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Find educational consultants, psychologists, educational diagnosticians, health care providers, academic therapists, tutors, speech language therapists, occupational therapists, coaches, advocates, and attorneys for children with disabilities on the Yellow Pages for Kids for your state.
You will also find special education schools, learning centers, treatment programs, parent groups, respite care, community centers, grassroots organizations, and government programs for children with disabilities.
A to Z In-Home Tutoring
Cara Donahue
1300 Division Street, Suite 306
Nashville, TN 37203
(866) 505-2869; (866)
838-0437 (fax)
Email: info@atoztutoring.com
Web: www.atoztutoring.com
Local,
certified special education teachers are trained and screened to provide in-home
tutoring in the comfort and convenience of the child's home. William
Allen, Esq.
Attorney at Law
Mostoller, Stulberg & Whitfield
136
S. Illinois Avenue Suite 104
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(865) 482-4466; (865)
481-0940 (fax)
Email: ballen@msw-law.com
Web: http://www.msw-law.com
Legal
advocacy for parents and children with disabilities on education issues American
Foundation for the Blind-Southeast
100 Peachtree Street, Suite 620
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 525-2303
Email: atlanta@afb.net
Web: www.afb.org Americans
with Disabilities Act (ADA) & Accessible IT Resource Center
Southeast
Disability and Business Technical Assistance Center (DBTAC)
490 Tenth Street
Atlanta, GA 30318
(800) 949-4232 (V/TTY)
Email: sedbtacproject@law.syr.edu
Web: http://www.sedbtac.org/ The
Arc of Davidson County (Serving Nashville/Davidson County)
111 North Wilson
Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37205
(615) 321-5699
Email: ntenenbaum@arcdc.org The
Arc of the Mid South
Carlene Leaper
3485 Poplar Ave, Suite 210
Memphis, TN 38111
(901) 327-2473; (901) 327-1197 (fax)
Email: msarc@arcmidsouth.net
Web: http://www.arcmidsouth.net
We
provide respite care, personal assistance, career development/job placement, summer
camps, weekend retreats, parent resource library, advocacy, and information and
referral. The
Arc of Tennessee
44 Vantage Way, Suite 550
Nashville, TN 37228
(615) 248-5878
Email: wrogers@thearctn.org
Email: walterrogersarc@aol.com
Web: www.thearctn.org Autism
Society of East Tennessee
Cheri Howlett
P.O. Box 30015
Knoxville,
TN 37930
(865) 637-3914
Email: Cah37849@aol.com
Our chapter is a non profit organization comprised entirely of parent and
professional volunteers. Autism
Society of Middle Tennessee
480 Craighead St., Suite 200
Nashville,
TN 37204
(615) 385-2077; (615) 383-1176 (fax)
Email: asmt@bellsouth.net
Web: http://www.autismmidtenn.org/
Autism
Support Group of Blount County
Linda Terry
308 Best Street
Maryville,
TN 37803
(865) 983-9584
Email: ninnaterry@aol.com
We meet 4th Friday of every month . We discuss current issues with our children
and pass along any new information on services, upcoming conferences and educational
issues. Lawrence
Ballew, Esq.
Attorney at Law
4800 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville,
TN 37209
(615) 627-0030; (615) 383-7128 (fax)
Email: lb@BallewLawOffice.com
Web: http://www.ballewlawoffice.com/
Offering advocacy and representation in the area of Special Education Law. I also
assist parents with establishing conservatorships and special needs trusts for
their children. Baptist
Pediatric Rehabilitation
2120 Exeter Road, Suite 110
Germantown, TN
38138-3922
(901) 624-8675; (901) 624-8676 (fax) Behavioral
Consulting Associates, Inc.
Kelly Motes
136 Dartmoore Drive
Clarksville,
TN 37043
(931) 368-1660; (931) 368-1714 (fax)
Email: help@behaviorsupport.org
Web: http://www.behaviorsupport.org
Behavioral consultation to individuals, families, schools, organizations, companies,
and government agencies. Serving children, adolescents, and adults. Boling
Center for Developmental Disabilities
The University of Tennessee Health
Science Center
711 Jefferson Avenue
Memphis, TN 38105
(901) 448-6511;
(888) 572-2249; (901) 448-4677 (TTY)
Elizabeth Bishop, MSSW, Clinical Services
Coordinator
Email: ebishop@utmem.edu
Web: www.utmem.edu/bcdd
Katherine
Budai, MSW, LCSW
687C Emory Valley Road
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(865) 483-3334
Email: KatherineBudai@aol.com
Katherine provides solution-focused counseling to children, teens,
and families. Extensive experience with special needs children,
special education, and behavioral management. Parent of teen with
ADHD and a child with Down syndrome.
