About Pathfinder
Pathfinder has phone, web, and print resources in English and Spanish to connect the Tennessee disability community with service providers. Referral services, free of cost, are provided to persons with disabilities, family members, service providers, and advocates.
Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the disability information you need. If you would like to recommend additions or changes, or if have difficulty finding information, email tnpathfinder@vanderbilt.edu. To receive individualized, personal help, please contact us at the numbers listed below.
Tennessee Toll Free
Voice: 1-800-640-INFO (4636) (English and Español)
Nashville Area
Voice: (615) 322-8529 (English and Español)
Fax: (615) 327-9029
Pathfinder was created as part of a Family Support Model Demonstration Project grant from the Administration on Developmental Disabilities to the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities and Vanderbilt University’s Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development. It continues to be a collaborative project of both the Council and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center.
Tennessee Disability Pathfinder is staffed by Director Carole Moore-Slater, MS, who has more than three decades experience in disability services in Tennessee, and Claudia Avila-Lopez, Statewide Hispanic Program Coordinator. Melissa Fortson serves as Pathfinder's Information & Referral Specialist/Program Coordinator. Ashley Coulter serves as Pathfinder's Disability Resource Specialist and Carolina Meyerson is Pathfinder's Hispanic Outreach Specialist.
E-mail Addresses
carole.moore-slater@vanderbilt.edu
claudia.avila@vanderbilt.edu
melissa.fortson@vanderbilt.edu
ashley.coulter@vanderbilt.edu
eva.c.meyerson@vanderbilt.edu
tnpathfinder@vanderbilt.edu
Local Address
1114 17th Avenue South, Suite 105
Nashville, TN 37212
Statewide Directory of Disability Services and Supports
Tennessee Disability Pathfinder publishes the Tennessee Disability Services & Supports Directory, a statewide directory in three regional volumes (East, Middle & West Tennessee). A new directory will be available in early 2007. To be notified when the 2007 directory is available, send an e-mail to Pathfinder that includes your name, e-mail addreess and phone number.
Pathfinder Disability Calendar
Pathfinder maintains the Pathfinder Disability Calendar, an Internet calendar of training and other disability-related events. Organizations post events to this calendar, the most comprehensive web listing of Tennessee disability events. If you would like to submit a listing for a conference, training event, meeting, or other disability-related event, fax information to 615-327-9029 or email to tnpathfinder@vanderbilt.edu
Staff
 Carole Moore-Slater Program Director |
 Carolina Meyerson, Hispanic Outreach Specialist & Claudia Avila-Lopez, Statewide Hispanic Program Coordinator |
 Melissa Fortson Information & Referral Specialist/Program Coordinator |
 Ashley Coulter Disability Resource Specialist |