[nabs-l] Volunteering with Special Education

[justin williams]

If this is your own school, all someone would have to do is tell you where
your event is and you could get thme to the event right?  Could you arrive
early and braille out where each event is somehow, or just recored their
location on a device?
 Justin

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Hi All:

Has anyone had any experience volunteering as a "fan" or "buddy" for Special
Olympics? I'm interested in doing this at my high school, and our Special
Olympics coordinator is very open to my volunteering in this role. However,
a question has been raised as to how to ensure that I'm getting my athlete
to the right events. Apparently they don't have a pre-planned setup, so
volunteers don't know where each event is placed on the field until the day
of the competition. Our coordinator is concerned that I would have
difficulty assisting a student to an event when I don't even know where it
is myself, and has asked me for ideas on how to resolve this concern. I
think this is doable; I just don't know enough about how Special Olympics is
set up to offer any informed, workable solutions. She has proposed that I be
paired up with another volunteer, and that together we could work with the
student to whom we're assigned. However, I'm concerned that this might
confuse or overwhelm the student nt. Has anyone particpated in this program
before? If so, what strategies could you suggest to make this work? Thanks
in advance for any ideas you could share. 

Chris Nusbaum

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