fitness, fun and friends
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Fitness, Fun and FriendsCommunity Connections
Tracy Oxley
May 2, 2011
EEX-2010
Opportunities to Serve:
UCP of Central Florida -
Bailes Campus through
Teachers in Action
Oviedo Little League
UCP of Central
Florida• Located in Central Florida
Research Park
• Supporting children and
families for over 55 years
• 35,000 square foot facility
that practices full inclusion
in the classroom
• Provides education to 2,400
children
Oviedo Little League • Organized baseball and
softball for children aged 4 –
19;
• Offers a Challenger division
for children with disabilities;
• Approximately 500
children, 60 with disabilities;
• Emphasizes teamwork and
fair play;
I spent my 15 service hours at two locations – Teachers in
Action Fitness Field Day event and Oviedo Little League
Fitness Field day at UCP
– Assisted with set-up and clean
up;
– Served as a “cheerleader” for
participants;
– Supported UCP staff with
snacks and activities with
children;
– Interacted with students and
provided direction to events.
Oviedo Little League
• Attended several games
throughout the season;
• Worked one on one as a
buddy with a t-ball player;
• Served as a dugout volunteer
to keep game progressing;
• Encouraged children and
cheered them on
• Helped maintain safety rules.
Demographics
UCP of Central Florida
• Serves children with cerebral
palsy, Down
syndrome, autism, speech
delays, developmental
delays, vision and hearing
impairments and typical students;
• Fitness Field Day had less than 30
participants;
• The children served on Fitness
Filed Day were between the ages of
4 – 10.
• Fitness Field day served both
children with disabilities and those
without.
Demographics
Oviedo Little League
• The entire league serves all children
in the Oviedo area, including
children with Down
syndrome, physical
disabilities, autism and behavioral
disorders;
• The Challenger division has
approximately 60 children of
different races and disabilities;
• I worked with a 5 year old t-ball
player who is developmentally
delayed and lacks typical
communication skills;
• I assisted with a t-ball team that
had 8 typical children and one with
behavioral and developmental
delays;
Service in Action
Perceptions of Differences
Connections to My Course
• EEX 2010 – Introduction to Special Education
– Special Education Services and Programs
• Related Services and Providers
– Physical or Health Disabilities
• Neuromotor Impairments
– Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
• Classroom Management
Civic Engagement
The purpose of life is not to be happy - but to
matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it
make some difference that you have lived at
all. ~Leo Rosten
Final Thoughts