The Scout must discuss this option with the assessor before undertaking any
of the requirements.
1. Push a
friend or get a friend to push them in a wheelchair around the
neighbourhood, visiting shops and public buildings. Describe the experience
to the assessor.
2. Show how
to open and close a wheelchair properly and how to take it up and down
curbs, down a slope and up and down stairs.
3.
Demonstrate the techniques of lifting someone who has a weakness in the legs
and of transferring them from one chair to another.
4. Describe
and, if possible, show eight items of aids used by people with Special
Needs. Explain to the assessor how these items are used.
5. Learn
some words in Makaton or British Sign Language, such as: Hello, Please,
Thank you, Friend, Help, Home, Tired, Eat, Drink, Yes, No, Okay, Wash,
Toilet and Goodbye.
6. Help to
run a Special Needs awareness activity for a group of Scouts.
7. Choose
one of the following activities:
a. Help at
a PHAB Club or Gateway Club or Pack or Troop that caters for Scouts with
Special Needs for an agreed period.
b. Help at
a camp at which there are a number of Scouts with Special Needs.
c. One
other activity of a similar nature and level of achievement as agreed
between yourself and the Section leadership team.
8. Having
completed sections 1 - 7, discuss how they now feel about people with
Special Needs and how they will behave towards them in the future.
