Able Scouts

Articles on Scouting with special needs and disabilities

Abilities Digest Summer 2023

Here is the Summer 2023 issue of Abilities Digest. Contents include:

  • Adapting Activities: Special-purpose units versus typical units; success at adapting shooting sports.
  • Awareness Events: National Outdoor Conference; mini-conference in October on communicating with leaders; quarterly online SND roundtables; review of April’s Behavior and Mental Health Conference in Texas.
  • Enhancing Abilities: Toolbox Updates.
  • Recognizing Abilities: SND Scouting Service Award.
  • Helpful Links: Accessing special needs and disabilities materials
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