All Inclusivity articles
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Article‘She laughed, light came back into her eyes and a weight lifted from her shoulder’: how inclusion makes a difference
Mark Arnold shares two stories to inspire you to ‘go and do likewise’
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BlogFrom 2 to 22: how one church is serving children with additional needs
How additional needs friendly is your church?
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ArticleWhat you need to have with you in church for children with additional needs
Additional needs guru Mark Arnold gives you the list of materials he won’t leave home without…
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ArticleMy additional needs book list
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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ArticleChallenging behaviour? Or sensory processing difficulties?
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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ArticleWhy some parents can be grizzly bears
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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ArticleAn additional-needs audit
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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Article“So here it is, merry Christmas”
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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ArticleJust keep swimming
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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ArticleAn alternative to Halloween
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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ArticleThe neurodiverse
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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ArticleFive ways to support a sibling
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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ArticleThe inclusive power of a holiday club
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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Faith at homeWhat’s special about being all-inclusive?
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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IssuesAll Inclusive – Supporting families
Every child and young person needs support to help them learn and engage with activities.
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BlogIs your ministry really all inclusive?
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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IssuesAll inclusive: Getting started
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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IssuesGames: Inclusive Games
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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IssuesIs your children’s work all inclusive’?
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.
