Georgia Parent Mentor Partnership Although the specific job descriptions and work plans may vary slightly from one school district to another, mentor’s work is focused on enhancing communication and collaboration between families, schools, and communities in order to improve outcomes for students with disabilities and their families. Families: Parent mentors provide information and resources to…
“Parenting Camp for Families Raising Children with Behavior Challenges Currently, Turning Point Camp takes place twice per year. These week-long family camps are designed to help families connect and help challenging children redirect their paths. This program is designed for children ages 4-12. The focus of camp is to renew, recharge, and empower each parent and child with effective…
“Pathway for Healing’s Vision and Mission Our Vision Pathway for Healing envisions that every wounded child have a strong and healthy family, equipped to facilitate healing. Our Mission By using proven research and effective methods, we will provide attachment focused support, resources, education, and training for families and the professionals who support them.
Personalized Counseling Services for Children, Adults & Families At-Risk At-risk youth and their families face serious issues including grief, abandonment, anger management, substance abuse and family conflict. At Health Connect America, our programs are designed to address these issues, to support the preservation of families and to improve the lives of children-at-risk and their families. …
Regional Intervention Program (RIP) A FREE Positive Behavior-Management Program for Children ages 2-5 that helps parents improve their parenting skills and learn to better deal with problem behaviors such as: tantrums whining bedtime problems non-compliance aggression …and more…
Thanks to Attorney Martin Pierce (Martin Pierce Law) and Financial Planner Jeffery Babb (Battleground Financial Advisors) for spending a couple of hours with our families last night sharing the details of a Special Needs or Supplemental Needs Trusts, Guardianship, Conservatorship, and other estate planning topics. Both men have more than 20 years experience in their fields and…
New lip reading class offered for the first time for the community to attend at Chattanooga State Community College. David M. Harrison, founder and Director of the Lip Reading Academy will be offering Lip Reading to non-students at Chattanooga State Community College beginning Monday, February 16, 2015. The class is designed to help the hearing…
The purpose of this fund is to: – assist Tennesseans with disabilities and their families to attend meetings, conferences and workshops held around the country and in Tennessee. – assist Tennessee conferences by providing stipends for people with disabilities and their families, and conference presenters For more information or to download an application form, click…
The Accommodations Manual: A guide to Selecting, Administering, and Evaluating the Use of Test Administration Accommodations for Students with Disabilities (updated December 2014) is now available on the Assessment & Accountability website under the link “For Educators”. In addition, IEP and IEP/504 teams should always consider the purpose of the assessment and consult Georgia’s Student…
We have some information for you about our upcoming VAP trainings and networking opportunities for graduates. Our first session will be on February 18th from 3-5pm CST . Carrie Mason will speak about 504 and discipline, followed by some time to network and brainstorm together. Next, Tie Hodack and Theresa Nichols from the TN DOE will present…
