What can we do to help to protect the mental health and well-being of our children, young people, and ourselves, during this lockdown.

Many children with additional needs can struggle with unpredictability and uncertainty, so try to keep a rhythm each day that they can get used to.

All of the different things that Christmas brings can be really hard for children with special needs to cope with.

Children mattered to Jesus, and He taught us a lot through the things He did with them.

Back to school has gone well for many disabled children. But there are children who have been let down with 24% still not back in school.

Leave the youth group on a Sunday and start going to ‘adult’ church services can be hard for any child, but having additional needs can often make it more difficult.

The battle between good and evil’ flows through the film. This study plan is primarily created to be used with children and young people.

The effects of lockdown continue to cause all sorts of difficulties for families of children with additional needs and disabilities.

It was time to go back. Nervous days led up to the big day, a sleepless night the night before, and that was just me!

It’s not weak to reach out for help, this really is “being the strong one”.

Parenting a child or young person with additional needs or disability can be isolating sometimes, and not everyone understands what it can be like.

Iván Vázquez (33) with cerebral palsy, died from the Coronavirus. His mother Myriam shares how her faith in God helped her be with her son until his final breath.

Jesus met the parents of five children whom he subsequently healed or raised from the dead. In each case there is learning for us all.

Whatever the challenge for your child, no matter how hard it is, how long it has taken to see any breakthrough, never give in.

In Nigeria, CBM members are working with disabled people’s organisations and media organisations to provide sign-language interpretation for vital health messages and updates.

Some of these characters, and their stories, can be helpful in raising awareness and in some cases acceptance of additional needs and disability.

When we do a Lego activity where 3 people have to work together to make something, by each fulfilling their allotted role, we can discuss how the Trinity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit is a relationship.

A child with SPD may have reactions which can be difficult to understand. Their body is automatically reacting to what is around them by being in a ‘fight’ or ‘flight’ mode, and this can be wrongly interpreted as bad behaviour.

Telling the story in different sensory ways  will help the story to become more accessible to children and young people.

Jesus demonstrates that doing good isn’t a six-day-a-week activity, it is something we should do whatever day it is.

A strong theme through the film is Auggie coming to terms with the reactions of others to his disability, but at the beginning really struggling to do so.

He often used the opportunity to heal someone as a practical way of teaching us something else.

Jesus used the opportunity to heal someone as a practical way of teaching us something else.

Ava realises that the best way to support her friend Edgar the dragon is not to try and change him, but to help him find a way to be involved and included.

After a week away enjoying the sun and swimming with our gorgeous girl, it came to my attention that the general public is desperately in need of some guidance around interacting with kids with disabilities and their families.