How We can Help Families with Children with Special Needs Find Hope (ISTC 2024 Day 1 Workshop)

Autism in the moderate to severe spectrum often gets misunderstood in public. In the event when the child throws a tantrum in public and goes into a meltdown, it is often perceived as bad behaviour and parents get criticised. Living with a child of any kind of special needs is tough. They go through prolonged emotional, mental and financial strains. Many also experienced conflict within the family and with others. Churches are sometimes at a loss on how to help or support these families. How to better understand persons with special needs? How can we help families who have children with Special Needs to find hope in Christ?

Instructor:  Revd David Teo

David Teo is a Priest with the Diocese of Singapore. He is the Pastor of Chapel of Christ our Hope, a church that seeks to embrace persons with autism with their families into the life and mission of the local church. He is also involved in the Chaplaincy work at the St Andrew’s Autism Centre and the St Andrew’s Adult’s Home for those on the moderate to severe spectrum.