Newsletter: Are You Sensory Friendly? You Can Be!

Disability Solutions

Charla Holst is an experienced Occupational Therapist, and her passion is teaching churches how to create a place for people of all abilities to know God, worship Him and serve Him.  

Everyone wants to belong, be loved and be needed!

Consider inviting Charla Holst, OTR/L to your church (Live or Zoom) to train the congregation, staff and volunteers.  Let’s create universal access to the gospel by intentionally including people with disabilities in every aspect of church life! Schedule Now

Training Made Easy

Start Here Free Professional Disability Training Videos!

Train your volunteers, staff, and congregation with these short bite-sized videos. Watch a video together and discuss OR email a training video to your Disability Ministry Team and congregation to watch on their own time. Disability ministry training made easy!

TWO New Training Videos!

Universal Access to The Gospel is scheduled to be released later this month! In this course you will learn how to teach the Bible to people of all abilities, including each person’s strengths and weaknesses.  

Our most frequently requested course, Sensory Processing & Behavior was filmed in September and will be released in November!

Mental Health & The Church

Why does the Church
need to care about mental health?

The statistics that seized me…

Dr. Steve Grcevich – Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Founder and President of Key Ministry, presented the slide above in his keynote at MHATC.

1 in 4 adults and 1 in 5 children meet the diagnostic criteria for at least 1 mental health disorder. The U.S. is in a mental health crisis! Those with mental health issues and disabilities represent the largest underserved population by the church in North America.

Looking at the statistics above, a family with a child with autism is 84% less likely to attend church and those with depression are 73% less likely, and the list continues! The Church has the opportunity to help in both large and small ways! Watch to find out what you can do.

Jill Jensen, OTR/L and Charla Holst, OTR/L presenting at MHATC:

Applying Evidence-Based Neurological and Trauma-Informed Support Methods to Christian Communities

Grab a FREE Poster of Regulatory Tools & Calming Strategies that can be used at church here!

Filming training videos on set at the Tim Tebow Foundation: “How to Create a Sensory Room” for Night To Shine and “How to Use the Sensory Room” for volunteers during Night To Shine.

What a privilege to be a part of this fantastic event that celebrates people with disabilities!!!  We are honored to volunteer our time and knowledge to support this incredible night!