About four years ago, 15 national level organizations serving families affected by learning disability and related challenges collaborated in an effort to pool their collective knowledge in one website. They recognized that the 1 in 5 who are affected needed a central location to find resources. www.Understood.org was born. As the resource achieved national recognition,…
GLAD stands for Glenwood Learning Adventure Days. GLAD is a mentoring program ministry of New City that is designed to reach out to the children of the surrounding community. GLAD stands for “Glenwood Learning Adventure Days”. Academically GLAD focuses on math and reading. GLAD also shares the Gospel with the children involved in the program.…
What Every Parent Advocating for Their Child Should Know “Had Nate’s family accepted the initial recommendation of the school, Nate would not have had access to the general education curriculum. He would not have read The Scarlet Letter and been able to share his thoughts on it with friends. He would not have dissected a…
Looking for a place to connect with other homeschooling families? Check out this list! Catoosa Homeschool Co-op Ringoold, GA www.homeschoolchc.com/ Chattanooga Hive, Chattanooga, TN www.facebook.com/chattanoogahive?fref=ts
The “Individualized Education Act”, adopted by the General Assembly in 2015 per Public Chapter 431, creates the Individualized Education Account Program and related accounts (IEA) for eligible students with disabilities to use for educational purposes. The program provides options for parents and students to choose the education opportunities that best meet their own unique needs…
Journey Educational Services, Inc. Luronda Jennings, Executive Director 423-774-3444 Email rising2succeeed@gmail.com Journey Educational Services provides educational support and supplemental services to students and young adults with disabilities to assist with obtaining a more confident, efficient, and productive way of life. The mission of JES is to enrich, educate, and elevate school-aged students and young adults…
“Bachman Academy serves students with learning differences, like Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, Dysgraphia, Nonverbal Learning Disorder (NLD), Asperger’s/Autism Spectrum Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/ Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD, ADD), who learn best in a non-traditional environment that is challenging, achievement-oriented and individualized. The mission of Bachman Academy is to empower students who have learning differences to develop…
“For many students with disabilities—and for many without—the key to success in the classroom lies in having appropriate adaptations, accommodations, and modifications made to the instruction and other classroom activities.” “Adaptations, accommodations, and modifications need to be individualized for students, based upon their needs and their personal learning styles and interests. It is not always…
Joyce Herzog is a gifted teacher and author of many educational products that simplify teaching for you and learning for your students. Joyce taught classrooms of learning disabled students in private and public schools for many years and has been working with homeschooling families for two decades. She has addressed rapt audiences of appreciative parents…
“Skyuka Hall is an accredited Tennessee Category One school located at the foot of Signal Mountain. We are a K-8 school serving students from Chattanooga and surrounding areas and dedicated to serving students with learning differences and academic challenges. Every student here is unique and to ensure their success we have a 1:4 teacher to…
