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.
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) Nicholas Hobbs Discovery Awards and Director’s Strategic Priorities Grants have been announced for the 2022-23 award cycle. Projects address spatial processing, repetitive movements, adaptation of an intervention for Spanish-speaking families, and…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez, Ed.D., is an associate professor of Special Education. Her current research focuses on the use of state-level longitudinal data to examine the intersection of language and special education status to…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) is pleased to announce that Pablo Juárez, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA, has been named Director of Behavior Analysis within the VKC and the Division of Developmental Medicine (DDM) at Vanderbilt University Medical…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member Katherine Aboud, Ph.D., is a research assistant professor of Special Education. Her current research focuses on improving reading and learning in adults with and without learning differences. In the interview below, Aboud…
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The All-Access Inclusion Network (AAIN) was invited to join a new national network of access consortiums to collaborate and share expertise in accessibility and inclusivity in cultural arts programs. The Cultural Access Knowledge Network is in…
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Four best practices emerging from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (VKC TRIAD) were accepted into the Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) Innovations Hub Database. The Hub…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member Anna Pfalzer, Ph.D., is research assistant professor of Neurology. Her research focuses on understanding the earliest molecular and cognitive changes in Huntington disease (HD). In the interview below, Pfalzer shares what…
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Researchers from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (VKC TRIAD) and Meharry Medical College (MMC) are collaborating to better understand the diagnostic experiences of Black or African-American families with children…
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As youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) grow older and transition to adulthood, they face unique health care needs. At the same time, they also experience health care disparities. More research is needed to better understand…
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Three new research projects have been funded through the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s (VKC) IDD-Reads (Intellectual and Developmental Disability REsearch And Data Science) Awards. IDD-Reads awards are a mechanism of the VKC’s Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research…
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