The
CAN-LEARN Project (Child Advocacy Network)
University of Tennessee College of Law
Lawyers Education Advocacy Resource Network
1505 W. Cumberland Avenue
Knoxville, TN 37996-1810
(865) 974-4141; (423) 283-0558 (fax)
Email: bhdyer1@netscape.net
CAN-LEARN is not a source of direct representation nor is it a pro
bono Project. Instead, the Project serves as a back-up and support
center for lawyers who engage in education representation.
"Capable
Kids!"
"Working with your child...not their diagnosis."
Occupational, Behavioral, Speech, and Physical Therapies
Mickey McGee, OTR
owner
3918 Dickerson Pike, #113
Nashville, TN 37207
(615) 594-5437;
(615) 868-4703 (fax)
Email: kidsot@comcast.net
Somos terapistas
que tratan a bebes y ninos. Por favor, comuniquese con Stacia a las 615-397-2360.
Our mission is to provide superior, cutting edge, effective therapy services for
children (and adults) within a family centered, collaborative atmosphere built
on a foundation of dignity, respect and integrity. CHADD
Greater Chattanooga
(423) 876-1241
Web: http://www.chaddonline.org/chapters/chadd464.html CHADD
Greater East Tennessee
Knoxville
(865) 681-1174
Web: http://www.chaddonline.org/chapters/chadd271.html
Challenged
Athletes Playing Equally (CAPE)
P.O. Box 10986
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
(615) 238-7372
Email: rickrbs@yahoo.com
Web: http://www.capetn.org
CAPE provides
sports and activities in a seasonal league format year round for special needs
children (and adults). Year round activities; recreational activities for the
special needs. Children's
Special Services
Department of Health
Title 5 Children with Special
Health Care Needs
Cordell Hull Building, 5th Floor
425 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37247-4750
(615) 741-0322
Web:
http://www2.state.tn.us/health/mch/css.htm Patricia
C. Davis, MD
Columbia Pediatric Clinic
1222 Trotwood #101
Columbia, TN 38401
(931) 388-8965; (931) 388-0815
(fax)
Email:
pjcdavis@cpws.net
I am a behavioral/developmental
pediatrician. I evaluate, diagnose, and treat children with school problems, behavioral
problems, chronic disabilities. I am a member of the AAP sections on developmental/behavioral
pediatrics and children with disabilities. Department
of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities
Cordell Hull Building,
3rd Floor
425 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37247
(615) 532-6500
Email: Frieda.Outlaw@state.tn.us
Web: www.state.tn.us/mental The
Disability Coalition on Education
111 North Wilson Boulevard
Nashville,
TN 37205
(615) 321-5699; (615) 322-9184
(fax)
Email:
msloniker@arcdc.org
The DCE is a
Statewide alliance of families, educators, State and advocacy organizations, focused
on bringing about positive change in the education of students with and without
disabilities. Disability
Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee (DLAC)
(Formerly TN Protection and
Advocacy, Inc.)
