Information Resources for Families
The following organizations are sponsors of Nashville's annual celebration of Week of the Young Child. You may scan the entire resource list or go directly to a section, each organized alphabetically.
Vanderbilt University
- Junior League-Vanderbilt Center for Parenting Young Children
936-FMLY [3659]- Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
936-1000 www.vanderbiltchildrens.com
Books From Birth of Middle Tennessee
936-7393 www.vanderbiltchildrens.com/booksfrombirth- Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities--Behavior Analysis Clinic, Disability & Arts, Reading Clinic, SibSaturdays, Summer Camps, TRIAD (autism)
322-8240 kc.vanderbilt.edu
StudyFinder and Research Family Partners
936-0448 kc.vanderbilt.edu/studyfinder- Vanderbilt Office of Community, Neighborhood and Government Relations
343-0700 www.vanderbilt.edu/cngrNashville Community
- Adventure Science Center
862-5160 www.adventuresci.com- Catholic Charities of Tennessee—Hispanic Family Services
445-8310 ext. 222 www.cctenn.org
- Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art
383-9827 www.cheekwood.org- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
416-2001 www.countrymusichalloffame.com- Frist Center for the Visual Arts
244-3340 www.fristcenter.org- Mayor’s Office of Children and Youth
862-6000 www.nashville.gov/mocy/- Metropolitan Action Commission Head Start Program of Nashville
862-8860 ext 140 www.nashville.gov/mac/index.htm- Metro Parks
862-8424 Recreation & Sports www.nashville.gov/parks- Metro Public Health Department
340-0390 healthweb.nashville.org- Nashville Area Association for the Education of Young Children
383-6292 www.naaeyc.org- Nashville Chamber of Commerce Department of Education
743-3153 www.nashvillechamber.org- Nashville’s Children Theatre
254-9103 www.nashvillechildrenstheatre.org- Nashville Public Library
862-5800 www.library.nashville.org/ (Home Page)
www.library.nashville.org/Kids/Kidsplace.html (Kids Place)
See Week of Young Child website for Library events
- Nashville Zoo at Grassmere
833-1534 www.nashvillezoo.org- Research Synthesis on Infant Mental Health and Early Care and Education Providers
833-1534 http://www.vanderbilt.edu/csefel/pdf/rs_infant_mental_health.pdf- TennCare--Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT)
Call your local health department or TennCare Information Line 1-800-669-1851
www.state.tn.us/health/FactSheets/epsdt.htm- Tennessee Department of Education – Office of Early Learning
253-3167 tennessee.gov/education/prek- Tennessee Department of Human Services
Child Care Resource and Referral Service
313-4820 www.state.tn.us/humanserv/childcare- Tennessee Disability Pathfinder
322-8529 www.familypathfinder.org- Tennessee Early Intervention System
Free information/referral for children with special needs, birth to age 3
837-6868, 1-800-852-7157
www.state.tn.us/education/teishome.htm- Tennessee Head Start State Collaboration Office
741-4849 www.tnheadstart.org- Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts
782-4000 www.tpac.org
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