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Adapting Curriculum for a Special Needs Ministry in Your Church

Discover effective strategies and tools for adapting curriculum to create an inclusive ministry for special needs individuals in your church. Learn how to set up classrooms, manage behaviors the Bible’s way, and partner with various stakeholders. Explore lesson plans, sensory activities, communication tools, and more to foster a sense of belonging and spiritual growth. Join Jesus in ministry by embracing a combination approach that caters to diverse needs and abilities. Take the next step toward a more inclusive and impactful church community!

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Adapting Curriculum for a Special Needs Ministry in Your Church

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  1. Adapting Curriculum for a Special Needs Ministry in Your Church Bass Convention 2016, Gisele Darden

  2. Would You Consider? March 22, 2014 Changed my life. How did I get involved in SNM?

  3. John 9: 1-3 New International Version (NIV) 1 As he went along, he saw a man blind from birth. 2 His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” 3 “Neither this man nor his parents sinned,” said Jesus, “but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. God’s Word

  4. PR 3 God’s Perfect Plan In Action

  5. Foundation Foundation • Prayer • Preparation • Partnering • Prayer • Preparation • Partnering • Relationship • Respond • Reflect • Relationship • Respond • Reflect • What Model should YOUR Church use? • Respite • Teach The Bible • Relationships • Combination • Environment • How to set up • the classroom • Time Sunday Services • Sunday Services • Weekday-evening • Weekend - Respite Events • Location • Church Classroom • Offsite • Type of Classroom • Inclusion • Self-Contained • Combination • Type of Learners • Visual • Auditory • Kinesthetic • Combination • Consider the Needs in YOUR Church • ASD • Developmental Delays • Learning Differences • Add/ADHD • Speech/Language • Visual • Hearing • Physical • Down Syndrome • Cerebral Palsy • and so much more……. • Do not assume you do not have children with disabilities • Partner/Educate/Training • Church Leadership • All Ministries • Parents • Community (J&F, PHP, etc.) • CYM Volunteers • Other Churches • Professionals (ABA, OT, PT, SE Teachers, specialist, etc.) • Curriculum • CYM…..SN….Create your own • Behavior Management the Bible’s Way: • Love • Respect • Line-up with CYM policy. If YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL COME. YOU DON’T HAVE TO DO IT ALL or All AT ONCE • Delivery • Teacher Lead • Buddy Lead • Combination • Inclusion • God’s Word: • Model • Share • Teach Line-up with the Bible Trust God to do a mighty work in your church

  6. Learn & Teach in each Person Language: Individualized Spiritual Plans (ISP) In response to God Invitation: • Become part of the Body of Christ • Become more like Jesus • Joining Jesus in Ministry * Combination is the Key *

  7. Strategies/ Tools/ Lesson Plan • Authentic Sense of Belonging • Lesson Plan • Age, Stage & Abilities • Sensory Box • Buddy Bag • Transition • Communication & Behavior Mgmt • Verbal • Non-Verbal • Sign Language • Catch Kids being Good • Visual Schedule • Classroom Schedule • Individual Schedule • Timer & Clock • Classroom Environment • Accessibility • Lighting • Personal Space • Quit Area • 1/1 Buddy Time • Welcome • Free time • Relax • Fellowship • Coloring Sheets • Worksheets • Large Group • Song • Story - Visual Board • Topic Review • Group Activity • Memory Verse • Review - Tiles • 1/1 Buddy Time • Story - Read • Visual Board Activity/ Worksheets Sheets • Memory Verse • 1/1 Buddy Time • Craft • Game • Large Group • Prayer • Snack • Large Group • Pick-up • Take-Home Sheet for Parents • Lap Book • File Folder • Discipleship Activity • Board Game • Bing Bag Chairs • Rocking Chair • Coloring Sheet • Word Search • Theme Activity • Bible Bingo • Topic Puzzle • Visual Story Sequence • Matching Cards • Memory Verse Trace • Memory Verse Tiles • Memory Verse cups or noodles • Lap Book • File Folder • Discipleship Activity • Board Game • Check Allergies

  8. Q & A Thank You You are in My Prayers What’s Next

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