Shannon Weatherby

Shannon Weatherby
Education and Events Coordinator

Shannon Weatherby is the Director of Education for Feed My Lambs. She spent many years working inthe Feed My Lambs schools as a cook, assistant teacher and teacher while she was getting her Bachelor’s degree in Human Services. After graduation, she worked as the Assistant to the Director of Education, where she helped get the Feed My Lambs, City of Refuge, preschool up and running in 2008.

She had the opportunity to travel with her husband and president of Feed My Lambs to Cambodia, where sheworked in an orphanage and delivered supplies to people in the water village. She then traveled with them to Liberia where she helped dedicate wells within the local community and dedicate a Feed My Lambs school. Most recently, she graduated with her Master’s in Social Work with a concentration in Mental Health, where she focuses on children of trauma and abuse. She is also a play therapist and forensic interviewer for children of abuse. She has spent over a decade dedicating her life to serving children and adolescents.

She is the wife of Blake Weatherby, and they have been married for five years. She and her husband love traveling and spending time with their two energetic dogs, Juno and Gaia. She and her husband live in Kennesaw.

Past Employment

  • Feed My Lambs, Marietta, GA- Director of Education: July 2011- Present 
  • Youth Villages Inner Harbour, Douglasville, GA- PRN Therapist: June 2011-Present
  • The Center at Mt. Paran North Church- Part time Play Therapist: June 2011-Present
  • Youth Villages Inner Harbour, Douglasville, GA- Therapy Intern: Fall 2010- May 2011
  • The Center at Mt. Paran North Church- Play Therapist Intern: Summer 2010-June 2011
  • Cobb CSB Next Steps, Marietta, GA-MSW Intern: Fall 2009- May 2010
  • Curfman Family, Marietta, GA -  Nanny:  Feb. 2009 – Aug. 2009
  • Feed My Lambs, Marietta, GA- Assistant to Dir. of Education: 2008-2009
  • Feed My Lambs, Marietta, GA - Pre-school Teacher:  2003- 2006 & 2007- 2008
  • Hennessy Porsche North Atlanta, Roswell, GA - Receptionist:  Jan. 2007- Oct. 2007
  • J. J. Daniell Middle School, Marietta, GA - 7th Grade Supply Teacher: Fall 2006
  • Cobb County School Board, Marietta, GA - Substitute Teacher:  Fall 2006
  • Mt. Paran North Church of God, Marietta, GA - Student Ministries Intern: Spring 2005 

Education

  • Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA Masters of Social Work: May 2011
  • Certified in Forensic Interviewing, Forsyth, GA: May 2011
  • Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, GA  B. S. in Human Services, Magna Cum Laude: July 2006
  • Lee University Study Abroad Program, Santiago, Chile: Summer 2003
  • Lee University, Cleveland, TN: 2001 - 2004
  • Sprayberry High School,  Marietta, GA Graduated with Honors: 2001

Honors and Activities

  • Evidence Based Training: July 2011
  • Sandtray Training: June 2011
  • Finding Words Forensic Interviewing Training: May 2011
  • TF-CBT Web Training: April 2011
  • GA-APT Play Therapy for Anxiety Disorders Conference: March 2011
  • GA-APT Helping the Wild Child Conference: March 2011
  • CO-APT Family Play Therapy Conference: December 2010
  • SC-APT Play Therapy Practicalities Conference: September 2010
  • Darkness to Light Training: May 2010
  • Phi Alpha Honors Society: Spring 2010                              
  • Vice President of Society of Social Work: Spring 2010
  • Volunteer at Egleston Hospital for Children:  August 2007 – January 2008
  • Graduated Magna Cum Laude from KSU: July 2006
  • Golden Key International Honors Society: inducted in Spring 2006
  • Human Service Honor Society: inducted in Spring  2006
  • Kennesaw State University Dean’s List: 2004 - 2006
  • National Dean’s List Registry: 2001 -  2004
  • USAA All American Collegiate Scholar: 2001 –  2002, 2004
  • Lee University Outstanding Freshman English Student Award: 2001  -  2002
  • Lee University Dean’s List: 2001-2003
  • Member Cobb Task Force on Underage Drinking: 2000 – 2004
  • High school ministry youth leader: 2003-2006
  • Middle school tutor and mentor for at-risk children: 2001- 2003
  • Mission trip to Caracas, Venezuela: Winter 2010
  • Mission trip to Liberia to dedicate fresh water wells: Oct 2008
  • Mission trip to Cambodia/working in orphanage: Summer 2008
  • Mission trips to Mexico: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
  • Mission Trip to Honduras: Summer 2003
  • Medical Mission Trip to Venezuela: Winter   2001
  • Medical Mission Trip to Peru: Winter 2000
  • Mission Trip to Honduras: Summer 1999