By the end of April, the Ukrainian Football Association conducted a training course based on a new program for enhancing the qualifications of teachers and coaches to teach football to children with special educational needs and people with disabilities. The program has been approved by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and provides 1 credit (30 hours) in the state system of qualification improvement. Participants of the course, who became part of the "Inclusive Football Sections" project, also received certificates for D-diplomas from the Ukrainian Football Association.

Representatives from 20 regions familiarized themselves with the concept of the project, discussed the importance of an inclusive approach and the specifics of psychomotor development in children with OOP (Other Organizational Problems). Participants visited a practical training session at a Kyiv section for children with autism spectrum disorder, mastered inclusive and adaptive teaching methods for football, and personally conducted parts of the training on football fields.

Upon completion of the course, participants were welcomed by Oleksandr Kadenko, a member of the Executive Board of the Ukrainian Football Association, Galina Kolomoyets, deputy director of the Institute for Modernization of Educational Content at the Ministry of Education and Science, and Oleksandr Bozok, deputy director of the Agency for Mass Sports in Ukraine.

The "Inclusive Football Sections" project aims to change society's attitude towards this issue and help children unlock their potential through sports. The project integrates children with disabilities and OOP into youth collectives, trains volunteers, and supports inclusive sections in communities.

Main results of the project:

• 35 regular inclusive football sections in 18 regions, with 559 training sessions held;
• approximately 578 children involved, most of whose parents noted improvements in their physical and mental condition;
• a new program for enhancing the qualifications of teachers and coaches has been developed and approved by the Ministry of Education and Science.

The project was implemented in such cities during the past and current seasons: Vinnytsia, Agronomichne Vinnytsia oblast, Lutsk, Novovolynskyi Volyn oblast, Sinelechnoye, Magdalinivka Dnipro oblast, Zhitomir, Grishkivtsi Zhitomir oblast, Uzhhorod (2), Kalush, Rokytynsk Ivano-Frankivsk oblast, Bila Tserkva, Taraschi Kyiv oblast, Kropyvnytskyi (2), Busk Lviv oblast (2), Odessa, Usatove Odesa oblast, Poltava (2), Rivne (2), Ternopil, Zboriv Ternopil oblast, Khmelnytskyi (2), Chernihiv, Shpolia Chernihiv oblast, Chernivtsi (2), Chernigov (2), Kyiv.

For the next season, they will be joined by: Nemyriv Vinnytsia oblast, Zabolot'ye Volyn oblast, Burhanivka Dnipro oblast, Korosten Zhitomir oblast, Onokivtsi Zakarpattia oblast, Zaporizhzhya, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kishovata Kyiv oblast, Kropyvnytskyi, Novyi Mylyatin Lviv oblast, Perevoz Mykolaiv oblast, Odessa, Poltava, Rivne, Ozerne Ternopil oblast, Khmelnytskyi, Sinyaivka Chernihiv oblast, Chernivtsi, Chernigov, Kyiv.