P.O. Box 121257
Nashville, TN 37212
(800) 342-1660;
(888) 852-2852
Email: GetHelp@DLACTN.org
Web: http://www.DLACTN.org
Legal and advocacy
services for individuals with disabilities in Tennessee. Division
of Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Services
400 Deaderick
Street, l5th Floor
Nashville, TN 37248
(615) 313-4714
Web: www.state.tn.us/humanserv Division
of Special Education
Department of Education
Andrew Johnson Tower,
5th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0380
(615)
741-2851
Web:
http://www.state.tn.us/education/speced/index.htm
Division of Vocational Education
Andrew Johnson Tower, 4th
Floor
710 James Roberston Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0383
(615) 532-2834
Web: www.state.tn.us/education Easter
Seals
2001 Woodmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37215
(615) 292-6640;
(800) 264-0078
Email: jperkins@eastersealstn.com
Web: www.tn.easter-seals.org Educational
Consultants
Linda Buchanan
2400 Crestmoor RD
Nashville,TN 37215
(615) 586-5142; (615) 865-3205
Email: lindalee80@netscape.com
Web: http://educationservicesspecialist.com
Provides educational testing,parent training, specialized tutoring& consultation
and advocacy services.Our agency customizes services to accommodate to the student's
learning profile and school environment. Educational
Solutions
Patricia C. Holst, MS, BCET
687-C Emory Valley Road
Oak Ridge, TN 37830
(865) 482-5635; (865) 567-7802
Email: pholstcet@aol.com
Board Certified Educational Therapist, ages 5-1/2 through adult. Providing information
and assitance through educational testing,individualized neuro-science based interventions
and parent education. Epilepsy
Foundation of West Tennessee
70 Timber Creek, Suite 1
Cordova, TN
38018
(901) 624-7148
Email: jeanmdodd@hotmail.com FACES:
The National Craniofacial Association
Stephanie R. Hale
PO Box 11082
Chattanooga,
TN 37401
(800) 332-2373; (423) 266-1632; (423) 267-3124 (fax)
Email: stephanie@faces-cranio.org
Web:
http://www.faces-cranio.org
A non-profit
organization serving children and adults throughout the United States with severe
craniofacial deformities resulting from birth defects, injuries, or disease. Families
for Early Autism Treatment
Chattanooga
Web: http://www.featchatt.org/ Green's
Karate
Corey Green
4200 Access Rd.
Chattanooga, TN 37425
(423) 432-5280; (423) 894-1634
Email: greenskarate@msn.com
Web: http://www.greenskarate.com
Green's Karate has taught the "first and possibly second person in history
with autism to qualify for the Karate Nationals in the non-hanicap division" Kingston
Campus & Residential Treatment Center
183 Fiddler's Lane
Kingston,
TN 37763
(800) 896-4754; (865) 375-2296; 376-1850
(fax)
Treating
and educating adolescents with emotional, behavioral and mental illnesses from
age 5 to 18. Knox
County Schools
Dr. John E. McCook
PO Box 2188
Knoxville, TN 37901
(865) 594-1540;
(865) 594-1531 (fax)
Email: jmccook125@aol.com
Web: http://www.kcs.k12tn.net/index.htm
Knox County Schools provide quality educational services to students with
educational disabilities as defined in federal and state laws and regulations
for students residing in Knox County. Learning
Disabilities Association of Greater Memphis
711 Jefferson Avenue
Memphis,
TN 38105
(901) 448-3127
Email: ebishop@utmem.edu
Web: http://www.learningdisabilities-tn.org/
Legal
Aid of East Tennessee
Laurie Draves
311 W. Walnut Street
P. O. Drawer
360
Johnson City, TN 37606-0360
(423) 928-8311; (800) 821-1312; (423) 928-9488
(fax)
Email: ldraves@laet.org
Provides
special educational advocacy for children and youth at risk of state custody in
Northeast Tennessee March
of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1101 Kermit Drive, Suite 201
Nashville,
TN 37217
(888) 399-3272; (615) 399-3200
Web: www.modimes.org Mental
Health Association of Middle Tennessee
2416 21st Avenue South, Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 269-5355
Email: forinfo@mhamt.org NAMI-Tennessee
(National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
Debi Wheatley
1101 Kermit
Dr., Suite 605
Nashville, TN 37217
(866) 901-6264; (800) 467-3589; (615)
361-6698 (fax)
Email: dwheatley@namitn.org
Web: http://www.namitn.org Office
of Children and Adolescent Services
Department of Mental Health and Developmental
Disabilities
Cordell Hull Building, 3rd Floor
425 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37247
(615) 532-6767; (615) 532-6612 (TTY)
Web: www.state.tn.us/mental Parent-Child
Services Group, Inc.
