MHDD Services
for Children and Youth

Respite Services

PLANNED RESPITE

A model program that provides planned respite services to families of children identified as seriously emotionally disturbed, or dually-diagnosed as emotionally disturbed and mentally retarded. Children must be between the ages of 2-17.

Respite consultants provide short-term respite, and work with the family to identify and train long-range respite resources.

Individualized Family Respite Plans (IFRP) are developed with the family. The IFRP may include short-term direct respite care by staff, identification of possible respite resources, and determination of child learning characteristics and behavior patterns that interfere with the family’s ability to secure respite.

Respite consultants assist and enable the family to identify and train their own respite provider and/or to develop community based respite resources, and will work with families to help them utilize these respite resources in the most effective manner.

The TDDMHDD funds eight Planned Respite programs across the state. These are located in:

• Jackson (731) 664-2111, ext.24
• Murfreesboro (615) 890-4622, ext.16
• Nashville (615) 279-6756
• Crossville (931) 484-8020
• Chattanooga (423) 634-8884, ext.1146
• Knoxville/OakRidge (865) 482-1076, ext.1159
• The Tri-Cities area (423) 232-2719