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Featured Resources

The Adaptive Teacher

The Adaptive Teacher

An adult male teaching working at a table with a teenage woman in a classroom

Strategic Components for Successfully Working with Individuals with ASD

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Teaching Tips for Students with Autism

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How to Help a Person Experiencing a Mental Illness

Top half of book: "Awakening Spiritual Dimensions: Prayer services with Persons with Severe Disabilities

Awakening Spiritual Dimensions: Prayer Services with Persons with Severe Disabilities

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Policy for Working with Sign Language Interpreters in Catholic Religious Settings

The Adaptive Teacher

The Adaptive Teacher

By John E. Barone and Charleen Katra  Loyola Press, August 2019
An adult male teaching working at a table with a teenage woman in a classroom

Strategic Components for Successfully Working with Individuals with ASD

Here are some strategies that can be used with individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Not every child responds to every tactic. Choose the best strategies for the individual child. These ideas can also be used with children with other needs than autism, such as intellectual/developmental disabilities.
Young girl working on a project at her desk at school

Teaching Tips for Students with Autism

A few strategies for teaching students with Autism Spectrum Disorder!
People walking around on a busy street

How to Help a Person Experiencing a Mental Illness

- Tips to help a person experiencing mental illness - Warning signs that may indicate mental illness
Top half of book: "Awakening Spiritual Dimensions: Prayer services with Persons with Severe Disabilities

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.
male sign language interpreter

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
Young woman signing for a Mass

Principles for Understanding Deaf Ministry and Guidelines for Hiring Pastoral Ministers for the Deaf Community

"The Church in the United States in enriched by its deaf and hard of hearing brothers and sisters. 'The men and women of our own day –often perhaps unconsciously–ask believers not only to speak of Christ, but in a certain sense to show Him to them.' That is the human heart’s deepest longing. That is the yearning of the deaf and hard of hearing people in America. That is the impetus and goal of the Church’s ministry with the deaf and hard of hearing. 'Together we are the Church' (CCC)."
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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
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Liturgical Signs and Prayers DVD

Liturgical Prayers in American Sign Language: Basic Congregational Responses in the Mass

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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Inclusive Registration Forms - Cincinnati

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

Records the outcome of the interview following the classroom observation in order to provide positive support for classroom volunteers and additional tips and training, if needed.
A Story About Going to Mass

A Story About Going to Mass

This resource tells what it is like to go to Mass from the perspective of a child. "When I enter church I dip the tips of the fingers on my right hand in the holy water and bless my self with the sign of the cross. To myself or out loud I say, “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”    
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Archdiocese of Newark - Mass Picture Schedule

Here is a collection of pictures on a printable sheet that follows the order of the Mass.
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My Mass Book Picture Missal

Print out this resource to create a book about each part of the Mass. A person can follow along with this book during Mass to help them meaningfully participate in the liturgy.
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