NASHVILLE — Beginning in 2008, LifeWay’s Vacation Bible School (VBS) materials will feature resources customized for children with special needs.
“Outrigger Island: Special Friends” is a VBS resource that provides leaders with tools for working with children, youth and adults with special needs in either self-contained or mainstream environments.
LifeWay’s VBS specialist Jerry Wooley said LifeWay decided to offer a VBS resource geared toward children with special needs partly because of confusion over the special needs curriculum offered for adults in the past.
Additionally LifeWay recently launched Special Buddies, a Sunday School line for children with special needs. “As churches began using this Sunday School material, we wanted them to have something to offer when it came Vacation Bible School time,” Wooley said of the Outrigger Island: Special Friends VBS, which features:
– An all-in-one leader guide. This single, reversible guide features all the resources necessary for both children and adults.
– An entirely self-contained program with the flexibility to rotate through recreation and activity times with the entire VBS group.
– Helpful tip sheets for VBS teachers and rotation leaders as well as a resource for a self-contained class.
– Daily themes that mirror the theme of the overall Outrigger Island curriculum.
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