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ERIC Number: EJ555565
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0040-0599
Challenger Baseball and TOPSoccer: Sports Success Stories.
Castaneda, Lupe; Sherrill, Claudine
TEACHING Exceptional Children, v30 n2 p26-29 Nov-Dec 1997
Describes how two disability sports programs, Little League Baseball's Challenger Division and TOPSoccer (The Outreach Program for Soccer), are being implemented in Arlington, Texas. Both programs are intended to include children and youth with physical or mental disabilities and to increase family involvement. Summarized are game rules, outcomes of participation, and guidelines for starting a program. (DB)
Descriptors: Athletics, Baseball, Competition, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Games, Parent Participation, Program Development, Soccer, Social Integration
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Little League Baseball; Texas (Arlington)