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EMBRACE

EMBRACE, Enriching Many By Reaching All in Catholic Education

Welcome, Serve, Celebrate

Program for Inclusive Education, University of Notre Dame

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Strategic Components for Successfully Working with Individuals with ASD

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Tips for Welcoming People with Disabilities at Mass


Individualized Religious Education Plan

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Accessibility through Creativity

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Child & Adolescent Mental Health

Learn about the warning signs, causes, and treatments for mental health illnesses in youth and young adults.
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Interacting with People with Vision Loss

20.6 million American adults are blind or living with vision loss that is not corrected by wearing glasses or contact lenses (National Health Interview Survey 2012). The following are some tips to facilitation interaction among people with and without 20/20 vision.
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Handout: The Person with Mental Illness

Ways to create a pro-life culture with persons living with mental illness.
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Awakening Spiritual Dimensions: Prayer Services with Persons with Severe Disabilities

McGuire Memorial Awakening Spiritual Dimensions: Prayer Services with Persons with Severe Disabilities presents a program whereby persons with severe mental and physical disabilities and their caregivers are given the tools and the opportunity to awaken the Spirit of God within them.
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National Catholic Office for the Deaf

“Spread God’s message through the support of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Catholics Pastoral Ministry so that we may all be one in Christ!”
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Policy for Working with Sign Language Interpreters in Catholic Religious Settings

"This policy statement was developed in consultation with deaf persons. It reflects the expertise and extensive experience of pastoral workers and of interpreters who work in religious settings." - National Catholic Office for the Deaf
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Participation of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing in the Mission of Evangelization

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Religious Signs for Families ASL App

The Religious Signs for Families app is a delightful and engaging way to learn ASL using religious words that are not often found in other ASL apps. The goal of the app is to help families with young Deaf children and Deaf couples with young children to foster prayer in the home. - Archdiocese of Philadelphia Deaf Apostolate

Sacrament of Reconciliation DVD

Sacrament of Reconciliation, a program consisting of a DVD with lesson plans to assist in preparing individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing for the Sacrament of Reconciliation, was produced by the National Catholic Office for the Deaf. The program was specifically created for students who are preparing for their initial reception of the Sacrament of Reconciliation.
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Pastoral Statement of U.S. Catholic Bishops on Persons with Disabilities

This USCCB pastoral statement (1978) uses language to describe disability that is now outdated. Read the NCPD document, “Speaking of Disability: Pastoral Guidelines on Language” for information about appropriate language. November 16, 1978
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Inclusive Registration Forms - Cincinnati

To be used with students with disabilities to record method of communication, medical information, skills, specific concerns.

Inclusive Registration Forms - Orange

Sample questions to be included in the registration form for all students in the religious education programs Permission to photograph

Placement

Records the placement agreed upon by the parents, inclusion coordinator, and catechist. Placement is to be reviewed annually or as otherwise indicated.

Confidential Student File

This form is attached to the cover of the student's file. The requirement to sign in when accessing the file heightens awareness of the confidential nature of the information.

Record Teaching Strategies

This form is used to record specific teaching tips for the catechist and/or aide.
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