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.
The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) Nicholas Hobbs Discovery Awards and Director’s Strategic Priorities Grants have been announced for the 2022-23 award cycle. Projects address spatial processing, repetitive movements, adaptation of an intervention for Spanish-speaking families, and…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez, Ed.D., is an associate professor of Special Education. Her current research focuses on the use of state-level longitudinal data to examine the intersection of language and special education status to…
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Note: This opinion piece is shared by A. Pablo Juárez, M.Ed., BCBA, LBA, co-director of the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center Treatment and Research Institute for Autism Spectrum Disorders (VKC TRIAD). This commentary is not meant to be a…
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Music is everywhere in modern life, even during quarantine times of Covid-19. Yet individuals vary a lot in their music abilities. In my lab we are particularly focused on studying people’s rhythm skills. Some folks pick…
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Carissa Cascio, Ph.D., is a Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) Investigator and associate professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. Her work focuses on the neural basis of sensory processing differences in children and adults with autism. She…
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Two national disability-related organizations representing professionals and families recognized the accomplishments of Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) members. The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) selected the TRIAD Community Engagement Program and its coordinator Lauren…
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Helping agency staff to better understand and address cultural and linguistic barriers that arise in our increasingly diverse communities was the focus of training led by staff of the VKC UCEDD Multicultural Outreach Program part of…
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Give, to help kids like William When William wasn’t developing communication and language at 18 months, and even seemed to be regressing, his parents shared their concerns with his pediatrician, who referred the family to Vanderbilt’s…
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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.