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.
World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012. WDSD falls on Mar. 21, or more specifically, the 21st day of the third month,…
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VKC member Sophia Vinci-Booher, Ph.D., serves as assistant professor of Psychology and Human Development at Vanderbilt University. Her research investigates the neural mechanisms by which written communication tasks, such as handwriting and drawing, facilitate the learning…
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The Vanderbilt Consortium LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities) Training Program prepares graduate-level health professionals in 15 specialties to assume leadership roles to serve children with neurodevelopmental and related disabilities. As the first half of the…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s Disabilities, Religion, and Spirituality program strives to foster communities of belonging for people with disabilities and their families, communities in which they are invited, welcomed, befriended, and embraced. Religious congregations can be places…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center held its 13th annual VKC Science Day on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at Vanderbilt University’s Student Life Center. It was the first time since January 2019 that Science Day participants were able to…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center’s University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (VKC UCEDD) has joined the Tennessee School for the Blind and the Peabody College Program in Visual Disabilities within Vanderbilt University’s Department of Special Education…
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It makes perfect sense that a center dedicated to serving people with disabilities would be involved with Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s (VUMC) employee resource group (ERG) for employees with disabilities. Sure enough, two Vanderbilt Kennedy Center…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member Jeff Hine, Ph.D., BCBA, is a clinical psychologist and assistant professor of Pediatrics who serves as director of Primary Care Outreach/Training with the VKC’s Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member Laura Corona, Ph.D., is assistant professor of Pediatrics. Her training and professional practice have focused on developmental and child clinical psychology, with a particular emphasis on autism spectrum disorder (ASD). She…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center has introduced two brand-new toolkits created to alleviate fear and stress in individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) when needlesticks are part of a medical appointment. One toolkit is designed 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.