The Regional Intervention Program, funded by the state of Tennessee, is housed in the Crieve Hall neighborhood of Nashville and offers intensive training and counseling for parents and their toddlers or pre-schoolers at no cost.
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It’s tough to be a kid. It’s tough to be a parent of a kid. And nothing is tougher than when a kid is having a tough time. May is a month set aside for Mental Health Awareness, but, whatever the month, it’s always a good time to visit the resources available to children – from disruptive toddlers to teens in a life-and-death crisis. Tennessee has been expanding its no-cost services, but sometimes they’re hidden in plain sight.
Then, later in the hour, we bring you an interview with musician Mo Sabri about “Tennessee Desi,” a project that fuses Appalachian country and south Asian Qawwali in an upcoming performance with the Nashville Symphony.
Guests:
- Melissa Binkley, director of infant and early childhood initiatives, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- Melissa Bayless, technical assistance coordinator, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse
- Diana Jackson, nursing director, Mental Health Cooperative
- Mo Sabri, musician
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