Stretch-n-Grow facilitated movement and coordination through obstacle courses. They promote healthy habits at an early age. L is wearing a weighted vest to give more awareness to his body and help him stay on task.
2019-2021 Mission Grant 2
Teach Me Too – Preschoolers with Learning Needs in Austin
Lutheran Special Education Ministries
$100,000
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Lutheran Special Education Ministries (LSEM) has seen a growing desire for early intervention support of children with learning needs. In 1976 LSEM began serving children with special learning needs in the Detroit area and has since expanded programs and services to include a presence in Lutheran schools nationwide. Their pilot program is Let It Shine Academy at Bethany Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas. The Teach Me Too program was designed to administer intervention strategies, address the unique needs of children with autism spectrum disorder and other unique needs such as hyperactivity issues, decreased or delayed social skills, developmental or speech delays, sensory integration difficulties, or other learning differences. As a resource for families, this program provides assessments, consultations, and materials to help children on an individual basis. This grant would help fund Teach Me Too, expand the Let It Shine Academy, provide teacher training, and offer scholarship funding for children whose families cannot afford the cost of the Let It Shine Program.
WHEREAS, in Luke 18:16 Jesus called children to him, saying, “Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God."; and
WHEREAS, national statistics indicate that one in five children in the United States has a learning need, one in 68 has autism, and that early intervention is shown as being key to long-term academic, social, and behavioral success; and
WHEREAS, reaching out to these children and their families in their time of need is an opportunity to witness to them of God's love and salvation for ALL his children; and
WHEREAS, Lutheran Special Education Ministries' commitment to serving children, their families, schools, churches and the community has been evident for over 140 years; therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the delegates gathered at the 2019 Lutheran Women's Missionary League Convention in Mobile, Alabama, vote the sum of $100,000 to help fund Teach Me Too - Preschoolers with Learning Needs.
Stretch-n-Grow facilitated movement and coordination through obstacle courses. They promote healthy habits at an early age. L is wearing a weighted vest to give more awareness to his body and help him stay on task.