Behavior Services
DDA Vision:
Support all Tennesseans with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live the lives they envision for themselves
DDA Mission:
To become the nation’s most person-centered and cost effective state support system for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
DDA supports the practice of Applied Behavior Analysis in conjunction with positive behavior supports so that individuals have the opportunity to experience greater independence and an improved quality of life, free of challenging behavior. Behavior analysts enlist the help of members of the person’s network of support to accomplish these aims. Working with family members and support staff, behavior analysts provide strategies and training to change the way others interact with the person supported. Behavior analysts also work in an interdisciplinary fashion with other professionals such as therapists, primary care providers, nurses, psychiatrists, and psychologists to ensure that the person receives comprehensive and integrated services.
- DDA Behavior Provider Qualifications
- Approved Crisis Intervention Systems
- Interventions, Unrestricted
- Interventions, Restricted
- Interventions, Special Individualized
- Interventions, Behavioral Safety
- Interventions, Specialized Behavioral Safety
- Sample Behavioral Safety Interventions Policy
- Reporting Variance Request Form
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Emergency Room Stabilization Protocol
Behavior Analysis Certification Board
TN ABA Programs and Verified Course Sequence
- Lipscomb University
- Middle Tennessee State University
- Tennessee Tech University
- University of Memphis
- University of Tennessee
- Vanderbilt University
How to Become a Provider (outside of DDA)
- BlueCare
- DDA
- United Healthcare
- Wellpoint
TN START- TN START Assessment & Stabilization Teams
Human Rights Policy and Process