Preschool
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About Our Child Development Center
Our inclusive McWhorter Family Children’s Center in the heart of Green Hills offers full time care and education to children with special needs alongside their typically developing peers ages six weeks to six years.
Each classroom is equipped to meet the pre-academic, social-emotional, and developmental needs of each child we serve. Using an inclusive, child-centered curriculum focused on play and empathy-building, First Steps provides both children with special needs and typically developing children an environment where all can thrive.
As a Three Star childcare program, the highest rating available in the state of Tennessee, First Steps provides low teacher:child ratios, employs highly qualified teachers, and supports families throughout the preschool journey.
First Steps staff are highly trained and able to accommodate a wide variety of special needs and medical conditions such as autism spectrum disorders, Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, failure to thrive, seizure disorders, trisomy 13, developmental delays, G-tubes, and many more. Pediatric Therapy is also integrated into the Child Development Center, with Physical, Occupational, Speech, and Feeding Therapies available on-site.
Center Director
Tabitha Hadlow
Our inclusive Child Development Center provides children with special needs the unique opportunity to learn alongside their typically developing peers. Here at First Steps we provide a comprehensive approach to child development, paying close attention to the social emotional component of learning.
Staff Spotlight
Donna driver
lead Teacher
I love that my job is literally helping babies achieve their first steps. I’ve worked at First Steps for nearly 18 years and will never stop being in awe of children learning to do things for the very first time. It is some of the greatest joy in my life.
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