“UDS Transition School helps high school students with a range of disabilities prepare for the future. We teach life skills that enable them to live more independently, better informed and with greater confidence in their abilities. The knowledge gained at the Transition School empowers these young adults to find competitive employment and become contributing members…
“A microboard is a small group of committed family and friends who join together with an individual with a disability to create a non-profit organization.” “Microboards and Cooperatives provide natural supports to the individuals who are the focus of their collective energy. They can also become providers of services under Tennessee’s Home and Community Based…
The goal of the Chattanooga Area Brain Injury Association is to improve the quality of life for persons with a brain injury and their families. The service coordinator will assist families, professionals, and educators with “filling in the gaps.” Vision To reduce the occurrence of, and empower those affected by, brain injures.
-MHC uses a holistic approach, combining evidence-based psychotherapy, intenstive in-home case management and psychiatry into an integrated system of care. Intensive Case Management, Counseling Services, Psychiatric Services, and Initial Admission Assessments. CHILD & TEEN SERVICES We know that a child or adolescent who is struggling with emotional/behavioral issues can create stress within the entire family.…
Does Your Child Like to Play Minecraft? Join Minecraft Club, Saturdays in Hixson. They think they’re playing. We know they’re learning social skills. Sshh, don’t tell!
“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…
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…
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…
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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,…
