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.
A new study published in Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools explores how elementary school-aged peers can be taught to support classmates with autism who are minimally speaking. The research was conducted by Vanderbilt Kennedy Center member…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center researchers welcomed 27 new and returning campers for its 2025 ACM Lifting Lives® Music Camp, June 17-24. Music Camp is an annual event during which adults with Williams syndrome come together from around…
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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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Annette Schaffer Eskind, a civic leader and philanthropist who, with her late husband, Irwin Eskind, MD, made transformational contributions to Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and throughout the city of Nashville, died July 13. She…
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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.