DREAM Adaptive Recreation was invited to this amazing event on Mt. Hood in June. This is an event provided by DS USA our parent company. This is not a DREAM event.

Where: Timberline Ski Area, Oregon, USA
When: June 6-10, 2016

WHAT IS THE CONGRESS?
A fun and educational five-day adaptive snow-sports session filled with opportunities for skiing, riding, information and idea sharing, creation of support networks for your program and much, much more. We stay in the same lodge, eat most meals together and laugh a lot!

CLINIC REGISTRATION FEES:
Full event registration fee: 5-day course; arrival June 5th after 4:00 PM, departure June 10th after clinic; includes lift tickets, lodging, two meals per day M-Th, Friday breakfast, all clinics.
Early Bird: $600 Register by April 1, 2016
Standard: $695 – Register by May 1, 2016
Daily registration fee: single day ticket and clinic
Early Bird: $95 – Register by April 1, 2016
Standard: $105 – Register by May 1, 2016

CLINIC SCHEDULE
7:30 AM —12:30 PM – morning clinics on snow
2:45 — 3:45 PM – afternoon clinic off snow
Afternoons/evenings— hike, bike, golf, explore, good discussions with your adapted sports colleagues.

PREREQUISITE TO PARTICIPATE:
Advanced intermediate skiing or riding skills and the ability to load and unload the chairlift
unassisted or with minimal help.
*Please do not purchase any airline or other transportation tickets until you receive your confirmation for the event.

PRESENTERS:
Beth Fox, NSCD Education and Outreach Director, PSIA Educator
Scott Olson, NSCD Competition Center Coach
Barbara Szwebel, PSIA Educator

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Please contact Beth Fox at bfox@nscd.org or 970.726.1646
PSIA members may apply to their division to receive out of division clinic credit for this event. All divisions of PSIA have honored these requests in the past. NSCD will submit to the respec-tive division a certificate of attendance that includes hours and curriculum completed.

GENERAL INFORMATION
Full event registration fee: 5-day course; arrival June 5th after 4:00 PM, departure June 10th after clinic; includes lift tickets, lodging, two meals per day M-Th, Friday breakfast, all clinics.

MONDAY, JUNE 6

If you are new to adapted skiing or riding or are involved in the training of instructors, then this hands-on session is for you.
Obtain real experience in the areas of skier evaluation, equipment selection, hands–on teaching assists, providing learner independ-ence and much more. This clinic will help you acquire the skills necessary to offer appropriate services to clients with special needs who visit your learning center and comply with the Ameri-cans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and/or section 504 of your ski area’s USFS permit.
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Join this clinic and learn how to help yourself and other advanced skiers become even more dynamic and skilled. Attendees will actively participate in movement analysis of themselves (via clinic day video) and other skiers on blue/black terrain to learn how to recognize effective and ineffective movement patterns relative to skier profile and diagnosis. Developmental and corrective exercis-es to help the advanced skier further his or her skills will be dis-cussed and practiced. Adaptive equipment will be available for skilled users.
Afternoon Option (indoors): Understanding and Implementing Movement Analysis— bring video clips of your skiers and riders.

TUESDAY, JUNE 7

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8

THURSDAY, JUNE 9

FRIDAY, JUNE 10

Ski and ride schools are encountering more participants with Au-tism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) than ever before. Join this indoor/outdoor session to learn about ASD and how you can meet the needs of students with autism in your classes. Participants will learn about and practice creating rapport, setting goals, under-standing learning preferences, lesson planning, pacing, communi-cation systems and tools, anxiety reduction, teaching to strengths, on snow activities, and understanding behavior.
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BALANCED POWER
Explore the Fundamental mechanics of alpine skiing across all adapted disciplines. This highly interactive clinic will provide in-sights into the similarities of efficient skiing for all disciplines regardless of terrain, speed, adaptive equipment or the skiers in-tent . Attendees will spend lots of time skiing terrain appropriate to their appropriate to their abilities in various types of equipment.
Afternoon Option (indoors)
Autism and Support Systems—bring video clips of your participants with autism.

Join this session and learn about the essentials of bi-ski selection and fit-ting, technique, teaching methods and safety for participants with a variety of diagnoses who would use hand-held outriggers. Engage in rudimentary seat assists and tethering to ensure partner safety when learning to bi-ski. Participants should be comfortable skiing intermediate terrain with variable snow conditions but are not required to bi-ski or tether during this clinic. Skiers and riders welcome.
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FAST COMPANY
Competition focused or not, spend time set-ting gates, skiing the course and observing coaching of Special Olympic eligible athletes present at the race camp. Next winter you will be able to take the information learned about tactics and tech-niques and apply it to your Special Olympians, aspiring Paralympi-ans, NASTAR racers, fun course participants, or even free skiers.
Afternoon Option (indoors)
Create and maintain a corps of volunteers—recruit, train, retain.

GO-BILITY
Learn about orientation, mobility and communication systems that support success on and off of the slopes for participants with visu-al challenges and their guides. Practice using different systems and understand how they can help the partnership achieve its sliding and guiding goals. Plan to ski or ride extensively during this clinic.
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Learn about and practice tethering techniques and tactics that allow for safe bi-skiing with fixed outriggers on varying terrain and that supports learning and accomplish-ment. Participants should be comfortable on blue/black terrain are not required to bi-ski or tether.

GEAR
Turn to Trikkes, bikes and other funky gear when the going gets tough for your snowsports program participants. These devices not only allow more immediate sliding success but carry positive transfer for the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to advance in skiing and snowboarding. Plan to laugh out loud in this highly active clinic.
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Join this session and actively explore hands on teaching method-ologies, adaptive appliances, and technical concepts useful to snowboarders who have physical diagnoses. The information and its practical application in this session will push beyond the basics and include time using pipe and park features to help develop rider skills. Participants are welcome to ski or ride and should be comfortable on blue/black terrain.

This is a great opportunity for DREAM Volunteers and Athletes.