by Joe and Cindi Ferrini | Aug 15, 2016 | Special Needs Parenting
Be honest. Even if you didn’t say that out loud, you’ve thought it at least once! Yet, the primary “care-giver” really does have the need to leave home, leave town, and leave their child behind from time to time. Perhaps we need to leave our child behind (not in the...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Aug 13, 2016 | Controversies, Mental Health
I just had another teen patient hauled off to the hospital following the end of a sexual relationship. When teens who struggle with mental illness find themselves engaged in sexual relationships, there’s lots of danger involved. As a physician specializing in child...
by Stephanie McKeever | Aug 12, 2016 | Special Needs Parenting
We all know disability draws the attention of others. I get it. I look, too. We often feel like everybody is Evan’s friend. (Mostly pretty girls. Evan has moves like Jagger. Be jealous.) People we don’t recognize will stop to talk to Evan because they know...
by Stephen Grcevich MD | Aug 11, 2016 | Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Strategies
As a new school year is beginning here in Northeast Ohio, many kids and families will face a daunting challenge at church. Transitions are highly anticipated by most kids and families. At many churches, preschoolers entering kindergarten start to attend elementary...
by Key Ministry | Aug 11, 2016 | Adoption, Grief, Special Needs Parenting
We sat in the car, inching forward in traffic that stretched miles ahead of us. My tween daughter turned on the radio. “Not that station!” I protested internally, but said nothing. She pulled out a granola bar and started eating (by which, I mean she ate...
