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 Center for Tourette Syndrome and Other Tic Disorders has been designated a Tourette Association of America (TAA) Center of Excellence. TAA currently recognizes 19 centers of excellence. The program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center is…
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Vanderbilt Kennedy Center (VKC) member Alexandra Da Fonte, Ph.D., is associate professor of the Practice in the Peabody College Department of Special Education. Her research focuses on understanding the communication abilities of students with severe and…
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The Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD) has announced that Next Steps at Vanderbilt is one of four recipients of the first-ever Tennessee Believes grant. The grant aims to support and increase the number of higher education programs in Tennessee…
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A potential first-of-its-kind drug to treat the symptoms of Rett syndrome received positive top-line results from a phase 3 trial sponsored by Acadia Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and led by investigators from Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the…
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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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