i4Education, OSU-Cascades Innovation Co-Lab and national experts bring new tool to design thinking process Until now, problem-solving through design thinking has often been a tricky process and a difficult skill to learn. Organizations seeking to innovate often bring...

Central Oregon students design Assistive Technology for peers with special needs   In the fall of 2019, a group of local middle and high school STEM students came together with their Special Education peers to design and create assistive technologies that make...

Something extraordinary happens when horses touch the lives of children with special needs. A relationship is formed—a partnership to inspire the discovery of trust, freedom, strength and hope. The Bridges Program is a partnership between High Desert ESD and the Bend...

Today, the average person will change their career 5-7 times before finding their calling. However, High Desert Education Service District (HDESD) Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) teacher, Susan Newman, found her calling by the age of 13. “As a teen, I spent my weekends...