Search Results for: blog young men accommodations for those with disabilities

New Church Website Focuses on Disabilities

The church has come out with a new website to help members with disabilities. The site is designed to help ward leaders and other members help the person with disabilities be an active part of the ward. This site addresses ward concerns as well as family concerns. This website can help you find the tools you need to successfully reach out and welcome members with disabilities. The site has an area specially designed for leaders and teachers of those with disabilities. This section gives guidance and suggestions on the best way to teach those with disabilities in a positive loving … Continue reading →

Helping Those With Special Needs

It is important to be considerate of those with special needs in your ward. There are a variety of reasons why the family or member has special needs. It is important to make accommodations as much as you are able. Here are a few examples of special needs that many may not consider. 1) Members with food allergies need special consideration when it comes to church involvement. I know people who cannot eat wheat due to allergies or Celiac disease. If this is the case, the ward may need to provide special bread for the Sacrament. Since this may be … Continue reading →

Primary Time: Helping Those with Special Needs

The Primary program is designed for all children in the church. If you have a child with special needs or if you are in the presidency or a teacher of children with special needs it can be difficult to know the best way to approach the situation. It is important to be very open in your communication. Here are five tips to help you best meet the needs of a special needs child. 1) It is important to have a meeting between the Primary president and the parents of the child. This can even be done over the phone. During … Continue reading →

Ways to Make Summer Travel Easier on Your Child

Posted on by

It takes a brave soul to embark on a long vacation, with lots of travel, accompanied by young children. Parents of kids who have special needs are going to need to plan ahead in order to make their child’s travel experience as comfortable as possible. This could mean the difference between a family vacation, and turning the car back around towards home. All vacations require planning. Parents of children who have certain types of special needs are going to have to do some extra preparation in order to make it easier for their children to tolerate the stress, unexpected changes, … Continue reading →

Primary Time: Seeing Past the Disability

When it comes to Primary children and dealing with those who have special needs it can be too easy to become so caught up in dealing with the difficulties that these situations may create, that you forget to love the child as a spirit sent from Heavenly Father. The needs that you deal with in Primary could be autism, deafness, food allergies or extreme shyness. It is important o look for the child who is underneath all these extenuating circumstances. Often people are intimidated or worried about how the child is going to react or about how to best communicate … Continue reading →