« Empowerment and Rehabilitation of Disabilities through Adapted Physical Activities » (ARHAPA)
Description and goals:
The « Empowerment and Rehabilitation of Disabilities through Adapted Physical Activities » (ARHAPA) specialty follows on from the APA-S specialty of the B. Sc. Staps.
Two options are offered to students. According to their professional project, students will follow specific teaching units corresponding to the chosen option in addition to core courses.
The option « Empowerment through Adapted PA for disabled people » aims at empowerment through an interdisciplinary approach focused on disabled people. The Adapted Physical Activity specialist is at the crossroads of social welfare, physiological, psychological and technical skills through Sport and Adapted PA whereas other curriculums are focused on the pathological point of view.
The option « Rehabilitation of neurologic and traumatic disabilities and ageing through Adapted Physical Activities » is centred on global care (motricity, balance, cognition, behavioural and emotional disorders...) of patients presenting a neurological or traumatic disability and of elderly people (normal or pathologic ageing) through adapted PA.
At the end of the training, the professional will be able to integrate pluri-professional teams in which he will be responsible for the implementation, the coordination and the assessment of APA with the people concerned.
This option is original from a national point of view and will enable students to apply for jobs throughout France. The main facilities likely to accommodate the professionals-to-be are rehabilitation centres, hospitals, public health networks, medical assistance facilities for disabled people, the long-term care sector, nursing homes, senior citizens' associations...
Translation : Gilles PETITDEMANGE