Welcome to the Additional Needs Network - Mail Out
The
Additional Needs Network has met three times so far and I am delighted at its continued
and growing interest. The Network provides
a valuable opportunity for DofE Leaders to meet each other and to discuss and
ask questions about issues that they are facing. A big thank you to all those that have
attended and contributed to the interesting discussions.
New Resources
The DofE has developed a
range of resources to support your work with young people who have additional
needs:
Videos - Subtitles and British
Sign Language have been added to two of our existing videos – ‘DofE in
Residential Settings’ and ‘Flexible and Inclusive DofE’.
They are available at http://www.dofe.org/en/content/cms/leaders/additional-needs/achievable/
and also on our YouTube channel youtube.com/theDofEUK
Widgit - A number of
resources have been developed using the popular widget format including
sectional information sheets and flashcards.
They can be found on our
website http://www.dofe.org/en/content/cms/leaders/additional-needs/programme-resources/
Your feedback on these
resources will be welcomed.
Additional Needs Report
A report detailing the work
of DofE with young people who have additional needs is being produced for the
year 2014/15. It would be great to
showcase as many groups as possible in this report. If you would like to include a piece about a
particular activity that your group is doing, or about your group in general
then please get in touch with me. I will
be happy to come and visit your group and write something up, or to receive a
written piece.
Silver expedition
A couple of DofE Leaders are
looking to deliver a Silver expedition for some young people who have mobility
issues, but don’t quite have enough young people to make the expedition
viable. If you have any young people in
a similar situation and would like to look at joining up, please get in touch
with me.
eDofE – Leader Recorded
A reminder that eDofE has a
function available called Leader Recorded, which allows Leaders to input
formation on behalf of a participant. This
function is available to groups and participants who face barriers with
accessing eDofE. If you would like
access to this function please get in touch with me.
Additional Needs Network Meeting
The next Network meeting will
take place on Thursday 23rd
April from 5:00 - 6:45pm at the Victoria Charity Centre. This meeting will focus on sectional
activities that can count towards DofE programmes, as well as the usual open
forum and networkingn opportunity.
Please let me know if you would like to attend this meeting.
Blog
All Additional Needs Network mail outs will be available to view on this blog: http://dofelondonadditionalneedsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/
If you have
any items that you would like included in the next mail out, or to discuss any
items above please contact me on Hayley.Hyman@DofE.org
or 0207 630 9092.
