Welcoming every family and child, including those who have special needs, doesn’t need to be scary or overwhelming. We’ve partnered with experts to compile current, helpful strategies, insights, and tips for ministering to children and families living with all kinds of special needs.
In this section, you’ll find information to help you understand children who have specific needs, such as diabetes, hearing impairment, allergies, Attention Deficit Disorder, and many more. Check out advice on letting adults with special needs serve in your ministry. You’ll also learn from churches who started inclusive ministries and understand the need for inclusive ministries today. Don’t forget to train your teachers and volunteers on this topic too.
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We asked four ministry experts to share their wisdom and experiences as parents of children with special needs. As these parent-experts shared their thoughts, several themes emerged. Here’s what they…
When planning a formal special needs ministry, pastors and volunteers often wonder where to begin. Questions and concerns can bring the planning process to the point of being overwhelming, leaving…
The church should be a welcoming, safe place for every child. But for many families of children with special needs, it’s yet another place for their children to stand out…
When this church developed a special needs ministry to become inclusive for all kids, it succeeded beyond anything anyone expected. Katy is a fourth-grader with severe learning disabilities. When she…
My family recently moved to Minnesota, and we’re looking for a new church home. I have two children with disabilities, and unfortunately, not all churches welcome families like mine with…
“Developmental disability” can cover many issues. Here’s what you need to know about how to minister to a child with a developmental disability. Years ago I had a developmentally disabled…
A couple years ago our children’s ministry faced a dilemma: we had several children with disabilities and teaching the larger group became challenging. One day as we brainstormed ideas of…
Ever wonder what the siblings of children with special needs are thinking and feeling? Here are 5 secrets—in their words—they wish you knew. The hit song from the late 1960s…
Experts on ADHD speak up in this roundtable discussion to help you effectively reach kids with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A lot of these kids feel like nobody loves them and…
What you need to know about the mental illness issues families are dealing with today—and why we’re all so reluctant to talk about it. Justin and Brenda are dismayed to…
It’s packed with practical, authentic ministry ideas to help you become even better at what you do best—lead kids to Jesus. You’ll get sound advice and encouragement from today’s children’s ministry experts, AND hundreds of ideas that’ll have kids begging to come back!
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