Early Intervention
Home and Community Based Early Intervention ServicesEmory Valley Center provides in-home Early Intervention Services to children birth to five years old with a developmental delay. In-home early intervention services are available in the East Tennessee region for children and their families who qualify for Part C services through the Tennessee Early Intervention System.
Emory Valley Center provides in-home Early Intervention Services to children with a developmental delay. In-home early intervention services are available in a 14 county region for children and their families who qualify for Part C services through the Tennessee Early Intervention System.
Anyone who has a concern about a child’s development, age birth through two, can call Tennessee’s Early Intervention System, and make a referral.
Children qualify for services if they have a delay in one or more areas of development or a diagnosed condition.
This is a voluntary education program through the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
Counties We Serve
Grainger
Claiborne
Sevier
Knox
Union
Anderson
What our Interventionists Do
Work with the family in their home to promote their child’s development
Support families by offering ideas they can implement every day into their lives to assist in their child’s development
Aid families so that their children start school with minimal or no special education supports.
TRIAD Program
Emory Valley Center (EVC) is one of the Early Intervention (EI) programs across the state to partner with the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (VKC TRIAD). As part of the project, EVC Early Interventionists received training and are identifying children in the EI program in rural communities who may be on the spectrum, need an evaluation, and follow up assessment services.
Resources
TN Early Learning Standards
Birth to 48 months
4+ years
For more information about our Early Intervention services, please contact:
Early Intervention Director , Chase Davenport 865-567-3646
Families should call the Knoxville Tennessee Early Intervention System office at 1-800-852-7157 to refer a child for a free developmental evaluation, or fill out the TEIS Child Referral Form.