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So Get Into It™

A Resource that
Breaks Barriers...

Early Elementary: Ages 5 - 7
Elementary: Ages 8 - 10
Intermediate: Ages 11 - 13
Secondary: Ages 14 - 18

 

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Family  ALPs  Healthy Athletes  So Get Into It

 

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So Get Into It program, contact Cathi at 918-481-1234 or e-mail at cathi@sook.org.

 

So Get Into It
A Teacher's Resource Kit
to Involve Youth in Special Olympics

A Resource that
Breaks Barriers...

Special Olympics Get Into It™ provides teachers with the tools to introduce Special Olympics to students with and without disabilities. This is key to increasing our involvement with schools and increasing the number of athletes in the program.

The resource kit offers materials to teach students to become aware of and understand disabilities and learn that people with disabilities can achieve goals in spite of barriers. It also introduces them to inspirational Special Olympics athletes and offers them guidance in creating service-learning activities for school and community participation with Special Olympics.

Mission
Established in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for persons eight years and older with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

"Thank you so very much from a teacher's heart. I absolutely love what I do and being able to guide my students to the level of acceptance and tolerance that your curriculum provides is incredible. Oh, what tools you have provided! Oh, the impact they will have!"
Rebecca Kutcher
Parent of Special Olympics Athlete Trista Kutcher

 

A Resource that's...

What's Inside?
The SO Get Into It™ kit includes the following types of materials:

  • Lesson plans on disability awareness, inspirational athletes, setting and achieving goals, and service-learning activities for school and community
  • Videotapes about the message of Special Olympics and inspirational stories
  • Activity cards for action-oriented involvement with Special Olympics
  • Fact sheets on Special Olympics, mental retardation, Unified Sports, Partners Clubs® and other related topics
  • Web-related resources and links relevant to the lesson plans
  • Special Olympics athlete bios and stories with photographs
  • Local Special Olympics Program contact information