Affiliate Organizations
Faculty and staff at the Center on Developmental Disabilities serve on a variety of disability-related boards, committees, councils, and workgroups. Select national, state, and local affiliations are listed below. Our students are encouraged to participate with faculty and staff in these groups as a part of their training experience.
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- Association of University Centers on Disabilities
- Centers for Independent Living (CILs)
- College Autism Network
- Disability Rights Tennessee
- Division of TennCare
- Family Voices of Tennessee
- Grandfamilies & Kinship Support Network
- Leadership Academy of Excellence in Disability Services
- Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital
- National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- People First of Tennessee
- Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Health and Function Among People with I/DD
- Rural Disability Resource Network
- Statewide Independent Living Council of Tennessee
- Students Tackling Autism Related Syndromes, Inc. (STARS)
- Support and Training for Exceptional Parents (STEP)
- Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities
- Tennessee Department of Children’s Services
- Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging (DDA)
- Tennessee Department of Health, Maternal and Child Health Programs
- Tennessee Department of Human Resources
- Tennessee Department of Human Services
- Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
- Tennessee Disability Coalition
- Tennessee Disability Mega Conference
- Tennessee Early Intervention System (TEIS)
- Tennessee Partners in Policymaking
- Tennessee Technology Access Program
- Tennessee Voices for Children
- The Arc of Tennessee
- University of Tennessee Professional Internship Consortium
- Vanderbilt Kennedy Center UCEDD
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