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 University researchers have relieved symptoms of Rett syndrome in a mouse model with a small molecule that works like the dimmer switch in an electrical circuit. This is the second compound developed by the Vanderbilt…
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The Response to Intervention initiative, commonly known in education circles as RTI, is being regarded unfairly in the wake of a negative national evaluation, according to Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers Doug and Lynn Fuchs. A simpler…
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Preparing students to transition well to adulthood is a primary purpose of special education. In an effort to equip educators across Tennessee to provide exceptional transition services and supports for students with disabilities, a Vanderbilt University…
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VKC TRIAD educational consultants are partnering with Vanderbilt special educators in a telehealth model to train paraeducators in a reading intervention for elementary students with Down syndrome and other intellectual disabilities. “In our previous research on…
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This Fall 2017, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation provided a $50,000 grant so that students can receive high-quality tutoring at the Reading Clinic and tutors can receive state-of-the-art training. To date, over 9 years, Dollar General…
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