Placement Experience: Jess Flood

Through completing placement with SportsUnited, I have had the amazing opportunity to attend the Supporting Success sessions at Adelaide West Special Education Centre. These sessions have taught me so many things and provided me with many new experiences!

I have worked with so many students over my placement experience and have loved getting to know each of them individually. Placement has shown me how much a student’s social, emotional and physical development can be enhanced, simply through creating a fun and safe environment for the participants. Through creating trusting relationships, the students have the ability to open up, engage, have fun and progress, regardless of what that looks like for each of them. 

Every game we've played has had so many hidden benefits for the students weather it be strength building, coordination, body control, teamwork, sharing, counting, colours or encouraging social interaction.​

​Everything has its purpose and worked to help each student individually.

I’m so grateful for the amazing opportunity I've had to undertake placement with SportsUnited through Supporting Success, and I've enjoyed every minute of it! I really believe SportsUnited are making such a big difference in each of the students lives and I’ll never forget all their smiling faces!

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