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.
VKC member Jena McDaniel, Ph.D., serves as assistant professor of Hearing & Speech Sciences. Her research centers around developing, validating, and implementing highly effective and targeted speech-language intervention services for deaf and hard of hearing children and…
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After 28 years of working to improve the lives of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families, Elise McMillan, J.D., has announced she will retire from the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) in June…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center announces new leadership for its University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VKC UCEDD). Julie Lounds Taylor, Ph.D., and Pablo Juárez, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA, will succeed Elise McMillan, J.D., who officially retires…
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The prevalence of 8-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the U.S. is now 1 in 36, according to a new announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The new findings are…
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In 2022, Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member Sarika Peters, Ph.D., received a VKC Director’s Strategic Priorities Grant to determine the feasibility of use of a wearable sensor to assess sleep in children (ages 4-10 years) with…
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Autistic people are more likely to experience mental health distress than the general population. Unfortunately, therapy services for this community are limited and rarely designed with and for autistic people. Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) researcher Jessica…
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Pictured: Next Steps at Vanderbilt students at the Cordell Hull State Office building. Each year, the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VKC UCEDD), The Arc Tennessee, and AbleVoices collaborate to produce a…
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Each year, the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) awards small grants to teams consisting of VKC faculty and their trainees and Vanderbilt Data Science Institute (VDSI) faculty and trainees. The IDD-READS (Intellectual and Developmental Disability REsearch And…
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VKC member Erin Calipari, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of Pharmacology. Her current research focuses on identifying similarities and differences in male and female brains and learning more about how differences influence decision-making and the navigation of…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (TRIAD) is dedicated to improving assessment and treatment services for children with autism spectrum disorder and their families while advancing knowledge and training. Three…
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