Cheryl A. Rhodes, M.S., LMFT, LPC
Cheryl A. Rhodes is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a licensed
professional counselor with expertise in working with families
of children with disabilities. She holds a master’s degree in counseling
from City University of New York–Brooklyn College. Ms. Rhodes has
been a trainer, project director, consultant, and counselor for more than
25 years. She has designed programs and conducted support groups for
siblings of children with disabilities and for grandparents rearing grandchildren
with disabilities. She is involved in initiatives for families of
children with disabilities at the state and national levels and serves as
Chair of the Family Consortium for the Division for Early Childhood of
the Council for Exceptional Children. She has worked with Georgia’s
early intervention program since the mid-1990s. She is the parent of
three children, two daughters and a son, ages 22, 20, and 18. Her
younger daughter acquired a disability at age 13 months.