Friday, May 28, 2010

Scouting for Youth with Disabilities Manual...online!



Scouting.org has posted a full copy of the Scouting for Youth with Disabilities Manual online (2007 version).  

It is 162 pages long (over 8MB), so it might take a minute to download.

Some of the key areas covered:
  • How to organize at the council level
  • Adult leadership support
  • Details on the Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting and Venturing programs
  • Understanding Categories of Disabilities
  • Physical Disabilities
  • Emotional/Behavioral/Social Impairments
  • Autism
  • ADD/ADHD
  • Hearing and Speech disorders
  • Visual impairments
  • Developmental Disabilities
  • Appendices with best practices, forms and additional resources
  • ...and a lot more.

The "Significant Dates" section on page 9 shows the long history that Scouting has in helping the disabled to participate fully in Scouting.  

This is a great reference for any Scouter to have available.

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