I run a Girl Guide group for girls aged 11+ - we are a follow on group for younger girls.
At this stage, all the girls are NT.
Next year, one of the girls who will be joining the group has SN.
I have no experience at all with children or adults with SN. As far as I can see, having met her briefly once, and from what I have been told, is that she has learning disabilities and some physical disabilities - she isn't wheelchair bound but she struggles to keep up with the other girls.
So, really I would just like some advice as to how she can be fully included in everything we do, and how we can make Guides as enjoyable for her as possible.
The reason we have the older girls' group (it used to be one big group, aged 5-14) is that the girls like doing hiking, outdoor games, camping, horse riding, etc etc. It's a very physical group and we try to exhaust them with as much running around as possible. They like - and we like too - the fact that they can do more adventerous things than in the younger group, and that is kind of the point of the group.
Plus, another of our "aims" is to stretch them in terms of organising their own activities, evaluating things they have done well etc.
I want to make sure that when she arrives, the new girl can fit in with what we are doing and have a meaningful experience, but within the realms of what we aim to achieve for the other girls.
Can anyone advise as to what we should/shouldn't be doing?
Thank you very much in advance.
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Ozziegirly · 20/10/2009 06:30
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