by Key Ministry | Jul 19, 2016 | Key Ministry, Mental Health, Shannon Dingle
Let me start by saying this: I’m a bit of an expert on this topic but not in the way you think. My background and education is heavily in child development and education and communication, but I never studied self-harm in a classroom. I took a smorgasbord of psych...
by Sandra Peoples | Jul 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
“She ruins everything!” I said to my mom when I was six and my big sister bumped into an art project I’d been working on all day.And again when I was twelve and she wanted to hang out with me and my friends at my slumber party.And again when I...
by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Jul 18, 2016 | Uncategorized
Sad but true; some days I just feel like quitting. For nearly 35 years I’ve been caring for our son who has special needs (cerebral palsy, epilepsy, developmental delays, mental handicaps, and lots of allergies (some severe and possibly fatal, namely peanuts). Both my...
by Key Ministry | Jul 17, 2016 | Advocacy, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Mental Health, Strategies
Editor’s Note: Catherine Boyle presents her monthly update on her church’s progress in launching a mental health inclusion ministry. This post was written in 2016, prior to Catherine joining the Key Ministry team. I listened to a podcast recently about...
by Stephanie McKeever | Jul 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
I got a big helping of that special needs Humble Pie last week. You may have been there yourself before. Maybe it was the public meltdown stares. Or people wondering with perturbed looks surrounding public restroom issues. Possibly, you’ve been in a special...
