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Category Archives: Adoption
Does love heal all wounds from childhood trauma?
In other words, church, we have a great opportunity to love those affected by trauma! The need is great. Kids are hurting. Adults are too. Families are struggling. And the first step in being able to help is understanding the need. Jesus met people where they were, and so can we. Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Advocacy, Foster Care, Hidden Disabilities, Key Ministry, PTSD
Tagged Adoption, Adverse Childhood Experiences Study, church, disabiiity ministry, Dr. Karyn Purvis, Empowered to Connect, Inclusion, Key Ministry, National Child Traumatic Stress Network, Shannon Dingle, Stephen Grcevich MD, The Connected Child, trauma
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Steve AND Shannon will be presenting at #GlobalAccess2015
Shannon will be leading a workshop on The Special Needs of Foster and Adoptive Families and leading a roundtable discussion on What are some practical implications of the verse “Blessed are the nations whose God is the Lord?”
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Posted in Adoption, Families, Foster Care, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Training Events
Tagged Adoption, church, Disability Ministry, Foster Care, Global Access Conference, Inclusion, Joni and Friends, Key Ministry, mental illness, ministry conferences, Shannon Dingle, special needs, Stephen Grcevich MD
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HIV and other blood-borne pathogens in children’s ministry…Shannon Dingle
So what should you do if there’s a child with HIV in your church? The same thing you should do otherwise: use best practices for first aid and show love to the child and parents. Continue reading
The myth that love is always enough…
Sadly, love isn’t always enough, and the implication that it is (or should be) with kids exposed to trauma or neglect is as destructive as the myth that mental illness is caused by a problem with sin or inadequate faith.
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Posted in Adoption, Advocacy, Controversies, Families, Foster Care, Key Ministry
Tagged Adoption, church, Disability Ministry, Family Ministry, Foster Care, Key Ministry, love is always enough, myths, neglect, parent support, trauma
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I love adoption, but…
When we say yes as a church to caring about vulnerable children and families, let’s also say yes to talking about related challenges too. Continue reading
When it’s scary to say yes…
If we ask families in our churches to say yes to adoption, then we need to be ready to say yes to those families and their children if they need support after their yes leads to unexpected challenges. Continue reading
Posted in Adoption, Families, Key Ministry, Resources, Strategies
Tagged ADHD, Adoption, Autism, church, epilepsy, fetal alcohol spectrum disorders, Foster Care, HIV, Key Ministry, PTSD, Shannon Dingle
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To love adoptive and foster families, (5) be willing to listen and learn.
Listen to the challenges we encounter as adoptive and foster families, such as being conspicuous in public due to adopting or fostering a child of a different race, considering dissolution or disruption of a child’s placement within our family in favor of another family who might be better equipped to meet the child’s needs, losing friends or family who don’t agree with our choice to adopt or foster, and struggling with the special needs of our child, whether known before placement or presenting as a surprise post-placement. Continue reading
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