Physical activity is important for everybody, and especially for people with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDs). NDs includes several diagnoses including, but not limited to, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and Tourette’s. NDs is something people are born with, and causes different difficulties during the different stages in life. NDs are often diagnosed in childhood, but can also be discovered later in life. This is more common in girls and women, likely because they are better at masking their difficulties to fit in. If NDs are diagnosed later in life, it's more common for comorbidity as depression, anxiety, and self-harm. Children with NDs are more likely to be sedentary and not participating in association sports. This can often lead to a limited social life and inferior health. Association sports are a way to promote a richer social life and better health. The aim of this study is to describe how association sports on an organizational level support children with NDs and what support the trainers are offered. The methods used are semi structured interviews and thematic data analysis. The results show that trainers in the associations have very limited knowledge about NDs and that the associations don’t have anything written in their governing documents about NDs. The associations were open for competence development but had limited resources to put into it. Surprisingly, most of the interview persons presented that the parents who had children in the associations were a big support for both trainers and children for effective training and matches.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-67107 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Lavesson, Patricia, Sandmark Martinovic, Sofia |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS), Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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