A range of useful resources are available to support you to include people with specific needs in Scouting.
Where can I get them?
Factsheets
The factsheets are available to download from this page, or you can order them from the Information Centre, they can be ordered on-line from:
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If you have not used the catalogue before, then you may want to visit the help page first.
Scouting articles
Scouting magazine is sent free to all adults in Scouting on our membership database. If you aren't receiving it, and you think you should, alter your 'settings' on the Membership Database, contact the Scout Information Centre on info.centre@scout.org.uk or phone: 0845 300 1818. The magazine is also available to download online. This is a great way to read the supplements that you don't receive, and you can also save useful articles.
Scouting magazine regularly contains articles that cover a wide range of issues relating to special needs and Scouting. They are listed here and accessible from the magazine archive on http://www.scouts.org.uk/magazine:
February/March 2008
Scouting for everyone
Since 2005, The Scout Association has worked with the charity Mencap, to help those with a learning disability. Laura Spafford explains how Get Together training can make activities accessible.
Positive Action
Sue Burton offers candid advice on dealing effectively with young people who have behavioural problems.
December2007/January 2008
Getting Better All The Time
Behaviour Management can be a real challenge for some Leaders - and a factor in them leaving Scouting. Here, Sue Burton offers a simple approach to dealing with inappropriate behaviours.
It's No Yolk
Allergy UK and The Blossom Campaign continue to provide information to support parents and Scout Leaders by producing menus suitable for young people with food allergies. Lindsay McManus focusses on egg allergy.
Egg-Free Pancakes
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but it is often a problem for children with multiple allergies. These pancakes are an exceleltn way to start the day. As well as being tasty, they're safe to eat for those will egg allergy, too.
October/November 2007
The White Stuff
May 2007 saw the lanuch of Allergy UK's Blossom Campaign. Aiming to increase understanding of childhood allergy and provide up-to-date information, support and advice, it is not only for parents, but to anyone who has them in their care. This artile focuses on milk allergy.
Paying Attention
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD or ADD) is often given as the reason for difficult or disruptive behaviour. However not all over-active or badly behaved individuals have ADHD. Sue Burton explains why it can be difficult to diagnose and needs careful, expert assessment.
August/September 2007
A Calming Influence
If there is a young person in your Group who is always restless, gets anxious when noisy games are played, or becomes quite destructive, they may be hyperactive. In the first of a series of three articles on behavioural condition, Sue Burton unlocks some truths about hyperactivity.
School of Thought
When a school was looking for after-hours activities to run, one teacher recognised that Scouting was the obvious choice. By Laura Spafford.
June/July 2007
Helping young people blossom
Seven years ago, the UK was warned in a European White Paper that it was facing an 'allergic invasion'. Now the warning has proven to be unfortunately all too true write Carol Rae.
Epilepsy, what you need to know
Epilepsy is a condition that causes someone to have seizures or fits following a sudden change in electrical activity in the brain. Fits or seizures can vary in length, severity and timing. In one person the signals for feeling or memory could be affected, while another may experience jerky movements or stiffness, write Sue Burton.
April/May
A Healthy Balance
Food is vital to our existence and, for some, eatin is one of life's greatest pleasures. But what if someone in your Section had issues with food - and what exactly has it to do with Scouting? Sue Burton investigates.
February/March
Scouts and special needs
The treatment of people with particular needs has changed greatly over the last 100 years. Sue Burton reflects on the developments in Scouting upuntil now and the promise that all young people have the opportunity to become Scouts.
Widgit Symbol Resources
The founders of Widgit have pioneered the use of symbols to support literacy and communication for more than 25 years and are at the leading edge of development in this field. Widgit publishes a selection of software tools for creating symbolised materials for use both in printed materials and online. The Widgit tools are the world's first of their kind and the Widgit Literacy Symbols are the only set specifically designed for readers with Special Educational Needs. Widgit also offers a range of services to help organisations make their information more accessible.
Below, please find the Promise appropriate for Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, Scouts and adults produced using Widget symbols.
If your Scout Group/Section needs to make literacy more accessible, please contact
special.needs@scout.org.ukfor information on how your text can be adapted.
Makaton
The Makaton Vocabulary is a Language Programme which provides a basic means of communication and encourages language development in children and adults who have communication problems relating to learning difficulties or other disabilities. It is in widespread use in this country and, increasingly, abroad. In the UK, the signs used have been selected from British Sign Language.
If you need the Promise in Makaton, please contact
special.needs@scout.org.ukfor information.
How I Became Disabled
Real life accounts of how becoming disabled changes your life. Could be used by older sections to inspire discussion
