Mental Health Cooperative

Mental Health Cooperative exists to engage, enlighten, and empower individuals and families with behavioral health issues to live healthier lives.  By providingintegrated care for the whole person everyone can experience hope and live a full life in the community.  MHC believes that there is life after a diagnosis, and that our challenges do not define who…

Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health System

Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health System is a 140-bed behavioral health and substance abuse hospital offering inpatient services for children, adolescents, and their families. Specialized program for children ages 6-12 Acute inpatient program Individual/Group Therapy Assessment & Treatment Planning Case Management On site School Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

How a Service Dog for My Son With Autism Impacted My Career

 By Skyler Phillips July 3, 2017 Some people dream of doing great things in their life, that was never me, but I believe sometimes God has plans for our lives we never see coming. As a veteran firefighter, I thought I was doing enough to serve my community, until one day all that changed. In 2010…

UI Reach Program

“The University of Iowa REACH Program is a two-year, transition certificate program for students with multiple intellectual, cognitive, and learning disabilities. UI REACH provides a campus experience to empower young adults to become independent, engaged members of the community. Courses, campus life, and career preparation assist students in reaching their full potential. UI REACH strives to maintain periodic contact…

LifeLine Launches First Responder Training

LifeLine™ Launches SNAP First Responder Training SNAP  – Special Needs Awareness Program Chattanooga, Tennessee: LifeLine™ launched its new Special Needs Awareness Program (“SNAP”) on Monday, January 9, 2017, with the first of a planned multi week training for the Chattanooga Fire Department.  For several years training and information on specific diagnoses or disability groups has…

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…

Lessons from A Different Path

Crystal Horner, Chattanooga, TN On January 2nd, 2008 I woke up in a hospital room with a small view of the rising sun. I had been up earlier that night giving birth to my first child. Hudson James Horner was born a bit abruptly as I had gotten an upper respiratory infection and had been…

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…