The Word Tabernacle After school Program, a part of Word Tabernacle Educational Program, has self-contained classrooms for children ages three through eighteen with opportunities for inclusion during the after school program ( Monday-Friday 3pm-6pm) and ( Tuesday 6-8pm and Sunday 7-11:30 am) (Word Tabernacle Overview, 2015). Six students with various intellectual, developmental, and physical disabilities currently attend this after school program, which is taught by 7 teachers. The main teacher, Ms. ________, communicates, acknowledges, ______,_________, and encourages students’ needs for movement, simplified instructions, and implements routines and technology to support learning goals. She has collaborated with her staff of teachers who …show more content…
A lot of the students in the after school program attend school together, so building relationships are encouraged creating a buddy system inside and outside of school matching kids in the general education classes with children in special education classes. His is what makes this after school program unique because these children, go to school together, attend the after school program together, and go to church together where they participate in the youth ministry together. to work together. However, collaboration is also encouraged with peers. This allows a great deal of activities with each other, allowing for students in theWord Tabernacle after school to have an opportunity to socially build relationships with no …show more content…
Kirk, Gallagher, and Coleman pointed to the need for intense and sustained interventions regarding social skills in order for this training to be effective (2015). The teachers of Word Tabernacle after school program believe that Doing their job with selfless love is a triumph spirit that last forever. Meeting the need of a child, no matter what race, culture, non disabled, disabled continues to raise them up and help them achieve what God has planned for them.
Using social skills practices in lessons through spiritual development , The teachers demonstrated the ability to hold the students accountable to act in a Christ-like way. Biblical Approach, edited by Joe P. Sutton, states, " every child should strive to overcome, as far as possible, every physical and mental limitation that would hinder his service for the Lord. Each child has what he or she needs to do the will of the Father through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit that comes to all