Special Needs Ministry First-Year Goals

Mount Paran Church – Unlimited Special Needs MInistry 
Year One Ministry Goals and Timeline 

Month 1:

• Determine families and individuals impacted by special needs
• Create ministry forms
  • Individualized Plan (detailed for myself)
  • Individualized Plan at a glance (summary for volunteers & staff)

• Contact Families for interviews
• Begin volunteer recruitment and establish volunteer pool
• Recruit mentor families

Month 2:

• Determine which existing volunteers inside preschool, children’s and student ministry environments are willing to be trained for inclusion model
• Create budget for the ministry
• Continue parent interviews
• Work with existing children’s ministry leaders to assess needs for buddies or other inclusion strategies
• Research paid, trained and bonded childcare providers and agencies for emergency needs
• Plan transitional accommodations for large group and small group
• Train volunteers already working with students with additional needs

Month 3:

• Provide pointers to students about including peers with special needs
• Work with ministry leaders and parents to begin transitioning identified students to individualized accommodation plans
• Recruit and train volunteers for transition environment(s)
• Continue working with preschool, children’s and student ministry leaders to identify and meet the needs of students
• Begin planning training sessions to meet the needs of adults with intellectual disability

Month 4:

• Assess transitional plans for each student
  Student A – Transitioning from elementary to student ministry
  Student B – Transitioning small groups within same ministry area
  Students C – M…
• Reassess volunteer pool and budget concerns (i.e., materials/equipment needs)

Month 5:

• Finalize budget needs for 2014 fiscal year
• Refine environment, goals, accommodations, progress and volunteer placement for each identified student

Month 6:

• Continue refining environments, goals, accommodations for identified students
• Make plans for new enrollment of students to come through special needs ministry
• Create plan for staff and volunteers to be rolled out as part of Lead Small training events
• Begin modifying curriculum as needed
• Set volunteer training goals and curriculum modification goals