All Inclusivity articles

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    Make an autumn natural ‘fidget box’ for your group

    2023-11-09T16:14:00Z

    When did you first become aware of ADHD?

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    ‘She laughed, light came back into her eyes and a weight lifted from her shoulder’: how inclusion makes a difference

    2023-10-26T17:36:00Z

    Mark Arnold shares two stories to inspire you to ‘go and do likewise’

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    From 2 to 22: how one church is serving children with additional needs

    2023-06-12T19:45:00Z

    How additional needs friendly is your church? 

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    What you need to have with you in church for children with additional needs

    2023-05-24T10:28:00Z

    Additional needs guru Mark Arnold gives you the list of materials he won’t leave home without…

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    My additional needs book list

    2023-04-26T10:23:00Z

    Every child and young person needs support to help them learn or engage with activities. Some need additional or different support from those of the same age to ensure that everyone benefits from all they participate in. We want to address some of the important questions around these needs. Welcome to ‘All inclusive’.

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    Challenging behaviour? Or sensory processing difficulties?

    2023-03-15T12:18:00Z

    Every child and young person needs support to help them learn or engage with activities. Some need additional or different support from those of the same age to ensure that everyone benefits from all they participate in. We want to address some of the important questions around these needs. Welcome to ‘All inclusive’.

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    Why some parents can be grizzly bears

    2023-02-08T14:01:00Z

    Every child and young person needs support to help them learn or engage with activities. Some need additional or different support from those of the same age to ensure that everyone benefits from all they participate in. We want to address some of the important questions around these needs. Welcome to ‘All inclusive’.

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    An additional-needs audit

    2023-01-23T16:04:00Z

    Every child and young person needs support to help them learn or engage with activities. Some need additional or different support from those of the same age to ensure that everyone benefits from all they participate in. We want to address some of the important questions around these needs. Welcome to ‘All inclusive’.

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    “So here it is, merry Christmas”

    2022-12-20T11:19:00Z

    Every child and young person needs support to help them learn or engage with activities. Some need additional or different support from those of the same age to ensure that everyone benefits from all they participate in. We want to address some of the important questions around these needs. Welcome to ‘All inclusive’.

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    Just keep swimming

    2022-11-21T11:30:00Z

    Every child and young person needs support to help them learn or engage with activities. Some need additional or different support from those of the same age to ensure that everyone benefits from all they participate in. We want to address some of the important questions around these needs. Welcome to ‘All inclusive’.

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    An alternative to Halloween

    2022-10-31T14:08:00Z

    Halloween literally means the evening before All Hallows’ Day or All Saints’ Day, a festival celebrated on 1st November each year. The name Halloween is a shortened version of All Hallows’ evening, celebrated on 31st October. 

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    The neurodiverse

    2022-09-16T09:24:00Z

    Every child and young person needs support to help them learn or engage with activities. Some need additional or different support from those of the same age to ensure that everyone benefits from all they participate in. We want to address some of the important questions around these needs. Welcome to ‘All inclusive’.

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    Five ways to support a sibling

    2022-08-25T14:21:00Z

    Written by Mark Arnold’s daughter, Phoebe, who shares her experience of growing up as the sibling of someone with additional needs.

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    The inclusive power of a holiday club

    2022-07-28T10:03:00Z

    Are you planning a holiday club for this summer? Many churches will be running one for the first time since the pandemic and if that’s your church too, then you’ve got a golden opportunity to use it as a way to become more inclusive of children and young people with additional needs.

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    What’s special about being all-inclusive?

    2019-12-30T00:00:00Z

    What can church communities be doing in order to make services more accessible to children and young people with additional or special needs? And how can we educate our young people how to lovingly interact with children with additional needs? We spoke to Phoebe Guy, a teacher for children with special needs, about how we can ensure we are including children with additional needs.

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    All Inclusive – Supporting families

    2019-04-29T00:00:00Z

    Every child and young person needs support to help them learn and engage with activities.

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    Blog

    Is your ministry really all inclusive?

    2018-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Bryan and Sally Phillips challenged us all to not only entertain but truly include those with disabilities as equals. Here’s what they had to say.

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    All inclusive: Getting started

    2017-12-13T00:00:00Z

    Every child and young person needs support to help them learn or engage with activities. Some need additional or different support from those of the same age to ensure that everyone benefits from all they participate in. We want to address some of the important questions around these needs. Welcome to ‘All inclusive’.

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    Games: Inclusive Games

    2017-03-22T00:00:00Z

    We all work with a range of children and young people with different abilities and needs. It is therefore hugely important to get to know your group to tailor sessions to their needs - this means playing games where all can feel included and valued. The following guidelines should apply to games for children and young people across a spectrum of abilities:

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    Is your children’s work all inclusive’?

    2017-01-19T00:00:00Z

    Church-based children’s work with children that have additional (special) needs or disabilities has always been out on the margins: something that has been occasionally provided in response to a specific, direct need. It is rarely viewed as a missional outreach opportunity, and indeed, it is common for there to be some resistance to inclusion, even in churches where there are families with a child with additional needs.