Adaptive Sports Abuse Prevention
ABOUT ASAP
People with disabilities are more likely to experience sexual violence, yet athletes with disabilities are too often left out of the conversation about sport and prevention.
Adaptive Sports Abuse Prevention (ASAP) is one of the few curricula designed specifically for coaches, trainers, volunteers and leaders of programs that work with athletes with disabilities. This conference will equip participants to teach the 5-session curriculum within their organizations.
Through interactive exercises and analysis of news stories, participants learn to:
- Recognize abuse and sexual misconduct
- Interrupt unsafe or inappropriate interactions that could escalate to abuse
- Think critically and productively about safe touch and healthy relationships
- Report sexual abuse and collaborate with a local rape crisis center
The goal of preventing sexual abuse is clear, but the reality of how to achieve it is far more complex. ASAP will give you the skills to facilitate critical conversations and develop needed skills to help ensure that every athlete in your program is safe.
Our next conference and training will be in Colorado Springs, CO. Details coming soon.
FOR MORE INFO: Contact Shay Orent, Training Manager IMPACT Boston, sorent@impactboston.org
Certified ASAP Trainers:
Arizona
Brielle Carter
Ability360 Sports & Fitness Center
briellec@ability360.org, (602) 626-7250
California
Jaculin Peterson
Veterans Mobility Project/Warrior Veterans Adaptive Sports Club
jackieusn@gmail.com
Daniel (DJ) Horner
United States Adaptive Recreation Center
DJ@usarc.org, (909)-584-0269
Emily Hammond
United States Adaptive Recreation Center
emily@usarc.org, (909)-584-0269
Colorado
Chris Werhane
Adaptive Adventures
chris@AdaptiveAdventures.org, (505) 690-9103
Kayla Berry
We Are Safer Together LLC
wearesafertogether.com
wearesafertogether@gmail.com, (720) 445-5778
Krista Hanley
We Are Safer Together LLC
wearesafertogether.com
wearesafertogether@gmail.com, (720) 445-5778
Angela Hemmen
Wounded Warrior Project
ahemmen@woundedwarriorproject.org
Randa Osman
Wounded Warrior Project
rosman@woundedwarriorproject.org
Lacey Staehs
United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee
Samantha Bauer
USA Archery
Nan Prevost
Remember Me NFP
(727) 688-4544
Illinois
Breanna Bertacchi
Out Our Front Door
breanna@oofd.org
Maryland
Ryan Semke
Move United
rsemke@moveunitedsport.org
Nevada
Ed Price
Trail Access Project
ed@trailaccessproject.org
New Hampshire
Crystal Shakan
Northeast Passage: University of NH
crystal.skahan@unh.edu
New Jersey
Mark Bogosian
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
mbogosian@christopherreeve.org
Kyle Marrs
Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation
New York
Jennifer O’Brien
American Special Hockey Association
ASHA@specialhockey.org
Danielle Yacko
Endeavor Therapeutic Horsemanship
danielle.yacko@endeavorth.org, (914) 241-0211
Pennsylvania
Kati Brennan
Philadelphia City Rowing
kati.brennan@gmail.com, (917) 361-9799
Texas
Kelli Croll
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Transition Hope (CPATH)
kelli@cpathtexas.org
Victoria Polega
Cerebral Palsy Awareness Transition Hope (CPATH)
victoria@cpathtexas.org
Virginia
Amy Smith
Sportable
amy@sportable.org
Hannah Smith
Sportable
hannah@sportable.org
Mary-Parker White
Sportable
maryparkerbw@gmail.com
Michelle Page
Sportable
michelle@sportable.org
Casey Cook
Sportable
casey@sportable.org
Mandy Marchiano
Sportable
mdmarchiano@aol.com
Laura Bennett
Sportable
laura@sportable.org
Keagan Angevin
Sportable
keagan@sportable.org
Ashley Keesler-Young
Sportable
ashley.keesler@gmail.com
David Robbins
Sportable
david@sportable.org
Abbie Wright
Sportable
abbie@sportable.org
Brandon Rush
Sportable
brushod@gmail.com
Maria Altonen
VA Department of Health
maria.altonen@vdh.virginia.gov
Shep Roeper
Beyond Boundaries
shep@beyondboundariesrva.org
Katie McIernan
Beyond Boundaries
katie@beyondboundariesrva.org
Kate Mardigian
Jacob’s Chance
kmardigian@jacobschance.org
Brooke Hsieh
Jacob’s Chance
bhsieh@jacobschance.org
Diane Gallegos
The Arc of Hanover
diane@thearcofhanover.org
Sherri Lynn Lanning
The Arc of Hanover
sherri@thearcofhanover.org
Wisconsin
Samantha Gracz
Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
sam@wasa.org, (414) 430-6543