The TRICARE Comprehensive Autism Care Demonstration (Autism Care Demo) covers applied behavior analysis (ABA) for all TRICARE beneficiaries diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. The demonstration started on July 25, 2014. It will end on December 31, 2018. To learn more about the Autism Care Demonstration and download a 4 page detailed Fact Sheet click…
he Speech Language Reading Center offers innovative brain-based therapy blended with traditional approaches, resulting in the most efficient outcomes, available for children, adolecents, and adults diagnosed with aphasia, apraxia, speech disorders, auditory processing deficits, stuttering, learning disabilities and language disorders. Testing and services provided for those who are late talking, stuttering, or who have auditory…
At Amaze Behavior Therapy, we believe that every child is unique and therefore needs an individualized approach based on their specific needs and strengths. As such, we offer an array of behavior therapy components, all based upon the concepts and principles of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), including but not limited to Discrete Trial Training (DTT), Natural Environment Training…
Stellar Therapy is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They serve the Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia areas. Their services include occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech-language therapy staffing for all settings. There is also an outpatient pediatric clinic, and there is administrative assistance for Medicaid reimbursement in schools across the state of Tennessee.
We are starting a special needs soccer program in Chattanooga that will have a spring and fall season, and if we can find an indoor facility we will have a winter season too! If you would please share the attached information with your organization, as we provide more opportunities for the special needs community. If…
Chattanooga Autism Conference 2015 REGISTER EARLY! And, help us spread the word by forwarding this to people in your network! For registration instructions:
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…
WHAT IS PARTNERS? The Partners in Policymaking Leadership Institute is a leadership, advocacy and self-advocacy training program for adults with disabilities and family members of persons with disabilities from across the state, sponsored by the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities. WHAT WILL THE SELECTED PARTNERS PARTICIPANTS DO? Attend information sessions by local and national experts…
In January and February, Martin Pierce & Jeffery Babb made presentations to both our Tennessee and Georgia support groups sharing information about Special Needs Trusts, Conservatorships, Guardianships, Powers of Attorney and other related resources. Below are listed some of the resources which were referenced in those events as well as some additional Georgia-specific resources shared…
Did you ever wonder how parents of kids with extensive lists of diagnoses and therapies ever homeschool? Amanda Alexander, mom to Anna, homeschools successfully in spite of Anna’s major diagnoses of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, plus more than a dozen others. Anna has had many therapies- speech,…
