TN Early Intervention System - State Office

AKA:

TEIS

Description:

Tennessee's Early Intervention System is a voluntary educational program for families with children birth through age two with disabilities or developmental delays.

The principles of Early Intervention are to: support families in promoting their child's optimal development, facilitate the child's participation in family and community activities, and encourage the active participation of families in the intervention by embedding strategies into family routines.

This program will be moving into the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in July 2020.

Hours:

Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Intake Process:

Call the toll-free number, call the TEIS office near you, or complete an online referral form. When making a referral, please provide: your name and contact information, the child's name, date of birth, county the child lives in, parent information (if someone other than the parent calls), and the reason for referral or developmental concern.

Documents Needed: Birth Certificate

Program Fees:

Evaluation and service coordination are at no cost to eligible children. If additional services are needed, the service coordinator will request access to the child's health insurance, Medicaid, or TennCare.

Eligibility:

Children, newborn to age 3, can be screened for eligibility via TEIS office in their vicinity. Referrals may be made by a parent or guardian or member of the medical community. In Tennessee, a child with a diagnosis from the list below, who meets the prematurity guidelines outlined below, or children whose evaluation results show they have a 25% delay in two developmental areas or a 40% delay in one area may be eligible for TEIS. A child may have a developmental delay if he or she is far behind other children their age in one or more of the five major skill areas:

motor (crawling, walking, using their hands to play)
communication (babbling, indicating wants and needs, talking)
cognitive (thinking skills including making choices and solving problems)
social (playing near or with other children or adults)
adaptive (taking care of one's needs)

Information from the child's doctor as well as the results of a developmental evaluation will determine if a child meets the eligibility criteria in Tennessee.

Handicap Accessible?

Yes

Is Shelter?

No

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