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.
Parents and Caregivers
S.O.S. KIDS: Supporting Our Special Kids
A support group for parents of special needs children
OUR PURPOSE:
Our purpose is to support and equip parents of special needs children throughout the Memphis area. We will feature various speakers who will discuss information related to children from the newly diagnosed to high school and beyond. Our goal is to empower parents with more information to help their children reach their potential.
WHERE WE MEET:
Central Church, 2005 Winchester Blvd., Collierville, TN 38017
Please enter on the church side (if you are facing the church from Winchester you will enter the left or east side of the campus)
We will meet in the lobby at 6:00 and go to our meeting room, room 1255.
WHEN:
We meet every 3rd Sunday night of the month. Our next two meetings are scheduled for April 16 and May 20th.
Childcare is provided for all of your children.
Parents, grandparents, caregivers welcome.
Please call Karter Raine for more information: 834-0042
Events
Hear Clay Dyer at Longview Heights Baptist Church, May 5
Each year, Longview Heights Baptist Church seeks ways to give back to the special needs community, as well as the community at large. This year, LHBC is proud to host Clay Dyer, a professional fisherman, born without arms and legs. Clay has never given up a love for fishing. He is a testament to the fact that God never makes mistakes. God enables those with the gifts He provides. Clay continues to embrace his potential and encourages others in his fishing and public speaking. Clay continues to follow God’s lead and emphasizes the fact that the word “can’t” is not now, nor shall ever be in his vocabulary.
LHBC invites the community to attend this FREE event on Saturday, May 5th at 7:00pm. See this Facebook link for more details: http://www.facebook.com/events/279780885440304/
Funn Day every last Saturday of the month (10:30am-1pm): Skating, face painting, and crafts at Funquest in Collierville. Scooters available. Join us the last Saturday of every month from 10:30 to 1:00 for loads of fun. ***No Cost
Support Group for Parents every 3rd Sunday night of the month (6:45-8:00): Room 1259, childcare for typical and special needs children. Karter Raine leads this group. Call for more information, 901-834-0042, or email karterraine@gmail.com.
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.
