Inclusion Toolbox

The BSA has many training resources to help us in serving the youth. We want to introduce you to the Inclusion Toolbox. Every Unit should be familiar with information that will help you as leaders in working with youth with disabilities. Our aim is to help all youth who want to join Scouts do so with leaders who know how help them feel accepted.

The Inclusion Toolbox 

The Inclusion Toolbox for Special Needs and Disabilities is a printable website that keeps special needs and disability information accessible 24/7/365 for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) community, including Scouts BSA. The Toolbox replaces the printed and PDF Scouting for Youth with Disabilities Manual from 2007.

The Toolbox does not read like a novel or textbook. It is designed to allow you to jump to the topics of greatest interest and then read other sections later. Use the Inclusion Toolbox menu (above) on the AbleScouts site to find the Toolbox and list its modules. Each module contains a Table of Contents outlining its material. You may also use the web site’s search feature to jump to what you need.

Here are the modules of the Inclusion Toolbox. They are also posted on the Scouting.org web site. There are three major sections:

• The Toolbox, modules A through W
• AA: Appendices
• BB: Camp Programs for Scouts with Special Needs and Disabilities
  
  

Individual modules will be updated as required.

• The Toolbox
• A: Introduction
• B: Basics of Scouting From a Special Needs Perspective
• C: Unit Leader’s Role Supporting Scouts with a Disability
• D: Parent’s Role Supporting a Scout with a Disability
• E: Navigating Advancement Requirements
• F: Methods That Apply to Many Types of Disabilities
• G: Organizations That Support Those with Disabilities
• H: Understanding Allergies and Food Issues
• K: Understanding Attention Deficit/ Hyperactivity
• L:Understanding Autism
• M: Understanding Blindness and Vision Impairment
• N: Understanding Deafness and Hearing Impairment
• P: Understanding Intellectual Disability
• Q: Understanding Learning Disorders
• R: Understanding Physical Disabilities (Mobility/ Gross & Fine Motor)
• S: Understanding Speech and Language Disorders
• U: Special Needs and Disabilities (SND) Committees
• V: Evaluating Advancement Alternatives
• W: Commissioner Service for Units
• AA: Appendices
• Special Needs and Disability Language Matters
• Credits & Acknowledgements
• BB: Camp Programs for Scouts with Special Needs and Disabilities
• Aquatic Programs
• BB-1: Swim Areas
• BB-2: Waterfront and Boating
• Shooting Sports 
• BB-3: Guns
• BB-4: Low Velocity

Any questions contact your district Disability Awareness Committee member on your district Advancement committee or Roger Heslop, Chair, Crossroads of the West council Disability Awareness committee at 801-791-1526 or rhes44@gmail.com.