Did I Sign Up For This? – Part 4

January 25, 2013 by 1 Comment

In the last part of this series, Amy Kendall, Saddleback Kids Disabilities Ministry Coordinator, will talk about classroom management when dealing with children who need a little extra help. Having a child in your classroom who has a disability or behavioral issues can be tough to deal with. I am sure you are thinking at times, “I didn’t sign up to do this.” It can be both a blessing and a curse to have children come in all shapes and sizes. Below is a behavior management plan we have in … [Read more...]

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Did I Sign Up For This? – Part 3

January 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment

In the third installment of this series, Amy Kendall, Saddleback Kids Disabilities Ministry Coordinator, will talk about the things we can do for these kids so they are successful in our classroom settings. It is our desire (and I am sure yours as well) that no child leaves our classrooms not knowing the Good News of Christ so sometimes we need to look at the best ways possible to teach this to children. So now we have figured out what SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder) looks like. But what do … [Read more...]

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Did I Sign Up For This? – Part 2

January 18, 2013 by 1 Comment

In the second part of this series, Amy Kendall, Saddleback Kids Disabilities Ministry Coordinator, discusses each area specifically and how it is present in the children we serve in Children’s Ministry. In the last blog, we talked about SPD (Sensory Processing Disorder) children and some of the areas it touches on. More and more often we are seeing kids like this in our ministry and more often than naught people have mislabeled them as either ADD, ADHD or being behavioral kids. This week we … [Read more...]

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Did I Sign Up For This? – Part 1

January 14, 2013 by 2 Comments

Today we begin a new four part series called “Did I Sign Up For This?” Amy Kendall, Saddleback Kids Disabilities Ministry Coordinator, will give us a better understanding on how to work with those who simply need a little extra grace. Kids come in all shapes, sizes and personalities. Some kids are just easy to love and some kids are what we call at Saddleback, EGR kids (Extra Grace Required). There is another category of kids that often gets looked at as behavioral kids. When you look at it a … [Read more...]

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