Tips and Tools on Disability: Training for Catechists
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Designed specifically for catechists, this training provides practical insights, adaptable teaching techniques, and essential tools to create a supportive and inclusive environment for learners with disabilities. Learn how to tailor lesson plans, nurture social and emotional well-being, and guide learners through sacramental preparation, ensuring that every individual's faith journey is embraced and celebrated.


🧩 Learn about Classroom Management for learners with disabilities: See effective strategies to foster a harmonious and supportive setting, ensuring that each learner feels valued.


🎨 Craft Multi-Sensory Lesson Plans: Discover innovative methods that cater to diverse learning needs, enabling all learners to engage and absorb the beauty of Catholic teachings.


🎵 Embrace Music and Movement: Emphasize the power of music and movement to make lessons come alive, enhancing the retention of instruction for every learner, regardless of ability.


💖 Nurture Social and Emotional Health: Cultivate a compassionate and understanding atmosphere, promoting emotional well-being for all learners in your care.


📖 Master Social Narratives: Utilize storytelling techniques that bring to focus the appropriate social behaviors for learners.


🙏 Prepare for Sacramental Moments: Equip yourself to guide all students through the sacred sacraments, celebrating the uniqueness and beauty of each sacrament's ritual.


🌟 Embrace catechesis for learners with disabilities. This course is designed to empower you with the expertise and sensitivity to meet every learner where they are on their faith-filled path.


Enroll now and gain access to invaluable insights from experienced instructors who are passionate about adaptive catechesis.


Charleen Katra

Executive Director, National Catholic Partnership on Disability

Topic: Classroom Management

Noelle Collis-Devito

Associate Campus Minister
Ohio State University
Member: NCPD Council on Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Topic: Multi-Sensory Lesson Planning

Kelsey Peña

Music Therapist

RCIA Director

Topic: Music and Movement

Melissa Waldon

Associate Director of Ministries to Persons with disabilities, caregivers and the Deaf
Diocese of Dallas

Former Member: NCPD Council on Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Topic: Social and Emotional Health 



Jessica Massey

Board Certified, Assistant Behavior Analyst
Member: NCPD Council on Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Topic: Social Narratives

Kelsey Bell

Chair: NCPD Council on Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities

Former Director of Disability Ministry, Archdiocese of Portland, OR

Topic: Sacramental Preparation: Reconciliation, First Communion, Confirmation

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  Introduction
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  Classroom Management
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  Multi-Sensory Lesson Planning
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  Music and Movement
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  Social and Emotional Health
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  Social Narratives
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  Sacramental Preparation
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  Survey
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