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Placing the Child with Special Needs

by Amy Fenton Lee This article is part of a series of articles on Special Needs by Amy Fenton Lee. See the first article, Special Needs: Your Best Resource May be Outside the Church, the second article, Special Needs: The Volunteers’ Blessings and the third article, Special Needs: Understanding the Diagnosis, Understand the individual. Most children’s ministers with experience in […]

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Communicating with Parents and Family in Early Childhood Ministry

When parents and teachers share similar goals and use similar approaches, teaching God’s Word is strengthened. A clearly defined and consistent plan for communicating with parents will develop a strong link between church and home. Long-term positive results in child guidance and spiritual nurture are increased when parents and teachers become partners working together. Conversely,

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Special Needs: Understand the Diagnosis, Understand the Individual

by Amy Fenton Lee This article is part of a series of articles on Special Needs by Amy Fenton Lee. See the first article, Special Needs: Your Best Resource May be Outside the Church and the second article, Special Needs: The Volunteers’ Blessings. Many churches lack formal programs that reach or intentionally include children with special needs. However,

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Enlisting Professional Input to Transform Your Church’s Special Needs Ministry

This post was written by guest writer Amy Fenton Lee. One of the biggest obstacles to starting or growing a special needs program is the intimidation that comes with a lack of understanding or knowledge of the disability world. Writing on this topic has involved learning new lingo and understanding the importance of very particular

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Teaching Boys & Girls: Do Our Sunday Schools Honor Both?

This post was written by guest writer Marlene LeFever Boys are biologically, developmentally, and psychologically different from girls. Only recently have we begun to realize that boys and girls don’t always thrive in the same classroom. Neurologist Dr. Bruce Perry of Houston said, speaking about boys, “Very well-meaning people have created a biologically disrespectful model

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First Steps for Starting a Special Needs Ministry

This post was guest written by Carlton McDaniel. Every person, regardless of their age, has been impacted by the rapid changes in the special needs community. The media has created a new awareness in our society by highlighting success stories about individuals with special needs. Medical advances and assistive technology are expanding a child’s once-limited

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