Programs

1Families and siblings

It is a program in which families and siblings are trained on how to acquire skills that help to provide a healthy and social environment for people with intellectual disabilities.

2Preparing leaders

It is a program in which leaders are prepared. Players can by showing their talents and skills that were not noticed by anyone before, including:

• Players as assistants to coaches
• Players as members of boards of directors
• The players as referees
• Players as volunteers
• Official spokespersons from the players

3Young players program

It is a program that targets people with intellectual disabilities from 3 years to 7 years to introduce them to the world of sports and support them in the process of social integration

And qualifying them with the basic skills that enable them to participate in sports such as (running and walking, balance and jumping, reserving and catching the ball, kicking the ball, and recreational games).

4Youth and schools

It is a program designed for the participation of normal youth (non-disabled) in the activities of the Kuwaiti Special Olympics and to spread the idea of acceptance and understanding of people with mental disabilities with their personal differences between young people of school age and their participation in their daily life and preparing cadres and leaders to continue the march of the Special Olympics.
This is done through the following:

• Partner in Unified Games
• A friend of the player in the Special Olympics
• A volunteer to help when needed
• Representative of the Special Olympics
• A journalist ready to write about the player and his activities after participating in local, regional, and global games

5Unified Sports Program

It is a program that works on the homogeneity of sports teams of roughly equal numbers of players with intellectual disabilities and of (Asian) players with intellectual disability, to participate in sports training and competitions, and the criteria for homogeneity between the players are determined according to the level of abilities and ages of each sport separately.

6Volunteers

It is a program in which some young men and women are trained on how to deal with people with mental disabilities, organize various events and participate in sports competitions.