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Did you know that only 17% of families who have a family member with autism participate in a community of faith on a regular basis? Many communities of faith simply have not taken the steps to welcome those with disabilities, not because they don't want to but because they don't know how. Join Mike, a father of three boys with autism, a member of a community of faith, and an Autism and Inclusion Specialist as he shares ideas about how to remedy this problem and learn how to make room for people with intellectual disabilities into communities of faith.

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The Holy Scriptures remind us that all people, the temporarily-abled and those who have a disabiity, deserve to hear of God's love for them. In a crowded house in Capernaum, Jesus saw the faith of four men who went to great lengths to... more
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Tools in 20 will focus on a specific, evidence-based intervention (i.e., a "tool") that you can use for a child with autism or other developmental disability. This show will take 20-minutes to teach you how to use a First-Then Board.
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Tools in 20 will focus on a specific, evidence-based intervention (i.e., a "tool") that you can use for a child with autism or other developmental disability. This show will take 20-minutes to teach you how to use a Visual Timer.
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This show will focus on God's promise that all things can work together for good in the life of your family and child with autism. Much of today's material is from Paul Smith's book, "God's Plan For Our Good."
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This program will talk a look at the role of "experience" in shaping challenging behaviors, the 3 patterns of communicating rules, and evidence-based practices for setting limits with the strong-willed child.
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Evidence-based practices from the field of education that can be used in communities of faith to support the spiritual growth of people with intellectual disabilities.
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Coping with the stress of raising a child with special needs.
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Inclusion is more than just sharing space, it includes sharing lives. In this episode we'll talk about how to use the Church Welcome Assessment as a guide to help you identify areas of support for people with intellectual disabilities.
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Words do matter! People with autism and other disabilities are not their diagnosis...they are people, first. Tune in to find out how we "hurt" or "help" others by the way we talk about them.
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In this show we'll talk about the culture of autism, it's implications for teaching learners with autism, and the gifts that the person with autism brings into the community of faith.
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