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.
Each summer, individuals with Williams syndrome travel to Nashville to participate in the weeklong ACM Lifting Lives Music Camp. The campers arrive eager to connect with friends and to work with their favorite country music stars…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center member Katherine Gotham, Ph.D., assistant professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, has a number of clinical research interests, including (1) the autism phenotype and its measurement, (2) depression science and its translation to…
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Leading the Vanguard is a new, recurring feature in Notables that highlights the research and clinical interests and impact of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center members and investigators. Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Investigator James Booth, Ph.D., Patricia and Rodes…
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Building upon a long and fruitful history of collaboration, the Vanderbilt Kennedy University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VKC UCEDD) and The Arc Tennessee are partnering again to expand and to sustain the Volunteer Advocacy…
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Each year undergraduate and graduate students participating in the Kindred Stories of Disability project have conversations with individuals with disabilities and families living across the state of Tennessee. They discuss topics that are important to families…
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A new and free publication includes content from the Third Annual Inclusive Southeastern Postsecondary Education Capacity Building Institute to promote access to quality inclusive postsecondary education for students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Inclusive Higher Education:…
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From expanding access to disability-related information and referral to educating health care professionals about the neurodevelopmental disorders caused by congenital Zika and other developmental disorders, partnerships between the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) and the Tennessee Department…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) is stronger and its national reach is enhanced due in part to its membership in the Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD), a national network of interdisciplinary programs focused on…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VKC UCEDD) hosts the annual Educate to Advocate training event to encourage and to prepare trainees, professionals, self-advocates, and family members to meet with their legislators on…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VKC UCEDD) provides leadership and administrative support to a national collaborative of UCEDDs engaging in research, training, and services related to disability, religion, and supports for…
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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.