Where to Find Help in Tennessee

This page contains a listing of MH/DD and MR resources for Children and Youth. This list is by no means comprehensive or complete. If you know of a resource that may belong on one or more of these lists and can not find it here, contact the TDMHDD Office of Public Information or call 615-532-6610, fax 615-741-4557.

In addition to the lists by category we have a complete alphabetical listing
of all the resources listed. Click here to go to the alpha listing.

RESOURCES FOR CHILDREN

ADD Resources
Articles and Information for Children with ADHD, thier parents and professionals
www.addresources.org/

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
www.aacap.org

American Counseling Association
www.counseling.org

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
www.asha.org

Autism Society of America
www.autism-society.org

Behavior OnLine
www.behavior.net

Brain Injury Association 
www.biausa.org

C.H.A.D.D. (Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/ Hyperactivity Disorder)
www.chadd.org

Council for Exceptional Children
www.cec.sped.org

Division TEACCH
Treatment and Education of Autistic and
Related Communication Handicapped Children
www.unc.edu/depts/teacch

Epilepsy Foundation - National Office
www.efa.org

Easter Seals - National Office
www.easter-seals.org

Family Caregiver Alliance
www.caregiver.org

Federation of Families of for Children's Mental Health
www.ffcmh.org

Help Starts Here
(National Association of Social Workers)
www.helpstartshere.org/Home.html

Interpreter Services list from MHA
www.ichope.com/index.cgi?token=10531915233&page=plhelp-international.html

Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDA)
www.ldanatl.org

March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation
www.modimes.org

University of Michigan Child and Adolescent 
Pyschiatric Hospital
www.med.umich.edu/psych/child/index.htm

National Association of Protection & Advocacy Systems
www.napas.org

National Association for Young Children
www.naeyc.org

National Attention Deficit Disorder Association
www.add.org

National Center for Learning Disabilities
www.ncld.org

National Clearinghouse on Family Support and 
Children's Mental Health
www.rtc.pdx.edu

National Council on Disability
www.ncd.gov

National Down Syndrome Congress
www.ndsccenter.org/

National Down Syndrome Society
www.ndss.org

National Information Center for Children and 
Youth with Disabilities (NICHCY)
www.nichcy.org

The National Resource Center on Homelessness and 
Mental Illness
www.nrchmi.samhsa.gov
email: nrc@prainc.com

Proyecto de Asistencia Technologica de Puerto Rico
(Puerto Rico Technology Asisstance Program)
www.pratp.org

Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
www.ocfoundation.org

Regional Intervention Program
www.ripnetwork.org/

SAMHSA's Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Locator
http://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/

TASH (formerly the 
Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps)
www.tash.org

Tennessee Network of Community Organizations (TNCO)
www.tnco.org

Tennessee Protection and Advocacy, Inc.
www.TPAinc.org

Tennessee Voices for Children
www.TNVoices.org