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What is Celebration Station?
 Children
with developmental disabilities learn best through repetition and
reinforcement. Often
they
struggle
with abstract reasoning and concepts. Many Bible lessons
involve such concepts, making traditional
Sunday
school frustrating.
The Celebration Station was created to help teach Bible lessons in a
concrete fashion to children with special needs.
The Celebration Station prepares some children for
CrossWalks
by addressing pre-requisite skills needed to be successful in a
group setting teaching situation.
Here's How it Works:
Oversight of the class and curriculum is provided by a psychologist
with experience in developmental disabilities and related disorders.
Jamie McGillivary, Director of Beaumont’s Hope Center and Vera
Maisel, a special education teacher lead and train our volunteer
staff and teachers regularly in the classroom.
Each child has a set of individualized goals to help them interact
with their friends and to learn the stories of faith in an
experiential way.
Teachers have a background in behavior modification to best help
each child.
The one hour session is divided into four 15 minutes intervals.
Intervals
include a repetitive musical circle time, structured craft time
(following the theme of the CrossWalks curriculum), structured games
and free-play time.
A visual schedule is provided to allow the children a visual
countdown to the end of the session.
On Family Worship Sundays the children attend as much of the worship
service as they are able.
Visit our
Special Needs
Ministries pages to learn about this and other great
programs.
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