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.

July 2016

Neuroimaging study sheds light on the brain’s response to restricted interests in individuals with autism

Author: Courtney Taylor July 1, 2016

A study conducted by Vanderbilt Kennedy Center investigator Carissa Cascio, Ph.D., assistant professor of Psychiatry, sought to determine the extent to which the fusiform face area (FFA) responds to images related to restricted interests in children…
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July 2016

TRIAD partners with Tennessee Department of Education to expand services for families of young children with ASD

Author: Jan Rosemergy and Alacia Stainbrook July 1, 2016

The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) has awarded three training and technical assistance grants totaling $3.25 million to Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD). The funding will enhance statewide services…
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July 2016

VKC researchers discuss dyslexia, math education, stress intervention at Neuroscience and Education Symposium with Currey Ingram Academy

Author: Elizabeth Turner July 1, 2016

Pictured left to right: Elise McMillan, Elisabeth Dykens, and Jane Hannah. Photo by Uchida Photography.

The third annual Neuroscience and Education Symposium: The Connection was held June 2-3 on the campus of Currey Ingram Academy in Brentwood. Three VKC researchers shared their research on reading interventions, math instruction, and parent stress…
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July 2016

Vanderbilt University dependents with intellectual challenges to receive tuition benefit

Author: Jan Read July 1, 2016

Photo of Next Steps at Vanderbilt graduates.

Vanderbilt University has decided to expand its popular dependent tuition assistance policy to include students with intellectual disabilities. The benefit will extend for the Fall 2016 semester to dependents of faculty and staff employed by Vanderbilt…
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July 2016

Remembering Mary Jane Swaney, Friend of VKC and SGS

Author: Jan Rosemergy July 1, 2016

Pictured: Mary Jane Swaney (center) with Next Steps at Vanderbilt graduates Andrew Van Cleave and Elizabeth Story. Photo by Tony Maupin.

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and the Susan Gray School for Children lost a wonderful friend with the passing of Mary Jane Swaney on May 13, 2016. Through her support of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s art program,…
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July 2016

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center works with and for people with disabilities and their family members, service providers and advocates, researchers and policy makers. It is among only a few centers nationwide to include a University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities, a Eunice Kennedy Shriver Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center, a Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Related Disabilities Training Program, and a Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorder.

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