Note for Presenter: Show the Joni and Friends IDC Training Guide Orientation DVD and click on IDC Chapter 6 min. Minimize the DVD to share other chapters later.

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Note for Presenter Show the Joni and Friends
IDC Training Guide Orientation DVD and click on
IDC Chapter 6 min.Minimize the DVD to share
other chapters later.
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Mission Statement To communicate the Gospel and
equip Christ-honoring Churches worldwide to
evangelize and disciple people affected by
disabilities.
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Joni and Friends Programs
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• Provide accessibility for the disabled
• by modifying
• homes
• Churches
• Hospitals
• Clinics

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Medical Outreach
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Joni and Friends Curriculum, Kits andBook
Resources
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Two Different Joni and FriendsDisability
Awareness ProgramsFor Children Ages 4-12
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• Disability Awareness and Missions Program
  supporting Wheels For The World
• 52 page Teachers Guide
• Reproducible pages
• DVD and sing-along CD

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• A childrens Disability Awareness Program
  includes 5 lessons-understanding 5 disabilities
  with ideas for new friendships.
• The Fishers of Men Project-A Missions Opportunity
  to help your group sponsor campers to a Joni and
  Friends Family Retreat
• Teachers Manual
• DVD and sing-along CD
• Posters and publicity brochures.

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• How to build mutually fulfilling relationships
  based on how Jesus related to individuals with
  disabilities.
• User friendly! Great basic intro to Disability
  Ministry using simple language, examples and
  graph.
• Addressing the challenge of attitudinal barriers
  From indifference to identification. Helpful
  Graph.

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• Preparing your church to welcome all
• A Disability ministry leaders must have manual
• Detailed action schedule for the development of
  an effective Disability Ministry
• Great preparation for a Disability Ministry
  Sunday.

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• Welcoming and Including People and Families
• 10 practical tips for becoming a disability
  friendly church.
• Helps churches address common fears and
  misunderstandings when beginning a Disability
  Ministry.
• 23 min DVD

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• The chapter The Mind Thats Mine Helping Kids
  Understand How Our Minds Work. blends the
  lessons of Gods creation, being made in the
  image of God and the fact that we all have many
  gifts but we are one Body in Christ. This chapter
  is the premise to the following lessons.
• Excellent lesson plans for building awareness and
  understanding among children using specific,
  visual and tangible lesson plans addressing
  autism spectrum disorders and emotional, mental,
  visual and hearing impairment.
• Fact sheets on general impairments both severe
  and moderate.
• Lesson plans, letters and devotions for families

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• 12 steps to initiating a Disability Ministry.
• 77 sections identify a diagnosis, explains
  general characteristics of a student with the
  diagnosis.
• Suggests ways to address and offer physical
  assistance.
• Teaching methods that work.
• Resource list
• Great for Childrens Ministry leaders.

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• Basic information for teachers who serve a
  population of students that include the
  disability community.
• Overview of disabilities
• Behavior Management tips
• Methods for inclusion

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• Insight and understanding necessary to provide
  for the particular needs of children with
  learning disabilities.
• Speech and language disorders, academic skills
  disorders and attention deficit disorders.

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• Definitions
• Common Classifications
• Keys to good discipline
• Keys to a good environment
• Tips for teachers
• Ministry Opportunities

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• Regardless of ages this booklet provides useful
  information about mental retardation and offers
  practical suggestions for making your teaching as
  effective as possible.

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• Helping congregations to understand the emotional
  and physical needs of the families and the
  special needs of siblings.
• Practical ways to help
• How to get started

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• See how one church is reaching out to serve
  children with disabilities.
• Parents share how they want Gods best for their
  children and discover how God is bringing them
  into a faith community.
• Great promotional tool to share with your pastor
  and for recruiting volunteers in your church.
• Closed Caption DVD
• two versions6 min and 10 1/2 min

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• Sharing your passion to see people affected by
  disabilities embraced and included in the life of
  your church.
• Sharing this passion to church leadership.
• Scriptural basis for Disability Ministry
• Calling leadership to action that will transform
  your church.

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• Evangelizing children with special needs . Great
  resource for Sunday School Teachers and leaders
  of other childrens programming.
• Addresses the hard questions children with
  disabilities ask about faith and explains how to
  present the Gospel on their level.
• Ideas for discipling new Christians considering
  their pace for learning, environment and building
  one truth upon another.

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• Leader Guide 30 pages
• Participant Guide
• Four lesson Bible Study. Can be done in a two
  hour meeting.
• Equip volunteers with eyes to see, hands to help
  and hearts that care for those affected by
  disability
• Use at a volunteer interest meeting to determine
  the gifting of each person and their
  understanding of Gods perspective on
  disability.

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• Create a Recruiting Team
• Easy for volunteers to say yes
• Help volunteers succeed without burnout.
• Tips for teaching Can-Do Kids
• Provide the right tools
• Say Thank You Often!

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• People with disabilities go to church with unique
  needs.
• They look for compassion and acceptance-not
  perfection.
• Caring for families at church.
• Models include Sunday school, respite care
  programs, VBS, parent support groups, sibling
  workshops, camps and church events.
• Serving Siblings

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• Ideas for inclusion in areas such as evangelism,
  baptism Communion, worship, childrens ministry
  and church leadership.
• Disability information and inclusion strategies
• Great introductory to Disability Ministry.

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• Practical guide from experienced mentors.
• Complete with outlines and reproducible materials
  to get you started.
• Professional and parental perspectives offered

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• Bible Study Explore Gods hope for us through
  our sufferings with your group.
• DVD and Video
• Leader s manual
• Participants guide
• A copy of the book When God Weeps

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• Learn about 5 specific Autism Spectrum Disorders
  (ASD)
• 10 Strategies for including people with ASD
• Develop action plans for ongoing ministry with
  children and adults with autism.

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• Addresses how congregations, families and service
  providers can work together to support the full
  participation of individuals affected in their
  faith community of their choice

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• God calls us to include all children, no matter
  the challenge.
• Practical ideas that can be easily integrated
  into any classroom.

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• Ten quick tips to reach every child in the
  classroom.
• Learn how to identify and connect with children
  who have special needs.
• Surveys and tools to guide teachers as they
  partner with parents and establish action plans
  that work.

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Orientation DVD 6 min