VOLUNTEERS NEEDED

Understanding Our Differences 2017-18

HELP WANTED!!!!!!

Please volunteer for the Understanding Our Differences Program at Burr School this 2017-2018 school year.

Understanding Our Differences is a non-profit organization working with the Newton Public Schools to provide a unique and creative disability awareness program for all elementary school children. 

Taught by volunteers, the program promotes inclusion, understanding and acceptance of people with disabilities and individual differences at our schools and in our community.

The curriculum addresses various disabilities and chronic medical conditions and is presented to Burr children in third, fourth and fifth grades.

Each unit includes an informational PowerPoint presentation, group discussions, a DVD, hands-on activities, and an opportunity to hear, and ask questions about, the experiences of a guest speaker with disabilities.

This program is brought to Burr by parent volunteers and takes place in the classrooms. Volunteers do not need to have children in a specific grade, teaching experience or a medical background. Parent participation is critical for this program’s success and is a real strength of this program.

Please check your calendars and consider volunteering. You can volunteer even if you can only be there on one day!

3rd grade (Wednesdays 9-11am)

November 29, 2017 -- Physical Disabilities

February 14, 2018 -- Blindness/Low Vision

March 14, 2018 -- Deafness/Hard of Hearing

4th grade (Wednesdays 9-11 am)

November 8, 2017 -- Learning Disabilities

May 2, 2018 -- Chronic Medical Conditions

5th grade (Thursdays 11:30-1pm activity; 2-2:30pm Guest Speaker)

October 5, 2017 -- Intellectual Disabilities

January 11, 2018 – Autism

Can you help? Contact: Deanna Salemme:salemme@comcast.net