This post is a continuation of our series on sexual abuse trauma and prevention. Today’s blogger is Brianna Edwards, LMHC and Registered Play Therapist.
The Importance of Confronting Abusive Behavior
Good Touch, Bad Touch: Sexual Abuse Prevention Strategies for Parents
Guest bloggers Gail Averette and Sheila Sullivan share helpful tips and approaches for parents of teens and adult children with disabilities to help prevent sexual abuse. Join us on October 27 as Gail and Sheila will share tips and strategies for ministry leaders to prevent sexual abuse.
Reflecting on Disability Ministry Strengths and Opportunities
A few years ago, a church leadership network where I am involved spent time in a reflection specific to the disability culture in their churches. The tool we used proved helpful in taking an honest and vision-refining look at things. My prayer is that it spurs some meaningful reflection among leaders and strengthens churches as places of belonging for individuals and families living with disability.
Four Questions For When the Fixer Can't Fix
My children have autism. The children at our church are great with our kids: patient, kind, accepting and open to them. I am thankful, but—that is not enough. I want them to have authentic, organic friendships with people their own age. Here are four questions to help churches be places where the neurotypical and neurodivergent can grow together.
A New Series on Sexual Abuse Prevention and Accountability
Substance Abuse Since the Start of COVID
Blessings and Laughter within Special Needs Ministry
Guest blogger Tony D’Orazio shares more stories about the challenges, laughter and joys of having a fitness ministry for people with special needs. Read his recent post about his son Jake here.
Five Ways Your Church Can Prepare to Love Families with Special Needs
Guest blogger Kristin Evans notes that it’s not practical to expect every church to be able to provide for families with special needs in every way. But she encourages churches to consider one or two ideas for how your congregation might be able to better support persons with special needs and disabilities. Here are five ways your church can prepare to love special needs families.
Ordinary Work Done In Extraordinary Ways
Over the summer, my husband Fred and I have been working through some course material from an organization which has as one of their objectives, “To help one’s family member to achieve ‘An Awesome Ordinary Life.’ ” It is so easy to lose sight of how extraordinary it is when an ordinary life is lived in faithful ways. Let me explain.
