Upcoming Volunteer schedule
Date |
11:00am Nursery |
9:45am Kids Club |
11:00am Sunday School |
March 1 |
Leader: Joe Barshaw Helper: Sakina Mmunga |
Leader: Jessica Alagna Area Prep: Britany |
Leader: Britany Teachers: Jessica, Barb, Jadyn Helpers: Julie |
March 8 |
Leaders: Mlongeca Luube Helper: Anna Nyota |
Leader: Jessica Alagna Area Prep: Courtney |
Supervisor: Courtney Miller/Pastor Erik Teachers: Vicky, Barb, Leina Helper: Jessica, Robin |
March 15 |
Leaders: Susie Kreh Carol Pahl |
Leader: Jessica Alagna Area Prep: Britany |
Leader: Britany Teachers: Jessica, Barb, Jadyn Helper: Joanna H. |
March 22 |
Leaders: Alexis Chin McKenzie Robins |
Leader: Jessica Alagna Area Prep: Britany |
Leader: Britany Teachers: Jessica, Flora, Leina Helper: Courtney |
March 29 |
Leaders: Alana Brinker Pu Meh Helper: Elly Thet |
Leader: Jessica Alagna Area Prep: Britany |
Leader: Britany Teachers: Flora, TBD, Jadyn/Leina Helpers: Vicky, Jessica |
April 5 Palm Sunday |
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED |
Leader: Jessica Alagna |
Kids Joining Service for Palm Sunday |
April 12 Easter |
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED |
No Kids Club |
Kids Joining Service for Easter Sunday |
Please arrive 10-15 minutes (or in time to prepare before children arrive) before your scheduled service. Remember that we have check in starts 15 minutes before each posted time! Thanks for being firm about check in procedures.
If plans change, and you are unable to serve, please let Britany Miller know ASAP. She will find a replacement for you from our list of approved volunteers. You may also switch with someone you see appearing on the schedule and let her know who/when.
If plans change, and you are unable to serve, please let Britany Miller know ASAP. She will find a replacement for you from our list of approved volunteers. You may also switch with someone you see appearing on the schedule and let her know who/when.
Contact Britany:
Email: office@centralfreemethodist.org -- britanymiller@gmail.com
Cell: 989-335-3471 -- call or text
Church Office Phone: 517-485-2232
Cell: 989-335-3471 -- call or text
Church Office Phone: 517-485-2232
Understanding Grief & Trauma replays - Feb 8, 2020:
Trauma mini training:
Webinar Replay: Trauma Informed kids ministry
2018 Annual Training Recap:
How to use the nursery pager:
Trauma informed tools and strategies:
Preventative
De-escalating
- Cueing - let kids know what transition they will be making before you want them to do so
- Presence and proximity - move closer to students who need a gentle reminder to focus
- Touch - gently place a hand on a shoulder of student starting to get out of control
- Refrain from pointing out undesirable behavior - comment positively on any move toward compliance
- Pre arranged signals - each child is allowed to raise their hands and ask for a rest. They are allowed to calm themselves down in the library room without fear of getting in trouble.
- Emphasize choices and responsibility clearly
- Choices - present two equal choices and let kids decide
- Avoid escalation responses (getting in kids faces, discrediting them in front of others, engaging in power struggles, raising your voice)
- Whole Brain Teaching to keep attention and focus
- Compromise - everyone wins
- Re-do - allow second chances to do things better
- Bump Hill Mountain - allows for self regulation
- Ask what is the need behind this behavior?
- Reinforce positive behavior - acknowledgement
- Planned ignoring - ignore attention seeking behaviors that do not affect safety or group functioning
- Interest boosting - comment on kids work, talk to them about an interest, change the tempo or activity as soon as you start to lose the kids interest -- do not double down
- Humor - use timely and not sarcasm or cynicism
- Regroup or restructure - move students to a physical place where they can succeed (not in a consequence way)
- Keep to the routine
- Direct appeal - only works if you have a really good and established relationship. Help kids see how their behaviors are affecting other people negatively
De-escalating
- Notice distress
- Don’t rush process
- Connect with the person without pressuring them
- Sit side by side instead of face to face
- Don’t be afraid to be quiet
- One YES - offer them a drink. Get them to say Yes. Saying it positively impacts their thoughts and turns them from survival brain to calm brain
- Redirect behaviors when needed (provide alternate choices and activities)
- Only when they are calm can you discuss what happened and consequences
- Try gentle