Lynne F. Harmon, M.A., CCC-SLP
1225 E. Weisgarber
Road, Suite 180 South
Knoxville, TN 37909
(865) 584-5558; (865) 584-6607
(fax)
Email:
pcsg@parent-childservices.com
Web: www.parent-childservices.com
Multi-disciplinary evaluation and therapy services for children; speech-language
pathology, occupational therapy, physical therapy, psychological services, parenting
classes, and consultations with area agencies and schools. Parents
Encouraging Parents (PEP) Program
Tennessee Department of Health
Cordell
Hull Building, 5th Floor
426 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37247-4750
(615) 741-0353 Programs
for Children with Disabilities: Ages 3 through 5
Division of Special
Education
Department of Education
Andrew Johnson Tower, 5th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0380
(615) 741-2851
Web: http://www.state.tn.us/education/speced/index.htm
Programs
for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities: Ages Birth through 2
Division
of Special Education
Department of Education
Andrew Johnson Tower, 5th
Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0380
(615)
741-2851
Web:
http://www.state.tn.us/education/speced/index.htm Project
LINK
Virginia Piper
4104 Fite Haven Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37415
(423) 316-9326; (423) 267-0500; (423) 267-9550 (fax)
Email: linkchairhamilton@hotmail.com
Facilitates team-building between families who have students with disabilities,
and the schools and educators who serve them. Steve
T. Raney, Esq.
Attorney at Law
5350 Granny White Pike
Brentwood,
TN 37027
(615) 587-6400; (615) 373-3468 (fax)
Email: RaneyAssociates@aol.com
Mr.
Raney exclusively represents parents of children with disabilities in TN. He has
over 18 years experience in the field of special education law (IDEA and Section
504). Holly
Ruskin, Esq.
Attorney at Law
1308 Eighth Avenue North
Nashville,
TN 37208
(615) 254-0202; (615) 254-3355 (fax)
Email: hollyruskin@comcast.net
Legal advocacy and consultation for parents and children surrounding educational
issues, including mediation, due process hearings, IEP meetings, expulsion/suspension
hearings. Ryan's
Hope for Family & Friends
562 S. Center St., Suite B1
Collierville,
TN 38017
(901) 861-7039
Email: angie@ryanshopeinc.org
Web: http://www.ryanshopeinc.org
We provide respite care, a support group, and Ryan's Ranch that caters to special
needs families please see website for details. Scenic
Land School
Eileen A. Card
1130 Mountain Creek Road
Chattanooga,
TN 37405
(423) 877-9711; (423) 876-0398
(fax)
Email:
ecard@sceniclandschool.org
Web: www.sceniclandschool.org Services
for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Citizens Plaza State Office Building
400 Deadrick Street, Suite 1100
Nashville,
TN 37248-6200
(615) 313-4917; (800) 628-7818; (615) 313-6601 (TTY); (800)
270-1349 (TTY)
Web: www.state.tn.us/humanserv Sevier
County Department of Special Education
Dr. John T. Enloe
Trula Lawson
Center
550 Eastgate Road
Sevierville, TN 37862-4122
(865) 453-1036;
(865) 453-3112 (fax)
Email: enloej1@k12tn.net
Web: http://www.slc.sevier.org/
Provides special education programs and services to eligible Sevier County students
and their families. Special
Kids & Families
Edna Mills
5118 Park Avenue, Ste 505
Memphis,
TN 38117
(901) 683-8787
Email: lwallgren@specialkidsandfamilies.org
Web: http://www.specialkidsandfamilies.org
Our mission is to empower children with developmental disabilities, and their
families, to maximize their potential. The
STAR Center
60 Lynoak Cove
Jackson, TN 38305
(731) 668-3888; (800)
464-5619 (W.TN only)
Email: infostar@starcenter.tn.org
Web: www.starcenter.tn.org State
Department for Children and Youth in State Custody
Tennessee Department
of Children's Services
Cordell Hull Building, 7th Floor
436 6th Avenue
North
Nashville, TN 37243-1290
(615) 741-9699
Web: www.state.tn.us/youth State
Education Agency Rural Representative
Division of Special Education
Department of Education
Andrew Johnson Tower, 5th Floor
710 James Robertson
Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0380
(615) 741-2851
Web: www.state.tn.us/education/ State
Mediation System
Division of Special Education
Department of Education
Andrew Johnson Tower
710 James Robertson Parkway, 5th floor
Nashville,
TN 37243-0380
(615) 741-2422
Web:
http://www.state.tn.us/education/speced/index.htm Stuttering
Foundation of America
3100 Walnut Grove Rd, Suite 603
PO Box 11749
Memphis,
TN 38111-0749
(800) 992-9392; (901) 452-7343; (901) 452-3931 (fax)
Email:
info@stutteringhelp.org
Web:
http://www.stutteringhelp.org
The
Foundation provides free online resources to those who stutter and their families,
works towards the prevention and improved treatment of stuttering, and supports
research into the causes of stuttering. Sunshine
Early Intervention
3000 N. Central Street
Knoxville, TN 37917
(865) 524-1311
Email: eikcarc@bellsouth.net
Sunshine Early Intervention is a home-based early intervention program for children
with disabilities age birth to 3. We serve families living in Knox, Sevier, Anderson,
and Union Counties.
