Guides and Curriculum

A Place for All: Ministry with Youth with Special Needs, 2008, John Barone and The Monarch School, Winona, MN: St. Mary's Press

Adaptive First Eucharist Preparation Kit (for children with autism) , Loyola Press  www.loyolapress.com   look under "special needs".

Autism and your Church, Nurturing the Spiritual Growth of People with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Barbara J. Newman, Revised Edition @2006, 2011, Friendship Ministries, Grand Rapids, MI  www.friendship.org/Autism

Autism and Faith: A Journey into Community, 2008, available on PDF to download at Autism and Faith PDF

Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities: A Guide for Service Providers, Families and Congregations, Erik Carter, Paul Brookes Publishing, 2007

Jewish Community Guide to Inclusion of People with Disabilities, Shelly Christensen,  Jewish Community Guide to Inclusion

Learning Disabilities and the Church: Including All God's Kids in Your Education and Worship, Cynthia Holder Rich and Martha Ross Mosckaitis, FaithAliveResources

Let All the Children Come to Me: A practical guide for including children with disabilities in your church ministries, M. Breeding, .K. Hood, J. Whitwork, Cook Communication Ministries publisher

Rhythms of Grace-Worship and Formation for Children and Families with Special Needs, Audrey Scanlan, Linda Snyder, Church Publishing, Inc.  2010

Special Needs Special Ministry for Children's Ministry, Jim Pierson, Louise Tucker Jones, Pat Verbal, 2004, Group publishing, Inc.

That All May Worship: An Interfaith Handbook to Assist Congregations in Welcoming People with Disabilities, look under interfaith initiative. American Association of People with Disabilities

The Child with Autism Learns the Faith, Kathy Labosh, Future Horizons Autism Site

Welcome One; Welcome All, Institute on Pastoral Initiatives, University of Dayton, Institute of Pastoral Initiatives