Tennessee Family Corner

Programs
Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Contact and Program Information

Resources
Family Information Notebook (FIN): FIN fin(fin) n. 1. a fish uses its fin to balance, steer, and avoid obstacles as it moves through the water. The FIN Project is an information exchange system for use among caregivers and health care, educational, faith-based, recreational and other community systems that care for a child with special health care needs. www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/interior.php?mid=564

Family Village: www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
A global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support. This site offers informational resources on specific diagnoses, communication connections, adaptive products and technology,adaptive recreational activities, education, worship, health issues, disability-related media and literature, and much, much more!

Advocacy and Support Organizations
Family Voices: www.familyvoices.org/states.php?state=TN
Partnering with professionals and families to advocate for health care services that are family-centered, community-based, comprehensive, coordinated and culturally competent.

NAMI of Tennessee (National Voice on Mental Health): namitn.nami.org/
Education, advocacy and support for persons with brain disorders (mental illnesses) and their families

Special Education Action Network: mingus.kc.vanderbilt.edu/spantn/
A family-driven network of proactive families, individuals and organizations, working together to initiate, support and coordinate special education advocacy activities. The SPAN-TN.org website is a safe place where you can network with other families and advocates and access family-friendly information and resources.

Support & Training for Exceptional Parents (STEP): www.tnstep.org/
A statewide family-to-family program in Tennessee. STEP services are available to any parent or family member of a special education student or a student who may need special help in school (birth through age 22).

The Association for Retarded Citizen (Arc) Family Resource Guide www.thearc.org/familyguide/tennessee.doc
This guide is written for families raising children with mental retardation and related developmental disabilities. It tells families about benefits, supports and services in their state that might help their child.

Note: The information provided on the state pages was submitted by the state medical home teams.As this is not an exhaustive list, please let us know if you have additions for your state resource page. You can contact us at: medical home@aap.org.

Last Updated December 3, 2009