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 Angela Yarnell Bonino, Ph.D., is assistant professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences. The long-term goal of Dr. Bonino’s research is to improve hearing health care for children who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) by…
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VKC member Maria Niarchou, Ph.D., is research assistant professor of Genetic Medicine. She is a genetic epidemiologist with a background in Psychology trained in the use of Electronic Health Record (EHR) data for genetic and epidemiological research….
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Vanderbilt University may be quiet during the summer months, but the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) was humming with activity in June as three VKC-sponsored summer camps were running concurrently, each offering unique camp experiences for campers…
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VKC member Rachel Schles, Ph.D., serves as assistant professor of the Practice in the Department of Special Education and serves as coordinator of the department’s new Visual Disabilities Track. Her research centers around the identification and eligibility…
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Each year, the Britt Henderson Training Series for Educators provides free training opportunities for educators and school administrators through workshops that focus on innovative, evidence-based practices to improve the quality of education for students with diverse…
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VKC member Jessica Schwartzman, Ph.D., serves as assistant professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. Her research aims to characterize and treat depression and suicidality in neurodiverse youth and adults, and to investigate ways to foster youth, adult,…
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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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