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Adaptive Environments - Human Centered Design
http://www.adaptiveenvironments.org

Adaptive Environments is dedicated "to advancing the role of design in expanding opportunity and enhancing experience for people of all ages and abilities." The group, with more than 20 years of experience, works toward this goal through promotion and education initiatives, small and large scale projects, and consultation. Check out several items in their news section about accessible construction in the Bay Area.

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Field Trip Factory
http://fieldtripfactory.com

This outreach program sponsored by community stores supports free field trips with trained leaders. The field trip content ranges from "Healthy Eaters" to "Be a Smart Shopper!" to "Things you AUTO know." Availability varies around the country. Field trips include preparatory materials, lesson plans and resources relating the trip to content standards.

What's New at Bridge?
Visitor and Field Trip Fun
http://www.bridgeschool.org/bs/bs_sia_fieldtrips.html

We plan field trips and on-site experiences to complement the classroom curriculum and thematic units. This year we have gone to Ardenwood Farm, ice skating and more. We have also had visits from fire fighters, an organic egg producing chicken and a mobile aquarium. Take a look at our Students in Action page for more.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

AAC by the Bay Conference: Bridging Research, Best Practice and Families
September 27 - 29, 2007
Early bird registration is available online at: http://www.bridgeschool.org/aacbythebay/aac07_fees.html
The focus of the biennial conference will be literacy, assessment and the impact of visual impairments on the education of users of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). You won't want to miss the opportunity to hear invited speakers including Dr. Beth Foley, Deborah Tierney Kreuzer, Linda Burkhart, Dr. Karen Erickson and Bob Williams at this dynamic event. General information about the conference available at: www.bridgeschool.org.

The Bridge Collection
Over 125 songs from the Bridge School Benefit concerts are now available on iTunes. Through the generosity of the artists and Apple over 90% of the proceeds from these two collections will benefit The Bridge School for the first 6 months of sales.

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545 Eucalyptus Ave.
Hillsborough, CA 94010
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