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EARLY INTERVENTION
Early intervention is any of a number of services, such as occupational, physical, speech/language or behavioral therapy, designed to facilitate your child's development.  Studies have shown that the sooner these interventions begin, the more successful they will be.

Davidson County
Centerstone

P.O. Box 40406

Nashville, TN 37204-0406

Phone: 615-463-6600 or 888-291-4357

Fax: 615-463-6603

A non-profit organization that helps children, adolescents, adults, seniors and their families who suffer from a myriad of behavioral health challenges. 


First Steps, Inc. 
Granny White Campus 
4414 Granny White Pike 
Nashville, TN 37204 
Phone: 615- 298-5619 
Fax: 292-4941 
Email:
fsi@firststepsnashville.org 

First Steps, Inc. 
Rosario Langlois
Outreach and Ayudando Ninos Programs Director
Heather Higgins, Executive Director
3004 Tygole Avnue 
Nashville, TN 37211 
Phone: 615-834-7570 ext. 246
Fax: 615-834-5565 
Email:
rlanglois@firstepsnashville.org
The Ayudando Ninos Program provides early intervention services for families with 0-3 year olds in the Latino Community. 
The mission of First Steps, Inc. is to educate and care for children with special needs and medical conditions alongside their typically developing peers in inclusive environments and support their families.    

Private Schools
Shelby County

Transformation 
T. Palm, Ex. Dir. 
8534 Macon Road 
Cordova, TN 38018 
Phone: 901-328-1258 
Fax: 901-328-8846 
Email: Ex. Dir.
tpalm@transformingautism.com 
Email: Secretary
cparsley@transformingautism.com 

Wilson County
Prospect, Inc.
960 Maddox Simpson Parkway
Lebanon, TN 37090
Phone: 615-444-0597
Fax: 615-444-1251 

PRESCHOOL
Preschool services refers to the interventions, such as occupational, physical, speech/language or behavioral therapy, designed to facilitate your child's development available from age 3 to kindergarten.  While early intervention services address overall development, preschool services focus on facilitating social skills and beginning academics. 

Davidson County

Centerstone

P.O. Box 40406

Nashville, TN 37204-0406

Phone: 615-463-6600 or 888-291-4357

Fax: 615-463-6603

 

Centerstone is a non-profit organization that helps children, adolescents, adults, seniors and their families who suffer from a myriad of behavioral health challenges.


Williamson County
Autism Foundation of Tennessee 
500 Wilson Pike Circle, Suite 320
Brentwood, TN 37027
Phone: 615-376-0034

High Hopes
1674 Mallory Lane, Suite 103
Brentwood, TN  37027
Phone: 615-616-KIDS


K-12

Davidson County
Centerstone (3 – Kindergarten)
P.O. Box 40406
Nashville, TN 37204-0406
Phone: 615-463-6600
Toll Free: 888-291-4357
Fax: 615-463-6603

Knox County
Concord Academy (serving special needs grades 6 - 12)
4942 Walnut Grove Road
Memphis, TN 38117
Phone: 901-682-3115
Fax: 901-682-0986

Maury County
The King’s Daughters’ School 
Center for Autism (Ages 7 – 21)
412 West 9th Street
Columbia, TN 38401
Phone: 931-388-3810
Email: info@tkds.org 
Fax: 931-388-0405

Williamson County
Autism Foundation of Tennessee (3 – Kindergarten
)
500 Wilson Pike Circle
Suite 320
Brentwood, TN 37027
Contact: Karen Blake
Email: Karen@autismeducationcenter.com
Phone: 615-376-0034

Education Consultants

Felicia K. Burk, M.Ed.

3024 Silver Springs Court

Murfreesboro, TN 37128

Phone: 615-896-0505

Fax: 615-217-0700

Email: burkf@comcast.net

Home-Based Programs:
Williamson County

Visions Autism Center
P.O. Box 682085
Franklin, TN 37068-2085
Contact: Meshea James
Phone: 615-210-9882 or 615-599-9234
Email:
info@visionsautismcenter.com


ADULT - Out-Of-State Education:
The Center for Autism and Related Disorders

CARD Corporate Headquarters
19019 Ventura Blvd. Suite 300
Tarzana, CA 91356
Phone: 818-345-2345
Fax: 818-758-8015
Email:
info@centerforautism.com

UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute 
2825 50th Street
Sacramento, CA 95817
Contact phone: 916-703-0280