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.
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member Ege Kavalali, Ph.D., is the William Stokes Chair In Experimental Therapeutics and serves as professor and acting chair of the VUMC Department of Pharmacology. His research interests are focused on learning…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) co-director Elise McMillan, J.D., recently served on a national workgroup of experts to develop model program accreditation standards for inclusive higher education (IHE) programs for students with…
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Transition Tennessee and Tennessee’s Vocational Rehabilitation services program have had a longtime partnership that will only grow and improve with time, thanks to a new five-year contract extension to increase transition services for teens and young…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) has added two new online toolkits to its collection of free resources, providing helpful information for teens and young adults on the autism spectrum on topics such as goal-setting and sex,…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) has introduced a new series of short (3-5 minutes), sharable videos on research study opportunities, study results, new toolkits, and online courses available to the public. VKC Research Briefs are recorded…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) investigator Julie Lounds Taylor, Ph.D., recently secured two research grants to study quality of life for adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). One grant will focus on ways to…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member Elizabeth Biggs, Ph.D., serves as assistant professor of Special Education. Her research focuses on identifying interventions that promote the flourishing of children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities, autism, and multiple disabilities…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) researcher Carissa Cascio, Ph.D., is the recipient of a $10,000 honorarium from the 2020 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) President’s Pat Summitt Award. Cascio was chosen to receive the honorarium by Gail…
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Like a lot of services, the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) Reading Clinic had to pause, regroup, and adapt to necessary social distancing measures in light of the spread of COVID-19. Luckily, their efforts have paid off,…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member Stephen Patrick, M.D., MPH, M.S., FAAP, serves as director of the Vanderbilt Center for Child Health Policy. He is an assistant professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy within the Division of…
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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.