Helping Children with Special Needs

• Anabaptist Christian Education Focus: Written specifically for teachers in Anabaptist Christian day schools to help integrate children with special needs into both classroom and faith community settings.

• Comprehensive Disability Coverage: Addresses specific learning disabilities with practical interventions, goal-setting strategies, and medical alert recognition to support effective teaching approaches.

• Inclusive and One-on-One Teaching Methods: Provides guidance for both inclusive classroom environments and individualized instruction settings to accommodate different learning needs.

• Safety and Behavioral Management: Includes protocols for responding to challenging behaviors such as bolting, with practical strategies for maintaining student safety.

• Beyond Traditional Disabilities: Explores non-disability factors that impact learning including poverty, medical conditions, trauma, family disruption, and cultural differences.

• Information Evaluation Skills: Teaches educators how to distinguish between reliable and unreliable information sources when researching student needs and interventions.

• Faith-Based Integration: Emphasizes the role of both teacher and church community in helping special needs children participate meaningfully in God’s work and kingdom.