Support and Training for Exceptional Parents,
Inc. (STEP)
712 Professional Plaza
Greeneville, TN 37745
(423)
639-0125; (800) 280-7837 (English & Spanish TN only); (423) 639-8802 (TTY)
Email: information@tnstep.org
Web: www.tnstep.org Tennessee
Association of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists
P.O. Box
70
Spring Hill, TN 37174
(931) 487-9871
Email: wmijohn@aol.com
Web: www.taaslp.org Tennessee
Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
1905 Acklen Avenue
Nashville,
TN 37212-3788
(615) 383-9740
Email: tn_offic@pta.org Tennessee
Council for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Citizens Plaza Building, 11th
Floor
400 Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN 37248-6000
(615) 313-4891;
(615) 313-5695 (TTY); (800) 270-1349 (in TN)
Web: www.state.tn.us/humanserv Tennessee
Council on Developmental Disabilities
Cordell Hull Building, 5th Floor
425 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37247
(615) 532-6615
Web: http://www.tennessee.gov/cdd/
Tennessee
Cross-Abilities Network, Inc. (TN CAN)
P. O. Box 2231
Cordova, TN
38088
(901) 756-8067; (901) 755-2576
(fax)
Email:
beverlycarolhart@msn.com
TN
Cross-Abilities Network, Inc. is a statewide, not-for-profit organization for
providers, advocates, families, & people with cross-abilities, coalesced to
educate all about including people with differences, and fighting to protect their
rights. Tennessee
Disability Information and Referral Office
John F. Kennedy Center
Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
P.O. Box 40
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-8529; (800) 640-4636; (800) 372-9595 (TTY)
Email: carole.moore-slater@vanderbilt.edu
Web: http://kc.vanderbilt.edu/tnpathfinder/
Tennessee's
Early Intervention System
Office of Early Childhood Programs
Division
of Special Education
Department of Education
Andrew Johnson Tower, 5th
Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0380
(800)
852-7157
Email: cmayer@tntech.edu
Web: http://www.state.tn.us/education/speced/TEIS/
This program is the single point of entry for IDEA Part C eligible children
in Tennessee. There are nine district offices located across the state. Tennessee
Grands
Brenda LeQuire
101 McGhee Road
Greenback, TN 37742
(865)
705-7174; (865) 856-5725 (fax)
Email: Nannasbabe@aol.com
Web: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TennesseeG
Our group provides Links, Information on Tn. Laws for children and grandparents,
court cases and lots of information to help kinship caregivers of children Tennessee
Respite Network
1315 8th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203
(615)
269-7855; (800) 269-7855
Email: dcarter@tnvoices.org
Web: www.tnvoices.org Tennessee
Technology Access Project
Citizens Plaza State Office Building, 11th Floor
400 Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN 37248
(615) 532-3122; (615) 741-4566
(TTY); (800) 732-5059 (Toll-free in TN only)
Email: kevin.r.wright@state.tn.us
Web: http://www.state.tn.us/humanserv/ttap_index.htm Tennessee
Voices for Children
1315 8th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 269-7751; (800) 670-9982
Email: TVC@TNVoices.org
Web: www.tnvoices.org United
Cerebral Palsy of the Mid South, Inc.
4189 Leroy Avenue
Memphis, TN
38108
(901) 761-4277
Email: dreid@ucpmemphis.org
Web: www.ucpmemphis.org Untapped
Brilliance
Tresie Wallace
4128 Hilldale
Memphis, TN 38117
(901)
270-9225; (901) 291-3072; (901) 683-7111 (fax)
Email: tresie@untappedbrilliance.com
Web: http://www.untappedbrilliance.com
Specialized
tutoring service that specializes in remediation of learning disabilities. All
teachers are special education certified. We also offer OT, PT, ABA/Behavioral
therapy, and Speech services as well as parent advocacy.
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