Through the ZEROTOTHREE project, now evolved into the TN IECMH FP Team, AIMHiTN and ABHS collaborated to enhance funding access for clinical providers. Funded by a Building Strong Brains Innovation Grant, ABHS assembled a diverse professional group to adapt the DC:0-5 Crosswalk for Tennessee. This state-specific Crosswalk, endorsed by AIMHiTN, TennCare, and Managed Care Organizations, offers reimbursable codes but should not be the sole diagnostic reference. It also doesn't replace the need for DC:0-5 training.

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Welcome to Autism Tennessee, your trusted community of friends and advocates if you are an individual, family member, or community member living daily in the ever-changing and often challenging world of autism spectrum disorders.

Centerstone, a non-profit healthcare provider, offers Early Childhood Services for pregnant women, families with young kids, and those considering pregnancy. Delivered mainly at home by experts, these services aim to bolster family well-being in various aspects. Offerings include parent coaching, postpartum depression therapy, anti-tobacco programs, stress management, and more. Centerstone also runs the Regional Intervention Program for families with children aged 18 months to 5 years in two Middle TN locations.

The federal Head Start program offers comprehensive early education and support services to low-income families with 3- and 4-year-old children. The program adopts a "whole child" approach, covering cognitive, developmental, and social needs. It also provides medical and dental screenings, nutritional services, and parental involvement activities. Additionally, the program offers referrals for social and mental health services for the entire family as needed.

Evidence-based home visitation program for new mothers. Le Bonheur Healthy Families is an intensive and long-term service, which generally starts with weekly home visits and gradually tapers off to quarterly visits. Services are provided until the child reaches at least three years of age, but families may continue until the child enter school at age five. The program provides support and promotes healthy childhood development, school readiness and positive parent-child interaction.

HUGS (Help Us Grow Successfully) is a home visiting case management program for pregnant teens, women, infants and children up through age 5 years. Services are offered by registered nurses and program specialists. Services include on-going education concerning pregnancy, postpartum care, family planning, newborn care, breastfeeding, safety issues, and family wellness. Case managers also educate and assist clients with obtaining available resources and make appropriate referrals to help the client build self-reliance skills.

Under the leadership of the Governor and First Lady, the Children's Cabinet created kidcentraltn.com, a one-stop shop for Tennessee families to raise healthy and happy kids. Families using kidcentral tn can read about popular parenting topics, track important child milestones, and access vital resources using the state services directory.

A voluntary support program for parents expecting a child or who have a young child. A trained professional will help you by coming to your home to answer questions about your child’s health and development. They also can help connect you to resources in your community to help you be the best parent you can be. You will benefit by having support for you, your child, and your family. You will better understand your baby, and learn new ways to support your child’s development.

Le Bonheur Early Intervention and Development (LEAD) provides early intervention services for children ages birth to 3 years. Services are provided in homes and community-based child care centers. LEAD partners with the Tennessee Early Intervention System and is designated as an Early Intervention Resource Agency by Tennessee’s Department of Education.

The Alliance for the Advancement of Infant Mental Health® is a global organization that includes those states and countries whose infant mental health associations have licensed the use of the workforce development tools, Competency Guidelines® and Endorsement for Culturally Sensitive, Relationship-Focused Practice Promoting Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health®, under their associations’ names.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and its member pediatricians dedicate their efforts and resources to the health, safety and well-being of infants, children, adolescents and young adults.

Birth to Five Policy Alliance works to fulfill the American promise of opportunity for all. Forty-two percent of our nation's children under 6 live in low-income families and the "opportunity gap" is rooted in these very early years. The Alliance's goal is to shift the odds for our youngest, most vulnerable children so they can grow up eager to learn and ready for success in life.

Bright Futures is a national health promotion initiative dedicated to the principle that every child deserves to be healthy and that optimal health involves a trusting relationship between the health professional, the child, the family, and the community as partners in health practice.

Building Blocks for a Healthy Future is an early childhood substance abuse prevention program developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that educates parents and caregivers about the basics of prevention in order to promote a healthy lifestyle. Designed for parents and caregivers of children ages 3 to 6.

Stated simply, we view healthy child development as the foundation of community development, economic prosperity, and a secure nation, and our mission is to advance that vision by leveraging science to enhance child well-being.

Formerly the National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information and the National Adoption Information Clearinghouse, Child Welfare Information Gateway provides access to information and resources to help protect children and strengthen families.

The mission of the Academy is to help improve the lives of traumatized and maltreated children. We endeavor to improve the systems that educate, nurture, protect and enrich these children - through education, service delivery and program consultation. We work to improve individual lives through clinical assessment and treatment.

Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) is the process of providing specialized support and services for infants and young children with developmental delays or disabilities, and their families in order to promote development, well-being and community participation.

Early Head Start (EHS) is a federally funded community-based program for low-income families with infants and toddlers and pregnant women. Its mission is simple: to promote healthy prenatal outcomes for pregnant women, enhance the development of very young children, and promote healthy family functioning.Early Head Start (EHS)

FPG has a proud history of serving as an objective, knowledgeable force for social change to enhance the lives of children and families. Researchers focus on parent and family support; early care and education; child health and development; early identification and intervention; equity, access and inclusion; and early childhood policy.

This article is intended to illuminate the scientific evidence for I-ECMH policies; examine issues faced by national, state, and local program directors and mental health practitioners in providing I-ECMH services; and propose a set of recommendations for policy improvements at the federal level. (Zero to Three) (PDF)

National Scientific Council on the Developing Child, housed at the Center of the Developing Child at Harvard University, is a multi-disciplinary collaboration designed to bring the science of early childhood and early brain development to bear on public decision-making.

Talaris Research Institute works to improve the social, emotional and cognitive development of children from the prenatal period through age five by providing parents with tools to raise their children effectively.

The Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development (GUCCHD) was established over four decades ago to improve the quality of life for all children and youth, especially those with, or at risk for, special needs and their families.

The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is dedicated to improving the well-being of all young children, with particular focus on the quality of educational and developmental services for all children from birth through age 8.

The mission of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network is to raise the standard of care and improve access to services for traumatized children, their families and communities throughout the United States.

As adults, one of the greatest things we can do for our children is to make them feel good about themselves and to equip them with a wide repertoire of positive coping strategies. They learn these strategies best when they see them modeled by the important adults in their lives. View the Tips to Promote Social-Emotional Health Among Young Children (AAP) (PDF)