From 19-20 February in Panama City, Panama, the first Special Olympics Youth and School Initiatives Seminar in Latin America was held with the participation of coordinators from Peru, Paraguay, Chile, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Panama and Puerto Rico.
The seminar sessions focused on the current use of the Special Olympics Get Into It (SO Get Into It) curriculum and the launch of the initiative's second phase to elementary, secondary and higher education schools in eight countries in the region. Strategies on how to maximize contacts to young people and their teachers were also discussed.
Patricia Behrmann, Special Olympics Latin America's Regional Youth and Schools Coordinator, Paulina Baudet, Special Olympics Latin America's Innovations Manager and Ron Vederman, Ed.D., Special Olympics Director of School and Youth Outreach, facilitated the discussions.
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