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.
SENSE Theatre® was founded by Blythe Corbett, Ph.D., a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member and professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and based on the three principles of using peers, play and performance to enhance social…
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What if we could create a virtual learning community where clinicians and educators could share best practices for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities? Well, it’s been happening here! Members of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center have…
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The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) recently received a grant from the WITH Foundation to increase the use of its IDD Toolkit by health care clinicians, adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), and family members as…
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A little over 10 years ago, a group of motivated and caring people formed what they chose to call TennesseeWorks, and this group had one goal in mind: to increase the number of young people with…
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The Frist Center for Autism and Innovation (formerly Vanderbilt Initiative for Autism, Innovation, and the Workforce) and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) drew about 100 people from multiple states to the Envisioning the Future of Human-Technology…
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Two free, short online training series focused on improving health care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities have been created by the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC), in partnership with the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and…
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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.