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A Charter School for Children with Special Needs in the State of Oregon

Click on the image to access the policy brief for PATHS charter school in Oregon.
Listen to my radio interview with Voice of America that was translated into Dari, Pashto, and Farsi when it was broadcast across Asia and Europe about the school PATHS is building in Afghanistan for children with disabilities.
Our Mission

To expand educational opportunities so that all individuals receive the best possible education, regardless of their abilities or disabilities.  We understand the important role that education plays in society - it allows students of all abilities, socio-economic backgrounds, and ethnicities to come together to learn not only about academics and the world around them, but also about each other.


PATHS will develop The Exceptional Children's Laboratory School to train teachers and expand educational opportunities for children who suffer from a wide-range of disabilities in grades K through12 in Afghanistan.

Disabled children in Afghanistan have suffered for years with cognitive and physical impairments due to land mines, the spread of polio, poverty, malnutrition, pre-natal drug abuse and decades of war, while more than 75% of these children receive no formal education whatsoever. 

We want all children to have an opportunity to obtain an education - regardless of ability.
We are a non-profit organization of parents working in partnership with teachers to improve the educational opportunities for all children.
But we must do more than just build schools; we must also develop the human infrastructure necessary to support and expand the Afghan education system. Afghanistan needs teachers, including special education teachers that can assist children with disabilities in reaching their full potential.

Operation Exceptional Child rises above religion and politics and is a campaign of pure goodness.  It will be a first for Afghanistan, and a real contribution in winning over the local population and creating greater peace and prosperity for Afghans and their neighbors.

The path to success for all students lies in creating greater educational opportunties.
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For more information, visit OpEx Child on our blog site.
Please take a look at an interview that I gave to raise awareness about the plight of disabled children in Afghanistan.
Check out our latest initiative to bring greater educational opportunities to disabled Afghan children, The Exceptional Children's Laboratory School: Our laboratory classroom will serve as a model of education practice and as a fieldwork site developing best practices in the art of teaching students with disabilities.
Operation Exceptional Child-Afghanistan: Access the policy brief that I wrote outlining a comprehensive education plan for children with disabilities.
Please view PATHS' plan to help Afghans rebuild their lives so that they can look forward to a more prosperous and ultimately more peaceful future.
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