Leading a group of children with differently wired children? Need to discuss with your team how to approach things? This is a PowerPoint presentation, with presenter notes, based around a gardening metaphor and relatable plant characters with differing needs. It introduces the idea of Neurodiversity to christian communities in a lighthearted and uncomplicated manner. There is a significant need for christian communities to engage with this issue because much larger numbers of children are being identified as neurodivergent. Many of the learning methods, environmental factors and expectations of children, that have traditionally been part of our ministry cultures, need to be reassessed if neurodivergent children and families are to find a true sense of belonging.
This PowerPoint is Part A (introducing the idea of neurodiversity) and a Part B is under construction (containing practical strategies for a range of brain differences). Stay tuned.