special needs
Children
Children’s Ministries wants to minister to the spiritual needs of all children by providing the greatest experience possible in learning about God’s love, as well as providing loving support to families. For children with developmental or physical challenges, we work with parents to determine the best way to minister to their family and help children fully participate. Please call us at 901-255-8194 to talk with us about a plan for your child.
Students and Adults
Wings of Faith class
For youth and adults we have a class on Sunday mornings called Wings of Faith that meets at both 9:25 and 11:00 in the children’s library. It is designed for special needs individuals who would benefit and learn best from teaching geared to them. If individuals can be mainstreamed into existing student or adult classes but need a “Buddy” to help them adapt to these classroom situations, we would like to provide such a buddy for them. Please email Sherry Neely at sherryn@centralchurch.com to talk about what would work best for your family. Click here to see pictures of the class.
Events
Happy Birthday to Special Needs Class – Visit us Sunday, November 20, to celebrate with us our first birthday, one year old in ministry. We’ll have cupcakes and you can come either hour and see our leaders and class members and what God is doing among us.
Funn Day every last Saturday of the month (10:30am-1pm): Skating, face painting, and crafts at Funquest in Collierville. Scooters available. Join us January 28 from 10:30 to 1:00 for loads of fun. ***Cost is $3.50.
Our Trip to Our Family Farm was Sunday, Oct 23 – Click here to check out our pics.
Resources
FREE TRAINING CORNER
One of the goals of the Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities is to provide educational resources on developmental disabilities to the community. To that end, CEDD has sponsored the production of the several educational videos and online training modules.
The Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities at UCDavis has developed a free, online training series called ADEPT–Autism Distance Education Parent Training Interactive Learning. ADEPT is a 10-lesson interactive, self-paced, online learning module that gives par-ents the tools and training to more effectively teach their child with autism using Applied Be-havior Analysis (ABA) techniques.
Click on this link, www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/ddcenter, select “our products” and then from the drop down menu select “online training” and Module 1: Strategies for Teaching Functional Skills. This interactive training requires Adobe Flash to run.
