The Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP) http://www.borp.org The Bay Area Outreach & Recreation Program (BORP) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization performing towards the improvement of health, self-reliance, and social inclusion of people with physical disabilities through physical fitness, athletics, leisure, and recreation programs. BORP, believes that athletics and recreation programs provide a route to an accomplishment to which all people should have access. BORP offers programs
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Special Needs and Inclusive Education Program in Uganda This essay urges that the state is a relatively stronger player in delivering public policy in contemporary governance. This essay will discuss this with reference to the implementation of the Special Needs Education and Inclusive Education (SNE/IE) program in Uganda. The Special Needs Education (SNE) program in Uganda was introduced in the 1950’s by the Colonial Government for provision of ‘special education’ services to children who
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1.0 Diversity Diversity is generally defined as acknowledging, understanding, accepting, valuing, and celebrating differences among people with respect to age, class, ethnicity, gender, physical and mental ability, race, sexual orientation, spiritual practice, and public assistance status (Esty, et al., 1995). 2.0 Cultural diversity in workplace As the world becomes more global, it is more likely that the next person sitting close to you “belongs not to just to a different faith, but to the
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the dimensions of diversity. | | | | |Differentiate the concept of inclusion from the concept of diversity. | | | | |Describe diversity and inclusion in the
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Diversity and Inclusion SOC/315 November 09, 2011 Diversity and Inclusion Diversity refers the inclusion of different types of people in a group or organization. Many people with different backgrounds work together every day to accomplish tasks assigned on daily basis. Before working together the group should know the different dimensions of diversity. “Dimensions of diversity exert an important impact on our early socialization and a powerful sustained impact on our experiences, values, assumptions
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enough knowledge to know that these people are different but not enough knowledge about them to know how to treat them. However, a lot of this mistreatment is unintentional and is just a product of our society which is due to lack of contact or inclusion of mentally disabled people in our society. The book has a point of Charlie defending a bus boy that is mentally disabled in a restaurant and demands that the patrons recognize his humanity. This is a
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Heather Hassler GS210 Sociology Jennifer Campbell Outline 11.24.13 Miller-Motte College Online I have always been fascinated by people. What they do, why they do it, how they go about things, the reasons people act and react certain ways, the complexity of the different ways people act is something that is so interesting to me and I have always been interested to find out more! One of the topics of Sociology that I am looking forward to learning more about is Sociological Perspective
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Topical Reference List: Inclusion of Autism Spectrum Disorder Students Lindsey Liermann Liberty University Abstract This paper includes a reference list of literature relating to components of successful inclusion for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In general, the literature seems to indicate what practices are effective for successfully including ASD students with typical peers, as well as, if inclusion is right for all ASD students. The literature includes
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Chapter 7 Design an Inclusive school and classroom was a great chapter because it focused on the design of the classroom and the classroom learning environment. Throughout this chapter, a welcoming environment is highly mentioned. When creating a welcoming environment it is important to think about universal design which could be defined as the way the classroom is set up to meet all the student’s needs. For example, if a teacher has students who have a wheelchair it is important for the teacher
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In the video Christopher’s Story inclusion seemed to be the best situation for Christopher. The reason that I state this is because being included and accepted by his classmates. This has helped particularly with his physical therapy. When his therapist would come to do therapy with him, he did want to do it, but later he would enjoy doing with his classmates. It has helped him feel more comfortable with things around him. This can be beneficial for everyone for the reason that children learn more
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