Additional needs and church

Stories, ideas and resources for helping you support and encourage families of children with additional needs, as well as some practical articles on what additional needs support might look like in church. If you are a parent or carer of a child with additional needs, we have a topic for you too.

‘Intellectual wrestlers’: equipping kids who need to know

06 Oct 2024

Becky Sedgwick

Some kids, just like some adults, love to delve into the nitty gritty of faith and need to have an intellectual understanding of what they are believing.

Including everyone – SEN inclusion in church children’s and youth groups

01 Jun 2024

Becky Sedgwick

A free training video to use with your children's or youth team to explore inclusion in church groups.

Parenting for faith when my child is on the autistic spectrum

12 Mar 2023

Lucy Rycroft

Many of us parent a child who has autism, or have children/teens in our church groups who have autism. How can we rethink our approach to help them draw closer to Jesus in the best possible way?

Accessing God’s word with reading difficulties

27 Jul 2021

Rachel Turner

If you or your kids struggle with reading, it can feel hard to access God's word well. In one of our Facebook Lives for parents and carers, Rachel shared her experience and ideas.

Helping kids with additional needs connect with God

24 Jul 2020

Anna Hawken

In an episode of the Parenting for Faith podcast, we interviewed Naomi Graham, a children's occupational therapist, about how all children, regardless of their needs, can connect with God and how parents and carers can help with that.

The importance of inclusion

09 Jan 2020

Becky Sedgwick

Hannah tells a story of how including a girl with additional needs in the pre-service prayer meeting impacted the kids worship later on.

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