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Extension Scouting

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Extension Scouting
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FounderRobert Baden-Powell[dubiousdiscuss][citation needed]
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Extension Scouting are programs in Scouting organizations which cater for young people with special needs.

Background

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Extension Scouting was earlier called Scouts Malgré Tout[citation needed], which is French for "Scouts Despite Everything". It aims to meet the mandate[further explanation needed] from Robert Baden-Powell, founder and first Chief Scout of The Boy Scouts Association in the United Kingdom, that the programme be made "open to all."[1][better source needed]

Scoutlink badge of The Scout Association of the United Kingdom

Young people with special needs join in with Scout groups on a regular basis but some organizations provide a special parallel program tailored to these participants. For example, The Scout Association of the United Kingdom formed a Disabled Scout Branch in 1926 and has various Scoutlink groups around the country. Scoutlink is a program run by The Scout Association of the United Kingdom in order to provide support and involvement for young people and adults with developmental disabilities, a form of Extension Scouting[dubiousdiscuss][citation needed] but is also the name of an Internet chat site and joint programs between The Scout Association in Northern Ireland and Scouting Ireland.

Extension Scouting is known by different names:

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Extension Scouting in Queensland, Australia". Archived from the original on 2006-10-05.
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