially how they can modify
0:01:30.450,0:01:36.789
activity so that everyone within their training
group gets participation gets some challenge,
0:01:36.789,0:01:43.789
gets stretched a little bit, fits in and becomes
part of the team.
0:01:45.119,0:01:49.450
Once it's been presented to them in courses
and one of the things that we did initially
0:01:49.450,0:01:55.039
was to review our manuals to see what was
in them that was relevant or needed to be
0:01:55.039,0:02:01.070
included or needed to be taken out for that
matter, and then really having coaches consider
0:02:01.070,0:02:05.929
when they're planning or running an activity,
what sort of things do you need to look at
0:02:05.929,0:02:11.000
for your people, how can you modify things
and we use a little acronym called TREE, Which
0:02:11.000,0:02:16.840
is T stands for Teaching or coaching style,
how you communicate, how you deliver your
0:02:16.840,0:02:22.340
messages, how you listen to people, how you
help people see. Then there’s the Rules,
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changing the rules so that different things
are emphasised or modified so that everyone
0:02:29.099,0:02:34.700
gets a fair go, or you can create rules that
can bring people into a game a various times,
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then there's things like Equipment, which
is the first "E" modifying equipment bringing
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special footys that you can feel better if
you can't see so well and things like that,
0:02:47.290,0:02:51.190
and then Environment, of how you run the drill,
you can make it bigger, smaller, move the
0:02:51.190,0:02:56.830
targets closer, make them bigger, modify the
numbers so that you can create opportunities
0:02:56.830,0:03:02.500
really anyone to have a go in a game, get
a kick, get a touch, kick a goal make a tackle.
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Whatever it is.
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Within our coaching programs we're at an early
stage of this and we have just been though
0:03:13.590,0:03:18.319
our first program where we've taken a course
on board and modified it and presented it.
0:03:18.319,0:03:24.060
The feedback for that was really good, and
it goes back to what I said before, we've
0:03:24.060,0:03:30.420
really tried to make the coaches aware of
if someone comes along that's a bit different,
0:03:30.420,0:03:34.590
how can you get them involved? How can you
give them participation just like everyone
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else? by thinking it through, planning and
making modifications, we do that in the high
0:03:40.730,0:03:45.430
performance side all the time by making small
sided games, uneven numbers, focusing on a
0:03:45.430,0:03:50.750
particular element of the skill or tactic,
to me, this making inclusive practices is
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exactly the same, your just doing it for a
different reason.
Lawrie Woodman, Manager coaching, umpiring
and volunteers, AFL
0:00:13.959,0:00:20.959
What we've done with our coaching programs
is basically to try to develop in our coaches
0:00:21.460,0:00:26.939
is an ability to take an inclusive approach
in their coaching overall. So that no matter
0:00:26.939,0:00:33.040
whom shows up at a training session an auskick
centre or a junior club or a senior club for
0:00:33.040,0:00:36.989
that matter, is that the coach can embrace
and welcome those people and include them
0:00:36.989,0:00:43.989
in the activities. The way that we go about
encouraging them is to look at the activities
0:00:44.609,0:00:51.179
from an inclusive perspective to say that
anyone that turns up can be involved and actively
0:00:51.179,0:00:54.440
participate in the game in their training
sessions.
0:00:54.440,0:01:01.440
I guess the challenges are always that people
tend to bring particular ways of thinking
0:01:04.180,0:01:11.180
with them, and with the coaching courses,
how do you integrate material to welcoming
0:01:11.960,0:01:18.270
and being inclusive just into the normal and
everyday coaching program, without having
0:01:18.270,0:01:25.170
it to be seen as something specific and different,
that we just try to develop a culture or philosophy
0:01:25.170,0:01:30.450
of inclusion. And it's having people think
about that, and essentially how they can modify
0:01:30.450,0:01:36.789
activity so that everyone within their training
group gets participation gets some challenge,
0:01:36.789,0:01:43.789
gets stretched a little bit, fits in and becomes
part of the team.
0:01:45.119,0:01:49.450
Once it's been presented to them in courses
and one of the things that we did initially
0:01:49.450,0:01:55.039
was to review our manuals to see what was
in them that was relevant or needed to be
0:01:55.039,0:02:01.070
included or needed to be taken out for that
matter, and then really having coaches consider
0:02:01.070,0:02:05.929
when they're planning or running an activity,
what sort of things do you need to look at
0:02:05.929,0:02:11.000
for your people, how can you modify things
and we use a little acronym called TREE, Which
0:02:11.000,0:02:16.840
is T stands for Teaching or coaching style,
how you communicate, how you deliver your
0:02:16.840,0:02:22.340
messages, how you listen to people, how you
help people see. Then there’s the Rules,
0:02:22.340,0:02:29.099
changing the rules so that different things
are emphasised or modified so that everyone
0:02:29.099,0:02:34.700
gets a fair go, or you can create rules that
can bring people into a game a various times,
0:02:34.700,0:02:41.700
then there's things like Equipment, which
is the first "E" modifying equipment bringing
0:02:42.750,0:02:47.290
special footys that you can feel better if
you can't see so well and things like that,
0:02:47.290,0:02:51.190
and then Environment, of how you run the drill,
you can make it bigger, smaller, move the
0:02:51.190,0:02:56.830
targets closer, make them bigger, modify the
numbers so that you can create opportunities
0:02:56.830,0:03:02.500
really anyone to have a go in a game, get
a kick, get a touch, kick a goal make a tackle.
0:03:02.500,0:03:08.230
Whatever it is.
0:03:08.230,0:03:13.590
Within our coaching programs we're at an early
stage of this and we have just been though
0:03:13.590,0:03:18.319
our first program where we've taken a course
on board and modified it and presented it.
0:03:18.319,0:03:24.060
The feedback for that was really good, and
it goes back to what I said before, we've
0:03:24.060,0:03:30.420
really tried to make the coaches aware of
if someone comes along that's a bit different,
0:03:30.420,0:03:34.590
how can you get them involved? How can you
give them participation just like everyone
0:03:34.590,0:03:40.730
else? by thinking it through, planning and
making modifications, we do that in the high
0:03:40.730,0:03:45.430
performance side all the time by making small
sided games, uneven numbers, focusing on a
0:03:45.430,0:03:50.750
particular element of the skill or tactic,
to me, this making inclusive practices is
0:03:50.750,0:03:54.290
exactly the same, your just doing it for a
different reason.
