Special Needs

Hello, my name is Rebecca Diehl and I am Spotswood’s Special Needs Coordinator. I have lived in Fredericksburg for twenty years and attended Spotswood from the age of four.

Because I had to overcome many health situations as a child, I saw children and families who did not have the love and support that I had. From a young age, God placed a passion in me for helping children and their families but I did not know where that was going to lead me.


I started volunteering as a middle schooler with Spotswood’s VBS and then on Sundays in the nursery. When I started college, I thought I wanted to major in Exercise Science and become a Pediatric Occupational Therapist, but God had a bigger plan as he directed me to change my major at Liberty University to Family and Child Development with a minor in Psychology.

As I got more involved with different family outreach programs such as, early learning centers, and social services and working for the state of Virginia as a caregiver for families God has made my passion clearer for helping families and children with special needs within the church. As God led me to this amazing opportunity to be Spotswood’s Special Needs Coordinator, I am so amazed at how God has brought me full circle to the place where I first got involved with children and families.

I look forward to getting to know each family individually and helping you in any way I can. My goal is to make you and your child or children feel at home, loved by God, supported, and prayed for.