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.
President Joe Biden has appointed Vanderbilt Peabody College research professor and VKC member Douglas Fuchs, Ph.D., to serve on the 15-member National Board for Education Sciences. The appointment was announced Oct. 27. Board members serve as…
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For some children and adolescents with developmental disabilities, severe behavior problems threaten their success in school and society. By unraveling the causes of those behaviors and developing treatments tailored for them, teams at the Behavior Analysis…
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VKC researchers at Peabody College are blazing new trails in language and learning programs designed to ensure that children with Down syndrome have the brightest possible futures. During their first years, children develop more rapidly than…
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The Department of Special Education at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development has received $15 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). A 5-year $7.5 million…
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