Tennessee Disability Coalition News Blog

Training for People Receiving DMRS Services, their Family, Friends, and Advocates
Learn how to assert your rights as a waiver service recipient with providers, DMRS, and TennCare. We do not have to accept Funding Cuts and Reductions in services by the Division of Mental Retardation Services (DMRS)
Trainings Sponsored by: Just Say No: Stop the [...]

Governor Phil Bredesen will travel across the state  during the week of June 16th to sign the “Long-Term Care Community Choices Act of 2008.”  At each city, members of the General Assembly and representatives from the aging and disability community will join the Governor to mark this bipartisan initiative to expand access to home and [...]

This program features Dori S. Hutchinson, Sc.D, Director of Services, Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation at Boston University.   The Guest Moderator for this session is Erica Jones, Director of the DBTAC-Pacific ADA Center.
Date: June 17, 2008
Time: 1:00pm-2:30pm Central Time - 90 minutes in length
Connection options: Telephone, Streaming Audio on the Internet, Real-time Captioning on [...]

Hanen Parent Training for

Young Children at Risk for Autism
Vanderbilt professors Wendy Stone and Paul Yoder are conducting a multi-site study designed to examine the benefits of a parent training intervention for improving social and communication skills in young children at risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASD).
We are looking for [...]