BROWNIES

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I was a girl scout leader for two years with my daughters.. and I can

assure you, most all of the rituals and outings are definately

adaptive to a child w/DS. My daughter Kaitlyn (7 DS) went to all but

one trip with us.. We enjoyed camping, singing at a nursing homes,

bowling, making christmas cookies for the elderly, wrapping christmas

presents for the less forturnate, a haunted hayride and pumpkin

patch, a swimming sleep over at a Hotel.. and many more.. The only

outing I did not let Kaitlyn participate in was the road clean-up..

Our troop adopted a road to keep tidy and we need to walk down and

clean 3 x a year.. And I felt it was too dangerous with the

traffic for her to partake in this activity. As far as the songs

go.. the more you sing them the more she will pick up more words.. it

will just may take her longer than the other kids.. but if the troop

is anything like ours.. ALL THE GIRLS WILL EXCEPT AND LOVE HER WITH

OPEN ARMS.. GOOD LUCK!

Tracey

Mom to Kaitlyn 7 DS & 13

Brownies

> My 8 year old daughter started Brownies last week and I volunteered

to be

a

> co-leader. It was a difficult decision for me to make for some

reason. I

> was trying to weigh the positive with the negative. The positive

is a

small

> group of friends that will really get to know her and hopefully

value her

for

> who she is. The negative is all the things that Brownies do that

will be

so

> hard for her to participate in like singing songs, etc (and there

are

many).

> I know that the Girl Scouts have a policy of inclusiveness. I just

wonder

if

> it really works that way. Does anyone have any experience with Girl

Scouts?

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> Joan, mother to - 8ds

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