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Posted on July 22, 2011, 2:20 pm
Topics: Church Education
This 2-page guide with the heavy title, "Autism Spectrum Disorders [ASD]: Supportive Strategies for Crisis Prevention," presents a positive strategy and practical ideas for teachers and applies easily to including kids with ASD in Sunday School, GEMS, Cadets, youth group and other church activities.
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Posted on July 22, 2011, 1:39 pm
Topics: Church Education
Friendship Ministries has just freshened and updated this excellent resource. Although their publicity emphasizes that the book is for inclusion of children with Autism into a church's ministry, the model for ministry described in the book will help churches include children and adults with many different disabilities into their educational ministry. It's an outstanding resource!
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Posted on June 27, 2011, 10:49 am | 2 comments
Topics: Church Education
Sr. Barbara Cline, Director of the Office of Catechesis for the Diocese of Grand Rapids, says that we consider children in class to be problems when WE have not yet learned how to teach them. This list of practical suggestions for responses to challenging behaviors will help Sunday School teachers and others working with children to learn how to teach the precious charges they have been given.
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Posted on January 10, 2011, 9:42 am | 3 comments
Topics: Church Education
This website includes an English to sign language video dictionary, and many other tools for learning single signs, fingerspelling, practicing sentences, and more. Simple tools are free including the video dictionary. Advanced tools require registration and a monthly fee.
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Posted on June 2, 2010, 8:54 am
Topics: Church Education
This webinar, produced by Friendship Ministries and Faith Alive Christian Resources, explores inclusion of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Sunday School and the ministry of the church.
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Posted on May 4, 2010, 3:06 pm | 2 comments
Topics: Church Education
Although many people think about people with disabilities as having needs and non-disabled people having gifts to offer, nondisabled and disabled each have gifts and needs. Each of us has green areas of our lives – things that we are good at – and pink areas – things we are not good at. Like the various members of body, so the puzzle pieces fit together because we all need each other...
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Posted on May 4, 2010, 2:17 pm
Topics: Church Education
"DOOR International’s vision is to bring God’s Word and biblical Christian fellowship to Deaf communities worldwide." The website is separated for Deaf users and hearing users. Not only does the site give a good introduction to Deaf culture for ministry leadership, DOOR produces materials for Deaf ministry.
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Posted on May 4, 2010, 2:11 pm
Topics: Church Education
"THROUGH DEAF EYES is a two-hour HDTV documentary that explores 200 years of Deaf life in America." Though not produced from a religious perspective, it gives ministry leaders a good understanding of Deaf history, culture, and language.
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Posted on May 4, 2010, 2:08 pm
Topics: Church Education
An excellent article in the March, 2010, Christianity Today tells about a ministry with the Deaf which gives church leaders a better understanding about ministry with people who are deaf as well as what seems to be an excellent resource.
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Posted on April 26, 2010, 2:33 pm
Topics: Church Education
Last Saturday I attended a Disability Concerns conference in Kitchener, Ontario, called, “Helping People Include People.” The featured speaker, Barbara Newman, did a wonderful job helping those in attendance with great ideas for including people with disabilities in the full life of the church.
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Posted on January 18, 2010, 3:32 pm
Topics: Church Education
Dedicated to individuals with Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and those who work alongside them to improve mutual understanding, the Gray Center approaches the social impairment in ASD as a shared impairment. They work to improve social understanding on both sides of the social equation, helping individuals with ASD to communicate and interact more successfully with the people with whom they live and work.
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Posted on January 18, 2010, 3:11 pm
Topics: Church Education
Friendship Ministries/Friendship Ministries Canada is an interdenominational ministry whose mission is to share God's love with people who have cognitive impairments and to enable them to become an active part of God's family. Over 800 Friendship groups use their resources for one on one ministry. Resources are available in Spanish as well at Ministerio Amistad.
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Posted on January 18, 2010, 2:37 pm
Topics: Church Education
The Christian Learning Center (CLC) provides an array of services to individuals who have disabilities and unique gifts, and to their families. Their Church Services Division offers consultation and print resources specific to inclusion of people with disabilities in faith communities. While its origin is in the Christian School community of West Michigan, CLC serves individuals, families, schools and churches around North America.
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