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Creating Inclusive Lessons for Kids with Special Needs

Creating Inclusive Lessons for Kids with Special Needs

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 Had kid with autism join our class last month. Completely changed how I teach. In good way actually.Realized most my lessons only worked for kids who could sit still listen follow verbal instructions. That's like maybe half the kids on good day.Standing up front talking while kids sat in circle. Some kids can't do that. Just can't.Had boy with ADHD lasted maybe two minutes sitting before had to move. Kept getting in trouble for interrupting. For fidgeting. For not paying attention.Wasn't his fault. Was mine for expecting all kids learn same way.Girl with sensory issues couldn't handle loud music during worship. Would cover ears rock back and forth. Other kids stared. She felt different.Was excluding kids without meaning to. Just didn't know better.Mom pulled me aside after class. Said her son loved coming but struggled keeping up. Asked if could make some adjustments.Felt terrible. Hadn't even noticed he was struggling because never complained. Just quietly didn't participate in half the activities.Started researching. Talking to parents. Asking special ed teachers for advice.Realized inclusive teaching isn't about special accommodations for some kids. It's about teaching ways that work for all kids.Put up simple picture schedule showing what doing each week. Opening game. Story time. Craft. Snack. Closing.Kid with autism relaxed immediately. Knew what expect. Knew what coming next.But also helped other kids. Everyone likes knowing what's happening.Takes two minutes make schedule. Changes whole atmosphere.Used to just tell Bible story while kids sat listened. Now do story multiple ways same lesson.Tell it. Act it out. Show pictures. Let kids draw while listening. Have props they can touch.Kid with auditory processing issues couldn't follow story just from hearing. But give him pictures and props? Totally got it.Turns out lots of kids learn better with multiple approaches. Not just special needs kids.Every ten minutes or so we move. Stretch. Dance. Do actions. Something physical.Kid with ADHD doesn't get in trouble anymore because movement built into lesson. Expected and planned for.Bible story about David dancing? We all dance. Walls of Jericho falling? We march around room.Makes stories more memorable for everyone. Not just accommodation. Better teaching.Dimmed overhead lights. Too bright for some kids. Gave me headache too honestly.Keep volume reasonable during music. Offer noise canceling headphones for kids who need them.Have fidgets available. Squishy balls. Textured toys. Things kids can hold while listening.Thought fidgets would distract kids. Opposite happened. Kids who need them can focus better.Used to give long complicated explanations for activities. Lost half the class immediately.Now keep instructions simple. Three steps maximum. Show example. Repeat if needed.Kid with intellectual disability can follow three steps. Can't follow seven steps.But honestly most six year olds can't follow seven steps either. Simpler better for everyone.Got rid of everyone sitting in circle on floor rule. Some kids sit in chairs. Some stand. Some lie on stomachs. Some pace in back.Kid with autism stands in back every week. Can focus better when standing. Fine by me.Boy with ADHD paces along back wall during story. Listening whole time. Just needs move while listening.Some kids need more time complete activities. That's okay.Used to rush everyone finish at same time. Meant some kids never finished anything. Felt like failures.Now give time ranges. "We have about ten minutes for this. Some will finish faster. Some will need whole time. Both fine."Nobody stressed. Everyone completes work at own pace.I'm better teacher now. For all kids not just special needs kids.Lessons more engaging. More active. More varied. Less boring sitting and listening.Kids with special needs taught me be flexible. Creative. Patient. Those skills help with every kid.It's more work. Have to think through lessons differently. Prepare multiple options. Stay flexible when plans change.Some weeks nail it. Other weeks still figuring it out.Had kid with severe autism join recently. Completely nonverbal. Honestly don't know if reaching him. He sits in quiet corner most of time.But he keeps coming. Mom says he asks come to church. That's something.Maybe learning in ways can't see. Maybe just being in community is lesson right now.Don't have all answers. Still learning. Still making mistakes.But kids with special needs deserve be included. Deserve learn about Jesus too. Deserve feel like they belong.Worth extra effort figure out how make that happen.For teachers discovering inclusive teaching helps all kids not just some, leaders learning movement isn't disruption it's necessity, anyone realizing rigid lessons exclude more kids than thought.
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