
It’s all fun and games until someone gets… a great idea
i4Education, OSU-Cascades Innovation Co-Lab and national experts bring new tool to design thinking process

When Collaboration + Innovation = Real World Design Solutions
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...

Horses touch the lives of children with special needs
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...

Read With Me Changes Lives of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Central Oregon Students
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...