Session Description
With one in 68 individuals being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), it is likely that your worshiping community already includes someone with ASD. If you are a pastor, worship leader, musician, church school teacher, or church volunteer, discover specific ways to identify, interact with, and worship with persons with ASD. Using six key areas of difference, this session will take best practices in special education and apply them to a church setting. Leave with a toolbox full of new ideas to try starting next week with both children and adults!
Conference Title
2017 Calvin Symposium on Worship
Event Date
1-26-2017
Event Type
Workshop/Seminar
Type (recording/text)
Text
Subject Area
Worship
Topic
Disability Inclusion/Universal Design
Keywords:
ASD, Interaction, Special Education
Recommended Citation
Newman, Barbara J., "Autism and Your Church" (2017). Symposium on Worship Archive. 11.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/uni-cicw-symposium/2017/allitems/11
Included in
Autism and Your Church
With one in 68 individuals being diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), it is likely that your worshiping community already includes someone with ASD. If you are a pastor, worship leader, musician, church school teacher, or church volunteer, discover specific ways to identify, interact with, and worship with persons with ASD. Using six key areas of difference, this session will take best practices in special education and apply them to a church setting. Leave with a toolbox full of new ideas to try starting next week with both children and adults!