Mark Arnold

Today I am representing Clare with her Barking Bobbins stall of handmade dog toys, treats, and accessories, at the Winterborne Stickland market in the village hall. Looking forward to a lovely morning, including catching up with ‘old’ friends! 🐾🐶😀

Alternative Halloween For Children With Additional Needs Halloween literally means the evening before All Hallows Day or All Saint’s Day, a day festival celebrated on the 1st November each year. The name Halloween is a shortened version of All Hallows’ E…

There are lots of reasons to not do Halloween tomorrow, especially for children with additional needs.

But here are some ideas to do something different and delightful tomorrow, still with dressing up and treats, but less frightening and more fun! 🙂

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James enjoyed making some Betty Crocker choc chip cookies this afternoon. We ended up with seven, one for every day of the week! 👨‍🍳🍪😀

Managing Caregiver Fatigue: A Self-Care Guide For Parents (Guest Post) Here Jenny Wise guest posts on The Additional Needs Blogfather, with some great wisdom about carer fatigue and self-care…

Here, she guest posts on The Additional Needs Blogfather with some great wisdom about carer fatigue and self-care... (2/2)

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Jenny Wise homeschools her four awesome children. Every day is an adventure, and Jenny has begun chronicling her experiences at specialhomeeducator.com.

She hopes to connect with other homeschoolers and to provide helpful advice to parents who may be considering a home education. (1/2)

Today we are at Lyndhurst Community Centre for the Mynt Image Ltd Craft Market with Clare’s Barking Bobbins stall full of dog toys, treats, and accessories. We’re stocking Christmas gift items too! 🎄🐾🐶

We’re at Allendale House today for the Handmade Wimborne Craft Fair with Clare’s Barking Bobbins stall of hand made dog toys, treats, and accessories! We’ve got Christmas stock here too! 🎄🐶🐾

Mark Arnold - The Additional Needs Blogfather Mark Arnold is the Additional Needs Ministry Director at leading national Christian children’s and youth organisation Urban Saints and is Co-Founder of the Additional Needs Alliance, a vibrant and fas...

I run this training session, and several others, on a regular basis. Look here for dates and details, as well as how to book a place:
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Feedback included "Thank you for the session this evening. It was brilliant, so very helpful. I’ll go through it again at the weekend to consolidate it all but just thank you again - it has been so very helpful, clear, and informative."
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It was great to share the Urban Saints 'All Inclusive?' - How to Include Children and Young People with ADHD - online training session with a wonderful group of participants yesterday evening.😃
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Another big day training today, with almost 40 children's, youth, and families workers from across Rugby and surrounding area coming together for the Urban Saints 'All Inclusive?' Supporting Children and Young People with Additional Needs training programme at Rugby Baptist Church.

Jesus Heals A Disabled Woman On The Sabbath And Teaches Us Lessons Today Jesus noticed her: Disabled people can often become ‘anonymous’, ‘ignored’, ‘overlooked’, maybe even ‘invisible’. I wonder how many other people saw her and looked away, hoping they didn’t catch he…

Jesus noticed her... Disabled people can often become anonymous, ignored, overlooked, maybe even invisible.
I wonder how many other people saw her and looked away, hoping they didn’t catch her eye.

My blog with seven teaching moments from this story:
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We are in Lymington today at the Mynt Image Ltd craft fair with Clare’s Barking Bobbins stall packed with dog toys, treats, and accessories for your pampered pooch or fur baby! 🐾🐶

We’ve gone early with Christmas stocking too!! 🤶🎄

Self Care In The Darkness It’s that time of year when the nights start drawing in, the weather starts getting colder, nature starts to shut down in preparation for the winter ahead. It can be a time that can affect many of …

It’s that time of year when the nights really start drawing in...

Here's some helpful thoughts about self-care and how we can use the example of Scandinavians to stay positive, especially those of us that parent children with additional needs...

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James didn’t make it to his craft session this afternoon so we did one at home… an autumn tree with different coloured leaves. James signed his artwork too! 🍁🍂🪾😀

YouTube video by UrbanSaints Additional Needs: Inclusion and Belonging | hearUSout Podcast | S2 Episode 2

Here's the latest version of the Urban Saints podcast that I was a guest on recently, talking about creating inclusion and belonging for children and young people with additional needs.
We had a great chat, I hope you enjoy listening to it! (Also Spotify and Apple) 🎙🎧
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We’re at Sobo Beach today with Clare’s Barking Bobbins range of doggy toys and treats, supporting the Merlin's Pet Food Banks for Dorset Dogs CIC dorsetdogs.com doggy disco event! 🐾🐶🐕

James was back to baking rainbow cookies again this afternoon. He enjoyed putting the rainbow 'smarties' on top and pressing them into the cookies! 🍪👨‍🍳

Lovely to be able to take James out this afternoon, after his week of being unwell. He made a fabulous Autumn wheelbarrow picture at Moordown Community Centre for his Boscombe Connect craft session! 🍁🍂. Well done James! 🥳