About Dr. G
Dr. Stephen Grcevich serves as President and Founder of Key Ministry, a non-profit organization providing free training, consultation, resources and support to help churches serve families of children with disabilities. Dr. Grcevich is a graduate of Northeastern Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), trained in General Psychiatry at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at University Hospitals of Cleveland/Case Western Reserve University. He is a faculty member in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at two medical schools, leads a group practice in suburban Cleveland (Family Center by the Falls), and continues to be involved in research evaluating the safety and effectiveness of medications prescribed to children for ADHD, anxiety and depression. He is a past recipient of the Exemplary Psychiatrist Award from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). Dr. Grcevich was recently recognized by Sharecare as one of the top ten online influencers in children’s mental health. His blog for Key Ministry, www.church4everychild.org was ranked fourth among the top 100 children's ministry blogs in 2015 by Ministry to Children.
My challenge to my fellow Christians is this: Reach out and reconnect with our missing parts. Help them find that place where they honor God by functioning as they were made. Recognize that, if they don’t seem to fit, you may be the part needing adjustment. Continue reading →
Posted in Autism, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Resources
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Tagged Asperger's Syndrome, Aspies, Carlyle King, church, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Key Ministry, One Odd Duck, Special Needs Ministry
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder most commonly associated with combat veterans that also affects children with special needs. Jolene will discuss six common myths and misconceptions about PTSD in children. Continue reading →
Posted in Inclusion Fusion, Key Ministry, PTSD, Resources, Training Events
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Tagged church, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Inclusion Fusion, Jolene Philo, Key Ministry, PTSD, special needs
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We likely have a minimum of 25 million adults with mental illness who don’t attend church. If the majority of those 25 million adults believe they won’t be welcomed at church, WE HAVE A REALLY BIG PROBLEM.
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Posted in Controversies, Depression, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Mental Health
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Tagged church, counseling, Ed Stetzer, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Lifeway Research, medication, mental health, mental health ministry, mental illness, prayer
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As we launch into a series on trauma, a good place to start might be to define what exactly constitutes trauma? Continue reading →
Posted in Mental Health, PTSD, Resources
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Tagged children, church staff, Key Ministry, NCTSR, pastors, PTSD, teens, trauma, volunteers
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What I’ve learned through parenting kids with Down syndrome, what I think I probably knew cerebrally as a believer but now relay on concretely, is my daily need for God. There’s just no way I can parent without him. Continue reading →
We’ll start our series with a video from a well-known author…and our guest blogger for this weekend-Gillian Marchenko. Gillian spoke on the topic Loss and Grief in Parenting Children with Special Needs for Inclusion Fusion 2012. Continue reading →
Posted in Families, Inclusion Fusion, Intellectual Disabilities, Key Ministry, Stories
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Tagged Disability Ministry, Gillian Marchenko, grief, Inclusion Fusion, Key Ministry, loss, parenting, special needs, Sun Shine Down: A Memoir
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We’re taking a break from Inclusion Fusion for 2013, assembling the resources for something more ambitious in 2014. Continue reading →
it’s time to begin a new ministry year. Our crew at Key Ministry has been hard at work making preparations. Here’s what we have in store for you this Fall… Continue reading →
Posted in Key Ministry, Resources, Training Events
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Tagged F.U.S.E. Conference, Group KidMin Conference, Inclusion Fusion, JAM Session, Joni and Friends Ohio, Katie Wetherbee, Key Ministry, Lakeshore Christian Church, Nashville, Rebecca Hamilton, Rhonda Martin, Trauma and Kids
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One of the greatest benefits we see for inclusion is that it truly is a program for all. Every student enters into a community of care that allows teachers to highlight relationships and living with one another in ways they could never have achieved without a child like Isaac. Inclusion forms the habits and hearts of each child present. Continue reading →
Posted in Advocacy, Families, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Resources
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Tagged Barbara Newman, Christian Schools, CLC Network, Disability Ministry, Elizabeth Dombrowski, Inclusion, Key Ministry, special education, Special Needs Ministry
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