The Regional Intervention Program has been serving families with young children since 1969. RIP is an internationally recognized parent implemented program in which parents learn to work directly with their own children. Experienced RIP parents provide training and support to newly enrolled families. The program is available to families in which there are concerns regarding a young child's behavior, and is coordinated by a professional resource staff person. Parents should feel free to contact the program to discuss their concerns.

RIP's most important component is parent implementation. This means that parents learn to work with their own children, support one another and operate the program. Parents learn by repeated direct practice followed by supportive feedback.

Children are eligible for RIP up to their 6th birthday.

Services that RIP offers include:

Beginning behavior management training in areas such as identifying problem behaviors, child development, and positive discipline strategies.

Advanced behavior management training in all of the above areas as parents help teach skills to newer parents in the program.

Classroom programs teach children behaviors that will help them be successful in school and childcare settings.

Social skills training teaches children strategies to get along together.

Childcare and preschool intervention that may include consultation with teachers about problems at school.

Follow up services for families who complete the program may include help in finding school and childcare programs and consultation about problems at home and school.

TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT of MENTAL HEALTH
and DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
MIDDLE TENNESSEE MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTE
REGIONAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM (RIP)
THE RIP EXPANSION PROJECT
Regional Intervention Program
3411 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee 37215
Business: (615) 963-1177
Fax: (615) 963-1178
Kate Driskill Kanies, RIP Nashville Headquarters Program Coordinator
Steve Kanies, RIP Expansion Project Coordinator
Alysia Williams, RIP State Technical Assistance Coordinator
Email RIP Expansion: Mail 

FRONTIER HEALTH HOLSTON
CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES
KINGSPORT RIP
2001 Stonebrook Place
Kingsport, Tennessee 37660
Business: (423) 224-1020
Fax: (423) 224-1023
Ashley Mullins, RIP Coordinator
Email: amullins@frontierhealth.org 

JOHNSON CITY RIP
106 West Watauga
Johnson City, Tennessee 37604
Business: (423) 232-4211
Fax: (423) 232-4203
Ashley Mullins, RIP Coordinator
Email: amullins@frontierhealth.org 

VOLUNTEER BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
FRANKLIN RIP
1909 Columbia Avenue
Franklin, Tennessee 37064
Business: (615) 849-5236
Fax: (615) 595-1362
Davilyn Cagle, RIP Coordinator
Email: dcagle@vbhcs.org 

GALLATIN RIP
528 East Main Street
Gallatin, Tennessee 37066
Business: (615) 451-9618
Fax: (615) 452-1355
Penny Duncan, RIP Coordinator
Email: pduncan@vbhcs.org 

MURFREESBORO RIP
434 East Bell Street
Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37130
Business: (615) 890-4622
Fax: (615) 849-2345
Kimberly Nash, RIP Coordinator
Email: knash@vbhcs.org 

CLEVELAND RIP
443 North Ocoee Street
Cleveland, Tennessee 37311
Business: (423) 339-6781
Fax: (423) 728-5680
Cell: (423) 650-9605
Jeanette Kinley, RIP Coordinator
Email: dkinley@vbhcs.org 

THE UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS
MEMPHIS RIP
4111 So. MSU B Street, Bldg. 48
Memphis, Tennessee 38152-6173
Business: (901) 678-5258
Fax: (901) 678-5230
Robin Stevens, RIP Coordinator
Email: rwelsh@memphis.edu 

POSITIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM
3100 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
Business: (216) 361-4400 Ext. 120
Fax: (216) 361-8600
Ann J. Bowdish, Program Director
Email: bowdish@pepcleve.org
www.pepcleve.org

Early Childhood Center (ECC) – East
1340 Professor Road
South Euclid, Ohio 44124
Business: (440) 573-2024
Fax: (440) 573-2033
Laurie Albright, Coordinator
Email: lalbright@pepcleve.org

Early Childhood Center (ECC) – West
2357 Tremont Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio 44113
Business: (216) 574-9689
Fax: (216) 574-9745
Laurie Albright, Coordinator
Email: lalbright@pepcleve.org 

CATHOLIC FAMILY AND CHILD SERVICES
VALLEY INTERVENTION PROGRAM (VIP)
5301-C Tieton Drive
Yakima, Washington 98908
Business: (509) 965-7100
Fax: (509) 966-9750
Darlene Darnell, Director
Lisa Souers, VIP Coordinator
Email: lsouers@cfcsyakima.org