Parent Mentor Certification

Reaching Families with Special Needs.  LifeLine will be presenting a complete series of workshops over the next year that will equip you to advocate for your child.  These training opportunities will help you better understand special education proceedings and other service delivery systems.  Parent Mentor Certification consists of a minimum number of hours of training…

Stellar Therapy Services

At Stellar Therapy Services we put the “FUN” in functional, offering individual therapy, groups,  and summer camps!  TennCare and most insurance plans accepted! Stellar Therapy is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. We offer Therapy Staffing Services and School Medicaid Reimbursement nationwide; in the Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia areas we are the largest independent therapy employs. …

Facilitating Emotional Regulation Supplemental Resources

On Thursday evening, January 27, 2017, LifeLine families came together at our northwest Georgia FamilyShare support group and discussed ways to facilitate our children’s emotional regulation at home and at school. Lisa Mattheiss shared ideas and resources that she and Michal Jones had collected in their years of working with families in Chattanooga and northwest…

Alternative Options Resource List

Many of us are in the same boat.  We are raising children with special needs.  The problem is, they didn’t come with a manual and there are things that happen with them that we can’t explain, medicine can’t explain, and mainstream medicine can’t always cure.  Our purpose at our last FamilyShare support group meeting of 2016…

Key Elements of Inclusion

“What is Inclusion?The term inclusion implies a certain educational placement philosophy, interdisciplinary team planning approach, instructional method and attitude.” “Inclusion DOES NOT necessarily mean that a student never leaves the class and is never paired with another student who receives special education services. Rather, it means that the student is truly a member of a…

Achieving Inclusion

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…

Elopement: Stop Running by Building Skills

“Nat runs to avoid work Sherry runs when she wants attention Mark runs whenever he can They ran in the past and continue to run in spite of strategies created to stop the running. Sound familiar? People who run create stress for everyone involved; often their safety is at risk or their running creates further…

The Role of ParaEducators in Inclusive Schools

“A paraeducator is an individual who provides instructional or related support to students under the direction and supervision of a certified teacher. In the last two decades, the roles and responsibilities of paraeducators in inclusive schools have reached new levels of importance. The role of paraeducators has evolved from clerical support to personal support, such as feeding…

Her Life Isn’t Ruined…and Neither is Yours

“One ugly chapter – maybe you could even call it a ruined chapter – doesn’t define our stories, though. Rape doesn’t get that power. Darkness doesn’t get the last say.” Shannon Dingle shares her story and her perspective on abuse here: http://www.dinglefest.com/2016/06/her-life-isnt-ruined-and-neither-is-mine.html