STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: SPECIAL EDUCATION
Joseph Fisher, Executive Director
Division of Special Education
Department of Education
Andrew Johnson Tower, 5th Floor
710 James Robertson Pkwy.
Nashville, TN 37243-0380
(615) 741-2851
E-mail: jfisher@mail.state.tn.us
Web: www.state.tn.us/education/msped.htm
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES 3 THROUGH 5
Contact STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:
SPECIAL EDUCATION
(see above)
PROGRAMS FOR INFANTS AND TODDLERS WITH DISABILITIES:
AGES BIRTH THROUGH 2
Contact STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION:
SPECIAL EDUCATION
(see above)
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCY
Carl Brown, Assistant Commissioner
Division of Rehabilitation Services
Department of Human Svcs.
400 Deaderick Street, l5th Floor
Nashville, TN 37248-0060
(615) 313-4714
E-mail: tnds@gte.net
OFFICE OF STATE COORDINATOR OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
Sam McClanahan, Consultant
Division of Vocational Education
Andrew Johnson Tower, 4th Floor
710 James Roberston Pkwy.
Nashville, TN 37243-0383
(615) 532-2834
STATE MENTAL HEALTH AGENCY
Ben Dishman, Acting Commissioner
Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation
Andrew Johnson Tower, 11th Floor
710 James Robertson Pkwy.
Nashville, TN 37243-0675
(615) 532-6500
STATE MENTAL HEALTH REPRESENTATIVE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH
Larry Thompson, Director
Office of Children & Adolescent Services
Department of Mental Health & Mental Retardation
Cordell Hull Building, 3rd Floor
425 Fifth Avenue N.
Nashville, TN 37243-0675
(615) 532-6767; (615) 532-6612 (TTY)
E-mail: lthompson@mail.state.tn.us
STATE MENTAL RETARDATION PROGRAM
Thomas J. Sullivan, Deputy Commissioner
Division of Mental Retardation/Department of
Finance and Administration
Cordell Hull Building, 3rd Floor
425 Fifth Avenue N.
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 532-6530
E-mail: tsullivan2@mail.state.tn.us
STATE DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES PLANNING COUNCIL
Wanda Willis, Executive Director
TN Developmental Disabilities Council
Cordell Hull Building, 5th Floor
425 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243-0675
(615) 532-6615
E-mail: tnddc@mail.state.tn.us
PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY AGENCY
Shirley Shea, Executive Director
TN Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
P.O. Box 121257
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 298-1080; (800) 342-1660 (Toll-free in TN only)
(615) 298-2471 (TTY)
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Jacque Cundall, Director
Children’s Special Services
Department of Health
Cordell Hull Building, 5th Floor
425 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37247-4701
(615) 741-0310
E-mail: jcundall@mail.state.tn.us
Web: www.state.tn.us/health
STATE EDUCATION AGENCY RURAL REPRESENTATIVE
Ann Hampton, CSPD
Department of Education, Division of Special Education
Andrew Johnson Tower, 5th Floor
710 James Robertson Parkway
Nashville, TN 37243-0380
(615) 741-2851
E-mail: ahampton@state.tn.us
Web: www.state.tn.us/education/
PROGRAMS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING
Kenneth Tedford, Executive Director
Tennessee Council for the Hearing Impaired
400 Deaderick Street, 11th Floor, Citizen’s Plaza Building
Nashville, TN 37248-6300
(615) 313-4913 (V/TTY)
(615) 313-5695 (24-hour answering machine)
AGENCY FOR DEAF-BLIND SERVICES
Sandy Self, Program Coordinator
Project TREDS
Box 328, Peabody College of Vandervilt
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-8279; (615) 322-8280 (V/TTY)
(800) 288-2266 (V/TTY)
E-mail: sandy.self@vanderbilt.edu
Web: www.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/treds/index.html
STATE DEPARTMENT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH IN STATE CUSTODY
George Hattaway, Commissioner
TN Department of Children’s Services
7th Floor, Cordell Hull Building
436 6th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243-1290
(615) 741-9699
REGIONAL ADA TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AGENCY
Southeast Disability & Business Technical Assistance Center
United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc.
