Promoting Integration and Cooperation: The Friendship Games.

Turner, Karen; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ442941

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Publication Date: 1992

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Promoting Integration and Cooperation: The Friendship Games.

Turner, Karen; And Others

Teaching Exceptional Children, v24 n3 p34-37 Spr 1992

A yearly "Friendship Games" day has been implemented at an Edmonton (Alberta) elementary school. The games focus on integration of students with and without disabilities in sports activities, many of which require cooperation. Examples of specific activities are listed (including materials needed, procedure, and scoring) and a suggested physical layout is provided. (DB)

Descriptors: Athletics, Cooperation, Disabilities, Elementary Education, Friendship, Mainstreaming, Physical Activities, Physical Education, Physical Recreation Programs, Program Development, Social Integration

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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