We have just finished running our Yr 8 retreats, which went really well, but I was aware that alot of the content went well over the heads of some of our boys with more severe Special Educational Needs especially some of the autistic boys. I think I need to put some more work into "differentiating" some of the sessions, but I am also thinking it might be worth doing an afternoon retreat at school specifically for some of these boys. Does anyone have any good resources for chaplaincy/youth ministry/catechesis for kids with SEN?

I wish I could help. When we take day retreats, where possible we would take a TA with us (we would definitely have one if taking a statement student out with us), and they have all been very good at differentiating with the pupils. Between the TA and the Form Tutor, we haven't had any problems.

I do try and use a range of activities, so input I give to the whole group would be fairly short, and then tasks and activities are done in small groups, which makes it easier to pick up any students who are a bit confused. I've found other students are often quite good at explaining things too, and keeping an eye out for those that need help in their groups, and so even where we've expected to need to do a lot of support, we're not as neccessary as we thought we were!