490 10th Street
Atlanta, GA 30318
(404) 385-0636 (V/TTY); (800) 949-4232
E-mail: sedbtac@mindspring.com
Web: www.sedbtac.org
DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Attention Deficit Disorder
To identify an ADD group in your state or locality, contact either:
Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CH.A.D.D)
8181 Professional Place, Suite 201
Landover, MD 20785
(301) 306-7070
(800) 233-4050 (Voice mail to request information packet)
E-mail: national@chadd.org
Web: www.chadd.org
National Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA)
P.O. Box 1303
Northbrook, IL 60065-1303
E-mail: mail@add.org
Web: www.add.org
Autism
To identify an autism group in your state, contact:
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 657-0881; (800) 3-AUTISM
Web: www.autism-society.org
Brain Injury
Gary Driskill, Executive Director
Brain Injury Association of Tennessee
699 W. Main Street, Suite 203B
Hendersonville, TN 37075
(615) 264-3052; (800) 480-6693 (Toll-free in TN only)
E-mail: BIAT@earthlink.net
Web: home.earthlink.net/~biat
Cerebral Palsy
Diana Reid, Executive Director
United Cerebral Palsy Association of the Mid-South
4189 Leroy Avenue
Memphis, TN 38108
(901) 761-4277
Web: www.ucpmemphis.org
Epilepsy
Jean Dodds, Executive Director
Epilepsy Foundation
4013 Premier
Memphis, TN 38118
(888) 287-3370; (901) 795-6160
Learning Disabilities
Learning Disabilities Association of Greater Memphis
5587 Murray Road, Suite 101
Memphis, TN 38119
(901) 763-1430; (888) 836-6532 (in TN)
Mental Health
Elizabeth Lentchner, Executive Director
Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee
2401 21st Avenue South, Suite 301
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 269-5355
E-mail: forinfo@mhamt.org
June Palmer, President
NAMI-Tennessee
5410 Homberg Drive, Suite 4
Knoxville, TN 37919-5029
(423) 602-7900
E-mail: nami-tn@nami.org
Web: www.nami.org/about/namitn/
Charlotte Bryson, Executive Director
Tennessee Voices for Children
2200 21st Avenue South, Suite 302
Nashville, TN 37212
Mental Retardation
Mike Remus, Executive Director
The Arc of Tennessee
1719 W. End Avenue, Suite 300E
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 327-0294
E-mail: arctn@usit.net
Speech and Hearing
Judy Plummer, Executive Director
TN Association of Audiologist & Speech-Language Pathologists
530 Church Street, Suite 700
Nashville, TN 37219
(615) 254-3687
Visual Impairments
Frances Mary D’Andrea, Director
American Foundation for the Blind-Southeast
100 Peachtree Street, Suite 620
Atlanta, GA 30303
(404) 525-2303
E-mail: atlanta@afb.net
UNIVERSITY AFFILIATED PROGRAM
Frederick B. Palmer, Director
Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities
The University of Tennessee, Memphis
711 Jefferson Avenue
Memphis, TN 38105
(901) 448-6512
Web: www.utmem.edu/bcdd/boling.html
TECHNOLOGY-RELATED ASSISTANCE
Jacque Cundall, Project Director
Tennessee Technology Access Project
425 5th Avenue North
Cordell Hull Building, 5th Floor
Nashville, TN 37247-4751
(615) 741-0331; (615) 741-4566 (TTY)
(800) 732-5059 (Toll-free in TN only)
E-mail: jcundall@mail.state.tn.us
Web: www.state.tn.us/mental/ttap.html
PARENT TRAINING AND INFORMATION PROJECT
Nancy Diehl, Executive Director
Support and Training for Exceptional Parents, Inc. (STEP)
424 East Bernard Avenue, Suite 3
Greeneville, TN 37745
(423) 639-0125; (800) 280-7837 (Toll-free in TN only)
(423) 639-2464 (TTY)
E-mail: tnstep@AOL.com
Web: www.tnstep.org
PARENT-TO-PARENT
Suzanne Rothacker, Coordinator
Parents Encouraging Parents (PEP) Program
Cordell Hull Building, 5th Floor
426 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37247-4750
(615) 741-0353
E-mail: srothacker@mail.state.tn.us
PARENT TEACHER ASSOCIATION (PTA)
Delores McGill, President
Tennessee Congress of Parents and Teachers, Inc.
1905 Acklen Avenue
Nashville, TN 37212-3788
(615) 383-9740
OTHER DISABILITY ORGANIZATIONS
Jayne Perkins, President & CEO
Easter Seals
2001 Woodmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37215
(615) 292-6640
E-mail: easterseals@mindspring.com
Web: www.easter-seals.org
Leslie Greenhill, Executive Director
March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
1101 Kermit Drive, Suite 201
Nashville, TN 37217
(888) 399-3272; (615) 399-3200
TN Disability Information & Referral Office
John F. Kennedy Center
P.O. Box 40, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN 37203
(615) 322-8529; (800) 640-4636
(800) 372-9595 (TTY)
E-mail: carole.moore-slater@vanderbilt.edu
Web: www.vanderbilt.edu/kennedy/services/index.html
