Education

To locate educational services in your community, click here to search the Pathfinder database. On the database search page, select your county and a service category then click on "Search."

You may be interested in these Pathfinder service categories related to Education: Advocacy Services, Developmental and/or Psychological Assessment, Early Intervention Program for Young Children, IDEA Information and/or Training, Learning Disability Resources, Special Education Program. Click here to look up service definitions.

General Education Advocacy Information (Tennessee)

Arc of Tennessee
Arc is the State's largest grassroots organization devoted to mental retardation. It has over 2,000 members in 27 chapters across Tennessee. The Arc publishes a free newsletter, the Legislative Monitor: A Report on State and Federal Legislation Affecting Persons with Disabilities. Project LINK (see below) is an Arc of Tennessee project.

Disability Law & Advocacy Center of Tennessee 1-800-342-1660
Formerly Tennessee Protection & Advocacy. Provides information and referral, training, and administrative and legal advocacy. It serves persons with developmental disabilities, mental illness, or clients of rehabilitation services, and their family members

Project LINK
LINK is Leaders In education Networking Kids. LINK teaches parents how the special education system works and their roles and rights. It teaches parents how to work within the system and how to be an advocate.

SPAN-TN
SPAN-TN is a family-driven network of proactive families, individuals and organizations. Members work together to start, support, and coordinate special education advocacy activities.

STEP (Support and Training for Exceptional Parents)
Provides parent training series/workshops on various topics related to special education, as well as written information on a variety of special education topics.

Tennessee Autism Network
The goal of the Tennessee Autism Network is to build local and regional expertise in programming for children with autism spectrum disorder. The Network offers training and technical assistance.

General Education Advocacy Information (National)

Council of Parent Advocates and Attorneys (COPAA)
COPAA is an independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt organization of attorneys, advocates and parents. It works to improve the quality and quantity of legal assistance for parents of children with disabilities.

DisAbility.gov Civil Rights & Protections

Inclusion.com offers person-centered resource materials for training and education as well as workshops and training events for inclusion.

Kids Together, Inc. is a non-profit organization, co-founded by parents and organized by volunteers, that provides information and resources to promote inclusive communities.

National Inclusive Schools Week recognizes the importance of building schools and communities that are welcoming of all children and youth.

Special Education, a collection of resources from the Boling Center for Developmental Disabilities

Special Education Law (ReedMartin.com)
This site provides information on special education legal rights, strategies, and resources. It offers a free e-mail newsletter, free advocacy tip of the week, articles, ASK REED questions and answers, and more. It is for parents, advocates, attorneys and school personnel advocating for children with all types of disabilities.

Wrightslaw provides hundreds of articles, cases, newsletters, and other information about special education law and advocacy for children with disabilities. Subscribe to its free Special Ed Advocate Newsletter.