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Category Archives: Advocacy
What families of teens and young adults with developmental disabilities need from church…
Nearly 500 parents of adolescents or young adults with developmental disabilities were asked two questions about fourteen supports that churches could provide to their family… Continue reading
Who’s your ONE?
Today’s blog post is authored by Mike Woods, Church Consultant with Key Ministry. One of the potential issues with starting special-needs ministry outreach is that the scope of the disability-related problems in your community can seem so big that it … Continue reading
Any parents of kids with disabilities interested in an online small group?
Dr. Steve Grcevich recently contacted me with the idea of offering an online format for parent support via videoconferencing. This is a great opportunity to offer a community of support to parents who otherwise would not have access via a more traditional face to face group Continue reading
How “prior authorizations” impact kids with disabilities…
I’m all for controlling medical costs and trying to apply rational rules to our use of expensive medications and procedures. But in the current system, everything seems to be in service of the corporate side of medicine, not the patient. The clinical rationale and the actual patient — not to mention the doctors and nurses involved in the care — are at best secondary concerns.
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Posted in Advocacy, Families
Tagged anxiety, Disability, families, insurance, mental health, pharmacy benefit managers, prior authorization
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Incomplete…
I can attest that our work would be impossible without the time and talent of Board members, staff and volunteers who themselves are being actively treated for a mental health condition or have a child (or multiple children) receiving treatment. Life for each of them is not without bumps in the road, but yet they serve magnificently. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Mental Health
Tagged church, Disability Ministry, Inclusion, Incomplete, Key Ministry, mental illness, pastors
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Updated: Families impacted by depression…How can the church help?
Society still places a stigma on mental illness, but Christians make it worse, he said, by “over-spiritualizing” depression and other disorders — dismissing them as a lack of faith or a sign of weakness. Continue reading
Need Project podcast spotlights Key Ministry, hidden disabilities
In my conversation with Bob, we discussed the state of mental health care in the U.S., explored the reasons why kids with mental illness aren’t typically served in the context of existing disability ministries, examined some of the struggles churches experience in serving those with hidden disabilities and shared strategies some churches are utilizing to reach families impacted by disabilities lacking meaningful involvement with a local church. Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Controversies, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry, Resources, Training Events
Tagged Bob West, church, Disability Ministry, fathers, Hidden Disabilities, Inclusion, Key Ministry, mental illness, podcast, special needs, Stephen Grcevich MD, The Need Project
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From outreach ideas to action in three easy steps…Mike Woods
What can you and your special needs ministry do to help people with disabilities in your community achieve their potential and experience God’s good design for their lives? No one special needs ministry (or church) can do everything . . . but each special needs ministry (or church) is called to do something.
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