Autism from a Christian PerspectivePresenter: Barbara J. Newman Barbara J Newman is a church and school consultant for CLC Network. She is the author of “Helping Kids Include Kids with Disabilities”, “The Easter Book”, “Autism and Your Church”, “Any Questions? – a Guidebook for Inclusive Education”, “Circle of Friends Training Manual”, and “Body Building: Devotions to Celebrate Inclusive Community”. She has written curriculum for Friendship Ministries, was a major contributing author of “Special Needs SMART Pages” for Joni and Friends, co-authored the “G.L.U.E. Training Manual”, and is a frequent national speaker at educational conferences and churches. In addition to writing and speaking, Barb enjoys working in her classroom at Zeeland Christian School. Place:
Trinity Christian College
6601 West College Drive
Palos Heights, IL 60463 Date:
Saturday, October 22, 2011 from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm (CST) Cost: Individual Rate: $30 per participant Group Rate (5 or more): $20 per participant Student Rate: $10 per participant The registration deadline is October 15, 2011. Autism from a Christian Perspective - Is your church including children or adults with Autism or Asperger Syndrome? Parents and Grandparents, are you desiring to better understand this precious child God has brought into your family? This workshop will explore God's "knitting pattern" for persons with Autism Spectrum Disorders, discuss some of the differences you might see, and give you many practical tools to try for church inclusion for children and adults as well as practical ideas to use at home. Participants will: - Think through ASD from a Scriptural perspective - Briefly discover some of the current as well as future classifications within ASD - Learn about the differences one might see in an individual with ASD - Discover many, practical tools and researched practices churches can use when including children and adults
with ASD To register, please go to: www.clcnetwork.org Register by October 15, 2011!
Questions? Call Jan Visser at 708.307.2370 (jvcsm@sbcglobal.net) or Judi Warner at 616.855.3115 (jwarner@clcnetwork.org). |
