These blog posts include tips to help children’s and youth workers engage with, include, and create places of belonging for everyone, especially children and young people with additional needs.
Sometimes, we do things that can make very little sense at all. Sometimes, we do those things unthinkingly, because “It’s always been done that way…” Sometimes, it’s only when we are challenged to really think about it, that we realise that there might be a better way… That’s the journey I’ve been on recently when … Continue reading Children’s Peer Groups: Same Age? Or Shared Interest?
I’ve owned a Victorinox Swiss Army pocketknife like this since a school trip to Switzerland more years ago that I care to remember. Over all of those years I’ve used it a lot, or rather I’ve used most of it a lot. When I was looking at it a few days ago, something struck me, made me … Continue reading Are You The ‘Mystery’ Tool On A Swiss Army Pocket Knife?
Acceptance (noun), defined by the English Living Dictionary as; 1. The action of consenting to receive or undertake something offered. 2. The process or fact of being received as adequate, valid, or suitable. 3. Agreement with or belief in an idea or explanation. 4. Willingness to tolerate a difficult situation. Acceptance is a word that … Continue reading Additional Needs: Acceptance Is A Choice
For those of us striving to make a difference for children and young people with additional needs or disability, especially in our churches and the communities served by them, this has been a very significant year indeed.
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