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’s (VKC) podcast, The Promise of Discovery, has returned with its fourth season of episodes to highlight disabilities research conducted by students and trainees working in the labs of VKC Members. The goal…
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The IDD Toolkit is a website that provides information for the primary care providers of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). The toolkit has been recently updated to reflect revised consensus guidelines led by the…
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“An Acoustic Evening for Autism,” benefiting the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (VKC TRIAD), will take place on Tuesday, Apr. 23, at 7 p.m. at The Troubadour Nashville, located at…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center faculty and staff attended and delivered presentations during The Arc Tennessee’s inaugural Bridge to Success Conference, held on Apr. 5. Speakers presented on topics from two tracks, Advocacy and Education, to an audience…
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Annually, the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) allocates small grants to teams comprising VKC faculty, their trainees, Vanderbilt Data Science Institute (VDSI) faculty, and their trainees. These grants, known as the IDD-READS (Intellectual and Developmental Disability REsearch…
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Lauren Weaver, M.S., BCBA, LBA, associate director of Behavior Analysis Education and director of Community Engagement at VKC TRIAD, has been elected as president of the Tennessee Association of Behavior Analysis (TABA). Weaver brings 12 years…
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The transition from adolescence to adulthood is a pivotal and often challenging period for both individuals on the autism spectrum and their families. Accessing appropriate services during this transition can be a daunting task, so with…
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The U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board has announced that Samantha Goldman, Ph.D., associate professor of Special Education at Assumption University and a former trainee at the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence…
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New supplemental funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will enable the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (VKC TRIAD) to monitor and estimate prevalence of cerebral palsy…
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The U.S. Department of Education has funded a new project to equip transition-aged students with visual impairment (VI) living in rural communities, their families, and the transition professionals who serve them with virtual supports to improve…
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