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.
For more information about ASAP, contact IMPACT Executive Director Meg Stone at mstone@impactboston.org
Certified ASAP Trainers:
Arizona
Brielle Carter
Ability360 Sports & Fitness Center
briellec@ability360.org, (602) 626-7250
Eduardo Aguirre
Southern Arizona Adaptive Sports
aguirre.edu@gmail.com
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
IMPACT Colorado
info@impact-colorado.org
Krista Hanley
IMPACT Colorado
info@impact-colorado.org
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
Florida
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 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
Wisconsin
Samantha Gracz
Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
sam@wasa.org, (414) 430-6543