News and Information from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center
Notables is a monthly e-newsletter to share stories about discoveries and best practices that are opening doors and transforming lives for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families.
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers Erik Carter and Julie Lounds Taylor are sharing their expertise at the federal level to advance public policy for persons with intellectual disabilities and research priorities for persons on the autism spectrum….
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities plays a pivotal educational role as it partners with disability organizations, state officials, and committees to advance disability public policy in Tennessee. “Sharing research, best practices,…
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Two new diversity and equity efforts are underway through the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s LEND and UCEDD programs. LEND video aims to improve racial and ethnic diversity of trainees The Vanderbilt Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related…
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Vanderbilt University scientists are a step closer to understanding how inflammation in the body can affect mood and behavior. Their latest discovery, reported in November in the journal Translational Psychiatry, provides further evidence that a signaling…
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An online training series about health care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities is available at no cost for families, conservators, direct support professionals, and other caregivers. Although the training is entitled “Appropriate Use of…
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This is a monthly email of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Notables published by the Communications staff of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center. Between issues of Notables, you can stay up to date on the latest Vanderbilt Kennedy Center news, information, and resources via the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Facebook page.