Better opportunities for movement for children and adolescents with mobility disabilities

It is the municipality's task to ensure that work is carried out in accordance with local, national and international objectives and legislation. But how do we create the best opportunities for all children and young people to be part of the sports and movement communities they encounter in, for example, school and leisure? You can find inspiration for this with this package of knowledge and tools that address municipal policy and practice.

Read the scientific article

Start reading this scientific article: Physical Activity for Children and Youth with Physical Disabilities: A Case Study on Implementation in the Municipality Setting (2022) Written by Charlotte Boslev Priest & Thomas Skovgaard

Direct link to an online version of the article.

Short intro to the article:
This scientific article, based on a case study of two Danish municipalities, deals with policy and practice across different municipal administrations and professions.

Based on Søren Winter's Integrated Implementation Model and Jody Gittell's theory of Relational Coordination, it is discussed how:

• a political focus,
• a concrete coordination effort;
• as well as the individual employee

has an impact on children and young people with mobility disabilitiesthe possibility of participation in movement activities.

An interview article has also been published in the Physiotherapeutic Journal Children in Physiotherapyin which Charlotte Boslev Priest has been interviewed about the findings of the study — particularly related to the physiotherapeutic practice.

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Use the Implementation Guide: A Tool for Municipal Practice

An implementation guide targeted at municipalities — with a special focus on children and young people with mobility disabilities

“The special feature of the guide is that it addresses the actors responsible for developing, planning and implementing interventions targeting children and young people with mobility disabilities.”

The implementation guide focuses on a number of key phases linked to initiating and maintaining mobility opportunities for specific groups of children and young people.

The guide is:

• targeted municipal practices
• relevant to actors responsible for developing, planning and implementing actions — both in policy and practice

The guide focuses particularly on:

• actors working directly with the implementation of movement services for children and young people with mobility disabilities
• at school and leisure

The wizard can be used as:

• framework for common understanding,
• Strengthened communication,
• further planning
• as well as guided implementation of new interventions or changes to existing initiatives.

Direct link to implementation guide.

Direct link to read more about the background of the Deployment Wizard in MOV:14 (released August 2023).

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Listen to the podcast: Are There Any Needs That Are Special?

Disability researcher Emil Falster and Professor Thomas Skovgaard address this question — and others related to it — in this podcast.

They discuss, among other things:

• some of the dilemmas associated with the term,
• and focuses particularly on whether there is something special at stake when it comes to sports and movement in school and leisure.

Direct link to podcasts.

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