HOC2024
Thanks for attending one of my sessions at Heart of the Child! Here are links to the slides I presented: And here are other helpful links that I mentioned in our sessions: Feel free to reach out with questions! speoples@sbtexas.com
Metro
How to Train and Equip Volunteers to Support Students with Additional Needs and How to Connect and Minister to Their Families It was wonderful to be with you at Metro this year! I hope your time there was enjoyable and productive. Here are the resources I mentioned in my session: Feel free to reach out…
Adapting Your Curriculum
In this video of All Access 2023, Amy Troyer from The Chapel in Green in Uniontown, OH shares how to adapt your curriculum so every student can understand the lesson! All Access Disability Ministry Conference Link
Supporting Students with Disabilities as They Transition from Children’s Ministry to Youth Ministry
In this video, Ryan Faulk from Joni & Friends share tips for supporting students with disabilities as they transition from children’s ministry to youth ministry. This video is part of the online All Access conference! You can use code “Sandra” to get $20 off your ticket price! Click here to learn more: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/allaccess2023/
Inclusion Basics for VBS Teachers
My friend Julie (who serves as the inclusion coordinator for special-needs families at our church) and I recorded a video for all the VBS teachers and helpers to get an overview of how to best include kids with invisible disabilities! I edited the one for our church down to a shorter version that anyone could…
discipline or Disability?
In a breakout I did on invisible disabilities, I got a question about how you can tell the difference between disobedience and disability. Are they choosing to disobey or are they unable to obey? That’s a tough one, isn’t it? And one we may get a lot from children’s ministry leaders, especially those who have…