by Mark Arnold | Aug 17, 2021 | How-Tos, Special Needs Ministry
Meeting Sensory Needs with Fidgets and Fiddles Meeting sensory needs with fidgets and fiddles is one way to make church events accessible and welcoming for children. Guest blogger Mark Arnold is here to help you better understand sensory needs and to provide ideas...
by Jolene | Aug 5, 2021 | How-Tos, The 5 Love Languages® for Special Needs Families
Extended Family Members Can Use the 5 Love Languages to Encourage Caregiving Parents Extended family members can use the 5 love languages to encourage caregiving parents. Sharing Love Abundantly in Special Needs Families: The 5 Love Languages® for Parents Raising...
by Kristin Faith Evans | Jul 22, 2021 | How-Tos
Discovering the Gift of Simple Moments: Ways to Create Special Family Memories Discovering the gift of simple moments while raising kids with special needs requires a new set of eyes. Kristin Faith Evans is learning to capture those moments and share them with her...
by Liz Matheis | May 20, 2021 | How-Tos
Anxiety in a Post-Covid World Anxiety in a post-Covid world is the latest new reality in over a year of new realities. Clinical psychologist Liz Matheis is here today with 3 strategies to tame your anxiety as you and your family begins the process of re-entry. Hooray,...
by Jolene | Apr 15, 2021 | How-Tos, Self-Care and Stress
Aligning Priorities as Caregiving Demands Change Aligning priorities as caregiving demands change became part of my world in February. That’s when the residential facility where my mother lives reinstated room visits. Wahoo! After a year of staying home all day every...
by Jolene | Apr 1, 2021 | How-Tos
Ways to Speak Words of Affirmation and Quality Time to Kids with Special Needs Ways to speak words of affirmation and quality time to kids with special needs aren’t hard to cook up. Doing so requires three simple ingredients. The first is determining the child’s love...