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Parent Training/Workshops
Davidson County
The Ann and Monroe Carell Jr. Families First Program
Phone: 615-343-4275
Email:
familiesfirst@vanderbilt.edu
Monthly workshop for parents of children (age 2-5) diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders.
 

Fayette County
The Autism Society of the Mid-South *
P.O. Box 382294
Germantown, TN 38183-2294
Contact: Rachael @ 901-626-3406
or Kate @ 901-219-4260

Hamilton County

Autism and Behavior Services  
3309 Cummings Hwy
Suite E-1
Chattanooga, TN  37419
Phone: 423-386-5355
Contacts: Co-Director, Jenni Hampton
Email:
jennidhampton@charter.net
Co-Director, Laura Forkum-Berryhill, M.Ed, BCBA
Email:
laura.forkum@gmail.com

Siskin Children’s Institute

1101 Carter Street

Chattanooga, TN 37402

Phone: 423-648-1758

Contact: Juliet Mickel

Rutherford County
Special Kids
Mr. Chris Truelove, Ex. Dir.
202 Arnette Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Phone: 615-890-1003

Fax: 615-890-6499


Shelby County
Autism Solution Center, Inc.
9282 Cordova Park Road
Phone: 901-759-8288
Email:
info@autismsolutioncenter.com

The Autism Society of the Mid-South *
P.O. Box 382294
Germantown, TN 38183-2294
Contact: Rachael @ 901-626-3406
or Kate @ 901-219-4260

Tipton County
The Autism Society of the Mid-South *
P.O. Box 382294
Germantown, TN 38183-2294
Contact: Rachael @ 901-626-3406
or Kate @ 901-219-4260


Williamson County
Autism Foundation of Tennessee 
Executive Director: Karen Blake
500 Wilson Pike Circle, Suite 320
Brentwood, TN 37027
Phone: 615-376-0034
Fax: 615-376-3488
Email:
Karen@autismeducationcenter.com

Wilson County
Dynamic Solutions for Kids
6730 Eastgate Blvd.
Lebanon, TN 37090
Phone: 615-443-4446
Fax: 615-443-4448

CARE Clinics Workshops
Autism/PDD/ADD/ADHD
Phone: 512-306-1920
Fax: 512-857-1491
Email:
info@mycareclinics.com

The Regional Intervention Program (RIP)

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 

HELEN ROSS McNABB CENTER, INC.
KNOXVILLE RIP
600 Arthur Street
Knoxville, Tennessee 37921
Business: (865) 523-8695 ext. 1125
Fax: (865) 523-6827
Bethany Townsend, RIP Coordinator
Email:
btownsend@mcnabb.org 


CENTERSTONE

COLUMBIA RIP
1222 Medical Center Drive
Columbia, Tennessee 38401
Business: (931) 490-1556
Fax: (931) 490-1502
E. Ann Ingram, RIP Program Manager
Renee Leach, RIP Coordinator
Email:
ann.ingram@centerstone.org
renee.leach@centerstone.org 

CLARKSVILLE RIP
404 Pageant Lane
Clarksville, Tennessee 37040
Business: (931)920-2347
Fax: (931) 553-8742
Joan Claiborne, RIP Coordinator
Email:
joan.claiborne@centerstone.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 


LINN COUNTY COMMUNITY EMPOWERMENT
TIES - TEACHING INTERVENTIONS to
EMPOWER and STRENGTHEN FAMILIES
St. Luke's Hospital
Resource Center, 2nd Floor
1026 A Ave NE
PO Box 3026
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402
Business: (319) 558-4861
Fax: (319) 861-6946
Craig Meskimen, Program Coordinator
Email:
MeskimCV@crstlukes.com 

STEP

A statewide family-to-family program in Tennessee, established in 1989 by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of STEP is to support families by providing free information, advocacy training, and support services to parents of children eligible to receive special education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) who reside in Tennessee.

Davidson County

STEP (Support and Training for Exceptional Parents)
Middle Tennessee


Greene County 
STEP Support and Training for Exceptional Parents)

Hamilton County
STEP Support and Training for Exceptional Parents)

Shelby County
STEP Support and Training for Exceptional Parents)


* The Autism Society of the Mid-South in Arkansas
   and Mississippi

In Arkansas:
Crittenden County
The Autism Society of the Mid-South *
P.O. Box 382294
Germantown, TN 38183-2294
Contact: Rachael @ 901-626-3406
or Kate @ 901-219-4260

In Mississippi:
Desoto County
The Autism Society of the Mid-South *
P.O. Box 382294
Germantown, TN 38183-2294
Contact: Rachael @ 901-626-3406
or Kate @ 901-219-4260