Dr. Wright interviewed in Education Week
by Beth
Last month, Patricia Wright published a post here called Friendly’s helps kids find Friends Who Care.
FRIENDS WHO CARE® is an interactive educational program designed to help children understand what it means and how it feels to be a young person with a disability. The program shows kids how their peers with autism and other disabilities adapt to live life, go to school make friends and play. The goals of the program are simple: to encourage typically developing children to accept their peers with disabilities as people first, and to find ways to include everyone in school and after-school activities.
Now you can read an Education Week interview where Patricia discusses the curriculum with senior columnist Michael F. Shaughnessy. As the national director of autism services for Easter Seals, Patricia is an old hand at these interviews. She knew just what to say when asked about what was included in the kit and where to find more information.
What types of ancillary materials are available?
The materials include a teacher’s guide, activity sheets, a poster, bookmarks, and online videos.
How can teachers can a copy of this free curriculum?
The fun and colorful components can all be downloaded separately for use at home or in the classroom at www.easterseals.com/friendswhocare.
And of course, she handled the final “Did we forget anything?” question perfectly:
What have I neglected to ask?
Let me tell you a little more about Easter Seals. Easter Seals is a leading non-profit provider of services for individuals with autism, developmental disabilities, physical disabilities and other special needs. For 90 years, Easter Seals has been offering help and hope to children and adults living with disabilities, and to the families who love them. Through training, education and support services, Easter Seals creates life-changing solutions so that people with disabilities can live, learn, work and play.