WORKING WITH CUBS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS

Working with Cub Scouts with special needs is not much different than working with most cubs. Each cub has his own abilities and disabilities, personalities, and likes and dislikes. So making a plan that works best for all can be a challenge. When adding a scout with special needs you just need to consider a little bit more than usual. The biggest hurdle is understanding what the boy’s special needs are and how to adapt the program to help him succeed.

Remember, every boy is different, with or without special needs, so get to know him first.

FEELING OVERWHELMED? SCARED? NERVOUS? ...DON’T BE!

Cub scouting is already a good and flexible program to accommodate most scouts. Most likely very little modification, if any, will be needed for the scout to have a good time and be successful. New scouts are nervous enough already. And if they have special needs, their parents are even more nervous.

• Don’t totally rewrite your plans and make everything revolve around the scout with special needs. Keep any modifications minimal.

WANT MORE SPECIFICS?

The next few pages have information specific to situations and disabilities:

My downloads have even more specifics (bigger than I could put into this website). So don’t forget to go to my Downloads page.